Friday Seminars

The Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College regularly hosts guest speakers on Fridays during term time. Our events are open to the public and are held in the Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Road.

Our events are usually audio recorded and the edited audio recording is made available later during the academic year on our University of Oxford Middle East Centre podcast series (accessibility features will be available):podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-east-centre

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Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Middle East Centre
Timing: 5pm on Fridays during Term
Web Address: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/index.php/series/middle-east-centre
Organising department: Middle East Centre

Talks:

Friday 18 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Colonial subjects and the right to have rights: Algeria, 1834
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 18 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

From the cradle to the street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 8 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Elham Fakhro (Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Writing Middle Eastern lives: biography in modern Arab history
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 22 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Sonja Mejcher-Atassi (American University of Beirut), Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford), Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Nick Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Debbie Harrington (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Rebecca Ingliss (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Editors: Caroline Davis, Jennie Williams