Events archive

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Princes, brokers and bureaucrats: how princely whims and rivalries have shaped the Saudi state

Dr Steffen Hertog (LSE Department of Government)
11 March 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Turkey as a Rising Power: Ambitions and Prospects

Fadi Hakura (Associate Fellow, Europe, Chatham House)
4 March 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre

Al-Qaida in Iraq: Revolutionary Terrorism in a Struggling Democracy

Mr Tom Schiller (BAE Inc)
25 February 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Iran, the Middle East and the USA: A View from Israel

Professor David Menashri (Founding-Director, Center for Iranian Studies and Incumbent of Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University)
18 February 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre

Revolutions in the Middle East; Tunisia, Egypt and Beyond

Farida Makar, Philip Robins, Avi Shlaim, Michael Willis
17 February 2011 - 5:00pm
62 Woodstock Road, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Arab Voices: What Are They Saying to Us, and Why it Matters

Dr James Zogby (President, Arab American Institute)
11 February 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
MEC Seminar

Liberal Thought in Contemporary Muslim Contexts”

Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary
10 February 2011 - 1:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Director of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University in London Please note that start time is now 1 p.m. rather than 12.45 p.m. All welcome Sandwiches will be provided
MEC Seminar

Gaza: Depolitisation, Hamas and The Peace Process

Mr Erik Abild
7 February 2011 - 12:45pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Erik Abild is the resident representative in Gaza of the Norwegian Aid Committee. He coordinates projects in the health sector in Gaza and the West Bank. He holds an MSc in Forced Migration from the... Read more
Sudanese Seminar Series

Sudan After the Referendum: Two state solution or return to civil war?

Dr Richard Barltrop (International Alert, London, and Author of 'Darfur and the International Community (2010)'), Mr Faisal Elbagir (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Green Templeton College, Oxford)
4 February 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
MEC Seminar

The National Human Development Initiative: Towards an alternative social development policy in Morocco

Professor Abdellatif Bencherifa (Governor Gharb Chrarda Beni Hssen Region and Kenitra Province, Morocco Former President, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes)
1 February 2011 - 12:45pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Light lunch will be provided
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Western Sahara Conflict: Is there a Solution?”

Professor Yahia Zoubir ( Euromed Marseille) , Mr Ali Bahaijoub (North-South Magazine)
28 January 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Israel, Oriental Jews and the Arab World

Eli Amir (Israeli novelist), Professor Avi Shlaim
21 January 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
MEC Seminar

Panel discussion The ‘Jasmine Revolution’ in Tunisia: Causes, Consequences and Regional Implications

19 January 2011 - 1:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre

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