Events archive
Israel Studies Seminar
Maayan Niezna (Oxford)
17 October 2023 - 2:15pm to 4:00pm
St. Antony’s College, Middle East Centre, Board Room
Abstract: The enforcement (through criminal and administrative procedures) of the prohibition against trafficking and slavery in Israel over the last two decades is characterised by a focus on... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Professor Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago)
13 October 2023 - 5:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College
MEC Seminar
Nathan Thrall (Author and Journalist)
10 October 2023 - 5:30pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a... Read more
15 August 2023 - 1:00pm to 16 August 2023 - 6:30pm
ZOOM Webinars
Join us for our 2-day online conference. Tuesday August 15, 2023 and Wednesday August 16, 2023 Start time both days: 1pm UK-time (GMT+1) In the decade since the violent dispersal in Cairo on August... Read more
MEC Seminar
Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim, FBA (University of Oxford)
15 June 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Join us for the Middle East Centre's Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim, FBA will speak on 'Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective'. This annual... Read more
Oxford Political Thought Seminar
Teena Purohit (Boston University), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
14 June 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
ZOOM Webinars
Join us for our latest webinar in the Oxford Political Thought Series. Register here to receive your personal ZOOM link. 4pm UK British Summer Time (GMT+1) Guest speakers Teena Purohit (Boston... Read more
MEC Seminar
Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
14 June 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin will be talking about his book Toda’at Mishna, Toda’at Mikra. All welcome, registration not needed, just come along to the Boardroom at the Kirdar Building, Middle East... Read more
MEC Seminar
Dr Yair Wallach (SOAS)
13 June 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
It is commonplace that modern Jewish presence in the Middle East was composed of two kinds of populations: On the one hand, well integrated local communities of Arab, Sephardic or Mizrahi Jews, with... Read more
1-Day Conference: Economic, Political and Social Consequences of the Military Confrontation in Sudan
10 June 2023 - 10:00am to 6:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Please join The Sudanese Programme for this 1-day conference, organised in collaboration with The Middle East Centre, to consider the recent events in Sudan. Registration is essential. (1) to attend... Read more
MEC Seminar
Dr Michael Willis (St Antony's College), Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College), Professor Roger Goodman (St Antony's College)
7 June 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
The Director and Fellows of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College are convening a memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE, Emeritus Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies (1933-2020) and Celia... Read more
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Dr Roel Meijer (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands)
30 May 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Boardroom, Middle East Centre (Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road), St Antony's College
Join us for our Women's Rights Research Seminar where our guest speaker, Dr Roel Meijer (Guest Lecturer in Islam Studies, Radboud Universiteit) will be presenting on Women’s movements and citizenship... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Toby Matthiesen (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice)
19 May 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Based on a synthesis of decades of scholarship in numerous languages, The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism , is the first truly global and longue durée history of Sunni-Shii... Read more
Oxford Political Thought Seminar
Professor Roxanne Euben (University of Pennsylvania), Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
17 May 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
ZOOM Webinars
Join us for our latest webinar in the Oxford Political Thought Series. Register here to receive your personal ZOOM link. Guest speakers Professor Roxanne Euben (University of Pennsylvania), '... Read more
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Dr Haytham Alhamwi (Chairman, Syrian British Consortium; Manager, Rebuild Rethink Society)
12 May 2023 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Dr Haytham Alhamwi is the Chairman of the Syrian British Consortium, a London-based advocacy body for British Syrians. He is also a co-founder and the manager of Rethink Rebuild Society, a charity... Read more
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars
Dr Sultan Doughan (Lecturer in Museum Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London)
9 May 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Boardroom, Middle East Centre (Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road), St Antony's College
Join us for the next Women's Rights Research Seminar where our guest speaker, Dr Sultan Doughan (Lecturer in Museum Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London) will speak on Palestinian Women on... Read more