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Middle East Centre: Seminars, Lectures and Conferences

Programme for Hilary Term 2012

  • Seminar: ‘Mockery, Football and pan-Arabism: The Making of Modern Algerian Nationalism 1918-1945’ 20 Jan 2012
  • Seminar: Material Revolutions: The socio-politics of mass consumption in Egypt and Saudi Arabia since the first oil boom 27 Jan 2012
  • Seminar: The Libyan Refugee Crisis 3 Feb 2012
  • Seminar: The Guardian and the Arab Spring 10 Feb 2012
  • Sudanese Programme Workshop: Presentations by Researchers at Oxford University 15 Feb 2012
  • Seminar: Changing politics and MENA energy challenges 17 Feb 2012
  • Seminar: Palestinian Cultural History: The Transformation of the Palestinians and the Institution Building Process (1948-1983) 24 Feb 2012
  • Seminar: Truman to Bush: The Impact of the Middle East on the U.S. Presidency 2 Mar 2012
  • Seminar: Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party: inside an Authoritarian Regime 9 Mar 2012

    You are advised to check this webpage regularly for changes to published programmes.

    Please see our past seminars, lectures and conferences page for details of previous events.


    Friday Seminar Series

    Seminars will be held on Fridays at 5.00 p.m. in the Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford

    January 20th (1st week)
    Martin Evans
    Portsmouth University

    ‘Mockery, Football and pan-Arabism: The Making of Modern Algerian Nationalism 1918-1945’

    January 27th (2nd week)
    Relli Schechter
    Trinity College, Oxford & Ben-Gurion University

    ‘Material Revolutions: The socio-politics of mass consumption in Egypt and Saudi Arabia since the first oil boom.’

    February 3rd (3rd week)
    Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
    Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford

    ‘The Libyan Refugee Crisis’

    February 10th (4th week)
    Ian Black
    Middle East Editor, The Guardian

    ‘The Guardian and the Arab Spring’

    February 17th (5th week)
    Hakim Darbouche
    Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

    ‘Changing politics and MENA energy challenges’

    February 24th (6th week)
    Philipp Amour
    Department of Politics, Oxford

    ‘Palestinian Cultural History: The Transformation of the Palestinians and the Institution Building Process (1948-1983)’

    March 2nd (7th week):
    Roger Adelson
    Arizona State University

    ‘Truman to Bush: The Impact of the Middle East on the U.S. Presidency’

    March 9th (8th week)
    Joseph Sassoon
    St Antony’s College

    ‘Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party: inside an Authoritarian Regime’

    All welcome