Events archive
MEC Seminar
Roger Hardy (former Middle East and Islamic affairs analyst with the BBC World Service)
17 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building, Middle East Centre
The BBC's worldwide authority is based on its claim to be balanced and impartial -- and to speak truth to power. Roger Hardy -- who was for twenty-four years a Middle East and Islamic affairs analyst... Read more
MEC Seminar
Fadi Zaghmout (author of "The Bride of Amman")
10 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building, Middle East Centre
Join Fadi Zaghmout and translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp for a frank discussion of LGBT and women’s rights, as they present the new English translation of The Bride of Amman , a fast-paced novel... Read more
MEC Seminar
Guney Yildiz (Journalist, BBC News), Laurent Mignon (Associate Professor of Turkish; Fellow in Turkish, Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College), Gamon McLellan (Teaching Fellow in Turkish, SOAS)
9 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
MEC Seminar
David Sims (author of "Egypt's Desert Dreams: Development or Disaster")
3 November 2015 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building, Middle East Centre
In Egypt, informal (illegal) development now produces housing for the great majority of urban inhabitants, and in Tunisia it is approaching a majority. These two countries – the only Arab Spring... Read more