Events archive
MEC Seminar
Dr Sophie Chamas (SOAS, University of London), Dr Hicham Safieddine (King’s College London) , Joumana Talhouk (University of Oxford)
27 February 2020 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
October 17, 2019 marked the beginning of the Lebanese uprising, the largest decentralised protests in the post-war Lebanon. Thousands of people overcame sectarian and political divides and gathered... Read more
MEC Seminar
Professor Gregory Gause (Head of International Affairs Department and Professor, The Bush School of Government and Public Service)
10 February 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Abstract: Since his father King Salman assumed the throne in 2015, his son Prince Muhammad bin Salman has been the driving force behind Saudi domestic and foreign policy, since 2017 as crown prince.... Read more
MEC Seminar
Peter Hill (Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
5 February 2020 - 5:00pm
Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Peter is a historian of the modern Middle East, specialising in the intellectual and cultural history of the nineteenth-century Arab world. He is currently Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in... Read more
MEC Seminar
Dr Michelle Obeid (University of Manchester)
3 February 2020 - 5:00pm
Board Room, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Abstract: This book presentation explores the ways residents of a northeastern town on the border of Lebanon with Syria experienced postwar sociality, and how they grappled with living in the margins... Read more