Events archive
3 February 2016 - 7:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Week theme: The Absurd and the Israel-Palestine Conflict The Time That Remains (2011; 1:49 minutes) – Elia Suleiman Like most of Elia Suleiman’s films, The Time That Remains plays with humour and... Read more
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Sophie Chamas (DPhil candidate in Oriental Studies)
3 February 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room, Hilda Besse Building
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Mohammad Talib (Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Fellow, Islamic Centre Lecturer in the Anthropology of Muslim Societies)
29 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
27 January 2016 - 7:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Week theme: Displacement and Migration Bashu, the Little Stranger (1990; 2:01) – Bahram Beyzai Considered a masterpiece of post-revolutionary Iranian film, Bashu is set during the Iran-Iraq war,... Read more
Dr HA Hellyer (Atlantic Council, Washington DC and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London)
25 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Toby Matthiesen (Sir Adam Roberts Fellow in the International Relations of the Middle East)
22 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium
20 January 2016 - 7:30pm
Investcorp Auditorium
Week theme: Foreshadowing the Syrian Uprising A Flood in Baath Country (2003; 59 minutes) – Omar Amiralay In 1970, Omar Amiralay released the short film Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam, which... Read more
Alaa Al Aswany (Author of The Yacoubian Building, former columnist at al-Masry al-Youm and founding member of Kefaya)
19 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Auditorium