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Middle East Centre: Past Seminars, Lectures and Conferences

Programme for Michaelmas Term 2008

  • Friday seminar series: Crisis and Conflict in the Middle East
  • An evening with Latif Bolat 21 Oct 2008
  • Lecture: "The Oil Boom and Its Limitations in Sudan" 22 Oct 2008
  • Lecture: Parallel Universe: Pakistan, al Qaeda, the Taliban and the War on Terrorism 30 Oct 2008
  • Special Event Lecture: The Transformation of the Algerian Economy 6 Nov 2008 Lecture Cancelled
  • Rethinking Arab-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli: Diaries of Ottoman Soldiers in WWI 7 Nov 2008
  • Lecture: The Berbers in History and their Identity Struggle Today 11 Nov 2008
  • Seminar: Issues and Challenges of Berber and Regional Identity in Contemporary Morocco 13 Nov 2008
  • Special Lecture: Syria’s Vital Role in the Middle East 17 Nov 2008
  • Lecture: Risks and Opportunities: US Policy for the Arab-Israeli Conflict 18 Nov 2008
  • Lecture: “The Indictment Effort by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Implication for the Peace Process in Sudan” 19 Nov 2008
  • Ibn Saud Lecture: The Movement of Ibn Abdulwahab: a historical and doctrinal perspective 20 Nov 2008
  • Lecture: "Darfur in Comparative Perspective: Regime Crises, Ethnic Exclusion & Civil War in Africa" 26 Nov 2008
  • Lecture: International Aid and Party System Development in Morocco 2 Dec 2008

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    The United Arab Republic: New Historical Perspectives

    Seminars will be held Fridays at 5:00 p.m. at the Middle East Centre 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford

    All Welcome

    17 October – Professor Henry Laurens, Collège de France
    The UAR through Syrian Memoirs Please note that this seminar will take place at the Maison Française, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford, OX2 6SE

    24 October – Professor Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil, American University of Cairo
    The Economic Policies and Contradictions within the UAR Experiment

    31 October – Professor Ilan Pappé, University of Exeter
    Israel and the UAR

    7 November – Dr Muhammad Jamal Barout, Arab Centre for Strategic Studies
    Syrian Political Parties and Movements and the UAR

    14 November – NO SEMINAR

    21 November – Dr Fawwaz Traboulsi, Lebanese American University Cancelled
    The UAR through Contemporary Eyes: Revisiting Arab Unity
    The Middle East Centre regrets to announce that this seminar by Dr Traboulsi has been cancelled

    28 November – Dr Tewfik Aclimandos, CEDEJ, Cairo
    The UAR through Egyptian Memoirs

    5 December – Professor Peter Sluglett, Utah University
    Qawmiyya arabiyya vs wataniyya Iraqiyya: some Iraqi perspectives on the UAR

    An evening with Latif Bolat

    Nissan Lecture Theatre
    St Antony’s College
    62 Woodstock Road

    Tuesday 21 October from 7 until 9 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

    Lecture: Parallel Universe: Pakistan, al Qaeda, the Taliban and the War on Terrorism

    To be delivered by

    Professor Bruce Hoffman
    Georgetown University

    Please note new location: The Nissan Lecture Theatre
    St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Road

    Thursday 30 October at 12.45 p.m.

    Please note that due to the seminar being held in the Nissan Lecture Theatre, food and drinks will not be provided

    ALL WELCOME

    SPECIAL EVENT

    The Middle East Centre regrets to announce that this special event lecture has been cancelled

    Lecture: The Transformation of the Algerian Economy

    H. E. Abdel Hamid Temmar Minister of Industry and Investment People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

    Location: The Nissan Lecture Theatre St Antony’s College, 68 Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6JF

    Thursday 6 November at 5:15 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

    Lecture: The Berbers in History and their Identity Struggle Today

    Professor Michael Peyron
    (Visiting Professor, Al Akhawayn University)

    Location: The Middle East Centre Library
    St Antony’s College, 68 Woodstock Road

    Tuesday 11 November at 5 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

    Seminar: Rethinking Arab-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli: Diaries of Ottoman Soldiers in WWI

    Professor Salim Tamari
    Bir Zeit University

    Location: The Middle East Centre Library
    St Antony’s College, 68 Woodstock Road

    Friday 7 November from 12.45 to 14.00

    ALL WELCOME

    Sandwiches will be provided

    Seminar: Issues and Challenges of Berber and Regional Identity in Contemporary Morocco

    Professor Michael Peyron
    (Al Akhawayn University)

    Angela Suarez Collado
    (Autonomous University of Madrid)

    Location: The Middle East Centre Library
    St Antony’s College, 68 Woodstock Road

    Thursday 13 November at 1 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

    Special Lecture

    Syria’s Vital Role in the Middle East

    To be delivered by

    H.E. Bouthaina Shaaban
    Minister and Advisor to the President for Media and Political Affairs Arab Republic of Syria
    H.E. Bouthaina Shaaban H.E. Bouthaina Shaaban

    On Monday 17 November 2008 at 12:30 p.m.

    The Middle East Centre
    68 Woodstock Road

    All Welcome

    Lecture: Risks and Opportunities: US Policy for the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    To be delivered by

    Professor Shai Feldman
    Director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University

    Location: The Middle East Centre Library
    St Antony’s College, 68 Woodstock Road

    Tuesday 18 November at 5.00 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

    The Sixth King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Annual Lecture

    The Movement of Ibn Abdulwahab: a historical and doctrinal perspective

    To be delivered by

    Dr Abdullah Saleh M Al-Uthaimin
    Member of the Saudi Shura Council

    Nissan Lecture Theatre
    St Antony’s College
    62 Woodstock Road
    Thursday 20 November at 5 p.m.

    Followed by a reception in the Buttery

    ALL WELCOME

    Lecture: International Aid and Party System Development in Morocco
    Dr Lise Storm (Exeter University University)

    Location: The Middle East Centre Library
    St Antony's College, 68 Woodstock Road

    Tuesday 2 December at 5 p.m.

    ALL WELCOME

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