Events archive

The making of the modern refugee: a global history

Peter Gatrell (Manchester)
11 March 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
MEC Seminar

The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Arab-Jewish Relations in Ottoman Palestine

Professor Alan Dowty, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Senior Associate for Middle East Studies of the Joan B Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
10 March 2010 - 6:30am
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Taiwan Studies Seminar Series

China and the U.S. in Near Parity: implications for Taiwan and the World

Captain Kenny Golden
8 March 2010 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dahrendorf Room, Founders' Building, St Antony's College
Captain Golden (US Navy, retired) is a candidate for the US Congress (Virginia, 2nd Congressional District). He was a former Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, and had held major combat commands... Read more
MEC Seminar

Withered Worlds, Unwritten Words: Turkish literary historiography and non-Muslim minorities

Dr Laurent Mignon, Departmental Lecturer in Turkish, University of Oxford, Faculty of Oriental Studies.
2 March 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road

Nutrition and the decline of mortality in Britain, 1700-1914

Bernard Harris (Southampton)
2 March 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
MEC Seminar

Home and Identity: Baghdad and Exile

Eli Amir
2 March 2010 - 12:30pm
Dahrendorf Room in the Founder’s Building, St Antony’s College
Born in Baghdad in 1937, Eli Amir moved to Israel in 1951. He is a prize-winning novelist and a social activist. His books are studied in schools and universities throughout Israel. His 1992 novel... Read more
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

The EU and its Eastern Neighbours – What kind of Partnership?

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (European Parliament) and other speakers
26 February 2010 - 2:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

The European Union in international security

26 February 2010 - 9:00am
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
Friday 26th February 9.00 – 13.00 ESC 14.00 – 18.00 DPIR

The Berlin Wall as a site of memory, 1989-2009

Hope Harrison (George Washington University)
25 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road
MEC Seminar

Israel’s Place in the Region in Zionist/Israeli Thought

Professor Shimon Shamir, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Department of Middle Eastern History, Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan
23 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road

On Trade, Sovereign Defaults and Economics: New Evidence from the 19th century

Juan Flores (Geneva)
23 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

Cartographies of nationalist desire: Territory and nation-building in the post-Ottoman era

Spyros Sofos (Kingston University)
22 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 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

Never alone: Britain, food, fuel and raw materials, 1939-1945

David Edgerton (Imperial College London)
18 February 2010 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road

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