Events archive

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Rise and Fall of the Global Jihad: Disentangling Myth from Reality

Professor Fawaz Gerges (LSE)
22 October 2010 - 6:00pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Egypt Between Religion and Politics

Professor Nathan Brown, Dr Amr Hamzawy (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
14 October 2010 - 6:30pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Class Contentions and Culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Challenge for Ethnography

Dr Zuzanna Olszewska, Junior Research Fellow in Oriental Studies, St. John's College
26 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Religious Authority, Media Technology and the Civil State: Sharia Discourse in Lebanon

Dr Morgan Clarke, Simon Research Fellow, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester
19 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Cosmopolitan Underbellies: Saharan Cities and the Pitfalls of Connectivity

Dr Judith Scheele, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, All Souls College
12 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Meandering Through the Magazine: Print Culture(s) and Reading Practices in Interwar Egypt

Dr Walter Armbrust, Faculty of Oriental Studies
22 January 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Urban Societies of the Gulf Countries in the Crisis

4 December 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Middle East: Beyond the International Financial Crisis

Dr Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF, Washington
27 November 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The GCC and the Financial Crisis: Short-term Responses and Long-term Challenges

Dr Bassam Fattouh, QEH, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
20 November 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Investing Resource Wealth: The Experience of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Middle East

Dr Adeel Malik, QEH, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
13 November 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Impact of the Global Crisis on Migration, Remittances and Development in the Maghreb

Dr Hein de Haas, International Migration Institute, Oxford University
6 November 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Egypt and Syria in the Crisis: A Comparative Reflection

Dr Leïla Vignal, MEC/Department of Oriental Studies, Oxford University
30 October 2009 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Global Banking Crisis of 2008 and the Subsequent Recession of 2009: Implications for Islamic Finance in the GCC and Beyond

Professor Rodney Wilson, Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs
23 October 2009 - 6:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Memories of the Algerian War of Independence

Dr Raphaelle Branche (Université de Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
13 March 2009 - 5:00pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Iraqi Refugees

Dr Joseph Sassoon (St Antony’s College)
6 March 2009 - 5:00pm
The Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF

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