Events archive

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

An Evening with Chihab Khachab (Christ Church) Walter Armbrust (Middle East Centre): Gaheem Fel Hend

11 November 2016 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

An Evening with Omar al-Qattan: Zindeeq (2009)

21 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Auditorium, Investcorp Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

An Evening with Tala Hadid: The Narrow Frame of Midnight (2015)

14 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

“Arabic before the “Middle East”: from the Centre to the Periphery”

Dr Michael Feener (Sultan of Oman Fellow, OCIS)
11 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Contemporary Challenges for Political Islam

Professor Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Middle East Centre)
4 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Women and the 19th Century Emergence of the Arabic Novel

Professor Marilyn Booth (Al Saud Professor, Magdalen College)
26 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Britain and Palestine: From Balfour to Blair

Professor Avi Shlaim (Emeritus Fellow, Middle East Centre), Richard Makepeace (Registrar, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
19 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Political Economy of Violence in the Middle East: What Questions Should the Social Scientist Ask?

Dr Adeel Malik (Globe Fellow, Islamic Centre Lecturer in the Economies of Muslim Societies)
12 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

A Wall in Bulaq, An Allegory of Mubarak

Dr Walter Armbrust (Middle East Centre Albert Hourani Fellow)
5 February 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Accounts of Madrassahs post 9/11: Bearings of Recent History

Dr Mohammad Talib (Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Fellow, Islamic Centre Lecturer in the Anthropology of Muslim Societies)
29 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in the Global Cold War

Dr Toby Matthiesen (Sir Adam Roberts Fellow in the International Relations of the Middle East)
22 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Iranian Nationalism and the Nuclear Question

Professor Ali Ansari (University of St Andrews)
4 December 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Middle East Centre Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Islamic State, the Kurdistan Region, and the Future of Iraq

Professor Gareth Stansfield (University of Exeter)
27 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Middle East Centre Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The creation of governments-in-waiting: the Arab Uprisings and legitimacy in the international system

Dr Glen Rangwala (Trinity College, University of Cambridge)
20 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Middle East Centre Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Is Religion Really Violent?

Karen Armstrong (author of "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence)
13 November 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Middle East Centre Lecture Theatre, Investcorp Building

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