Events archive

Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Libya - revolution or regression?

George Joffé (Cambridge University)
2 December 2011 - 5:30pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Arab Spring and Yemen’s Ongoing Crisis

Helen Lackner (Co-author of ‘Yemen into the Twenty-First Century’)
25 November 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Genesis: The Tunisian Revolution

Mohamed-Salah Omri (St John’s College)
11 November 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

The Sacking of Syria: Asad as Hulegu

Rana Kabbani (Syrian Writer and Broadcaster)
4 November 2011 - 5:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
MEC Seminar

I was Born There, I was Born Here

Mourid Barghouti (Palestinian writer and poet)
1 November 2011 - 1:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
MEC Seminar

Consolidating the Arab Spring: Tunisia’s First Democratic Elections

Mohamed-Salah Omri, Michael Willis
30 October 2011 - 1:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Sandwiches will be provided
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Palestine and the Arab Spring

Dr Hussein Agha (St Antony’s College)
28 October 2011 - 6:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre

The Gulf States and the Arab Spring: Autocracy in Question

Dr Christopher Davidson (Durham University)
21 October 2011 - 6:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

From the Death of Sally Zahran to the Trial of Hosny Mubarak: Martyrs and the January 25th Revolution in Egypt.

Dr Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College)
14 October 2011 - 6:00pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Nissan Lecture Theatre
MEC Seminar

Pears Lecture: ‘Israel and the Revolutions in the Middle East’

George F. Kennan, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, and Professor Emeritus at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Avishai Margalit
8 June 2011 - 6:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theater, St Antony's College
The following recording of the lecture is 57 minutes long has been posted online with the permission of Professor Margalit. Professor Margalit Lecture 8 Jun 2011 (mp3 file)
MEC Seminar

‘The Wondrous World of Sadeq Hedayat

Dr Homa Katouzian
7 June 2011 - 7:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theater, St Antony's College
Followed by the screening of ‘From No. 37’, a recent documentary on Hedayat’s life by Sam Kadantari and Mohsen Shahrnazdar (film makers based in Tehran) Followed by a reception in the Middle East... Read more
MEC Seminar

Book Launch. Critical Turning Points in the Middle East: 1915-2015 and The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies: Implications for Geopolitics, Human Enhancement and Human Destiny

Dr Nayef Al-Rodhan, Middle East Centre
7 June 2011 - 6:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Published by Palgrave Macmillan Refreshments will be served Copies of the books will be on sale at this event All welcome
MEC Seminar

Social and Political Change in the Aftermath of the 2005 Hariri Assassination: Implications for Everyday Life in Lebanon

20 May 2011 - 11:45am
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
10.45am – 6.30pm St. Antony’s College, Oxford University Panels (Location – St. Antony’s College): 1) 11.00am – 1.00pm: Lebanese Political Parties and the Politics of Sectarianism 2) 2.30pm – 4.45pm... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Whatever Happened to Tunisia’s Revolution? Updates and Prospects

Mohamed-Salah Omri, St John’s College , Michael Willis, MEC, St Antony’s College
16 May 2011 - 6:15pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Yemen and the Arab Spring

Jon Wilks, H.M. Ambassador to the Yemen Arab Republic
13 May 2011 - 6:00pm
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road

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