Events archive
MEC Seminar
Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College)
14 June 2018 - 2:30pm
St Antony's College
Event jointly organised by Middle East Studies at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College
MEC Seminar
Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem Al-Rustom (Michigan) , Ella Shohat (New York University)
13 June 2018 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Event jointly organised by Middle East Studies at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College
MEC Seminar
Ella Shohat (New York University)
13 June 2018 - 2:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Abstract: This lecture examines linguistic belonging as invented within national and colonial itineraries. More specifically, it explores the genealogy of the concept of “Judeo-Arabic language” and... Read more
Ezgi Başaran (journalist and author), Professor Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS University of London), Dr Ceren Lord (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
11 June 2018 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
The Turkish elections were unprecedentedly brought forward from the scheduled date of November 2019 to 24th June 2018. Why did this happen? Who are the main players? What does this mean for the... Read more
MEC Seminar
Moncef Marzouki (Former President of the Republic of Tunisia, 2011-2014)
7 June 2018 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
About the speaker: Mohamed Moncef Marzouki was the first democratically elected president of Tunisia after the January 14th Revolution in 2011, a seminal moment in modern Arab history which heralded... Read more
Nicholas Hopton (UK Ambassador to Iran 2016-2018)
4 June 2018 - 5:30pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
About the speaker: Nicholas Hopton is the former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has served as ambassador to Qatar and also Yemen, and has worked at the British... Read more