Middle East Centre Antonian Conference (Gaudy) 2007

2007 marks the Middle East Centre's fiftieth anniversary. St Antony's celebrated this milestone with a Gaudy, held in the College on the weekend of 29 June - 1 July 2007. This event was open to all Antonians, past and present. We were delighted to have Hanan Ashrawi (Honorary Fellow of St Antony's) as the keynote speaker. The full programme is below.

Some of the papers given at the Gaudy can be accessed by clicking on the speaker's name. Some are word documents and some are recorded in mp3 format. If you cannot open the mp3 files, click this link for information on obtaining a Real Audio compatible player.

Friday 29 June

2pm onwards Open House in the Middle East Centre and an Exhibition in the MEC Archive from 2 - 4pm

5pm - Keynote Lecture in the Nissan Lecture Theatre. The speaker was Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and President of MIFTAH.

Saturday 30 June

9am - Plenary Session in the Nissan Lecture Theatre: The Hourani Legacy (Butros Abu Manneh - the recording of the speech follows Derek Hopwood's introduction, Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot, Amikam Nachmani, Derek Hopwood - Chair)

11.15am - Concurrent panels: Regional Studies

• Iran (Fariba Adelkhan, Shahla Haeri, Mohamad Tavakoli, Homa Katouzian - Chair) - Middle East Centre
• Israel (Kais Firro, Shany Payes, Gabi Piterberg, Roger Owen - Chair) - Nissan Lecture Theatre
• North Africa (Angel Foster, Avi Spiegel, Jean-Claude Vatin, Michael Willis - Chair) - Fellows' Dining Room
• Turkey (David Logan, Nuray Mert, Bahri Yilmaz, Celia Kerslake - Chair) - Dahrendorf Room

2pm - Concurrent Panels: Topical Studies

• Culture (Margot Badran, Marilyn Booth, James Onley, Robin Ostle, Walter Armbrust - Chair) - Dahrendorf Room
• Islam (Ahmed Al-Shahi, Bernard Haykel, Andrea Nusse, Ronald Nettler - Chair) - Nissan Lecture Theatre
• Oil (Raad Alkadiri, Abdullah Al-Nibari, Kevin Rosser, Robert Mabro - Chair) - Fellows Dining Room

4pm - Plenary Session: "Bush and Blair in the Middle East: policies and legacies" (Thomas Friedman, Patrick Seale, Eugene Rogan - Chair) - Nissan Lecture Theatre

Sunday 1 July

9am - Plenary Session: The Situation in Iraq (Ali Allawi - part 1 and part 2, Raad Alkadiri, Joseph Sassoon, Peter Sluglett - audio and text, Foulath Hadid - Chair) - Nissan Lecture Theatre

Coffee in the Hilda Besse Building

11.15am - Plenary Session: The Situation in Israel and Palestine (Ahmad Khalidi, Rashid Khalidi, Ilan Pappé, Avi Shlaim)

Photographs from the Middle East Centre's 50th Anniversary Gaudy.

Photos by Naysan Rafati

© Middle East Centre, St Antony's College

Registration	Archive Exhibition
Archive Exhibition	Archive Exhibition
Roger Goodman, Hanan Ashrawi and Eugene Rogan	Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashrawi and Patrick Seale	Meeting friends
Dinner	Emeriti Reflections (Mustafa Badawi, Derek Hopwood, Roger Owen and Robert Mabro)
Derek Hopwood giving some emeriti reflections	After dinner discussions
After dinner discussions	Butros Abu Manneh
Amikam Nachmani	Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot and Butros Abu Manneh
Q & A	Discussions over tea
Discussions over tea	North Africa panel
Michael Willis	Jean-Claude Vatin
Roger Owen speaking at the Israel panel	Turkey panel
Mohammad Tavakoli speaking at the Iran panel	Ahmed Al-Shahi speaking at the Islam panel
Andrea Nusse speaking at the Islam panel	Celebrating a new studentship
Margaret MacMillan (Warden) and Foulath Hadid signing a new studentship agreement	Eugene Rogan, Margaret MacMillan and Foulath Hadid
Avi Shlaim, Foulath Hadid, Margaret MacMillan, Patrick Seale and Ali Allawi	Thomas Friedman
St Antony's Students	Dinner
Dinner	Roger Goodman, Collier and Margaret MacMillan
Presentation of plans for new MEC building	Presentation of plans for new MEC building
Presentation of plans for new MEC building	Looking at a model of the proposed new building
Peter Sluglett	Joseph Sassoon
Raad Alkadiri	Avi Shlaim
Ilan Pappe	Ahmad Khalidi
Student asking question	Audience