11 Podcast Episodes
The New Cold War, with Gilbert Achcar
The New Cold War, with Gilbert Achcar
This week we hear from Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS, who discuss... Read more
27 Apr 2023
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32mins
GILBERT ACHCAR | Anti-war Activism | Conversations
GILBERT ACHCAR | Anti-war Activism | Conversations
Gilbert Achcar spoke about his work as an academic and his recent book, "The People Want."Gilbert Achcar is a Lebanese a... Read more
14 Sep 2022
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49mins
Long Reads: Gilbert Achcar on the Second Wave of Arab Uprisings
Long Reads: Gilbert Achcar on the Second Wave of Arab Uprisings
Gilbert Achcar joins Long Reads for a conversation about the second wave of Arab uprisings—and the possibility of a thir... Read more
23 Apr 2022
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53mins
The Legacy of the Paris Commune 1871-2021 w/ Gilbert Achcar & Carolyn Eichner
The Legacy of the Paris Commune 1871-2021 w/ Gilbert Achcar & Carolyn Eichner
Join a Gilbert Achcar, Carolyn Eichner, Phil Gasper, and Helen Scott to discuss the enduring legacy of the great Paris C... Read more
18 Jun 2021
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1hr 31mins
A conversation with Prof Gilbert Achcar: Inequality in the MENA region and the impact of COVID-19
A conversation with Prof Gilbert Achcar: Inequality in the MENA region and the impact of COVID-19
Welcome to the first podcast organised by the Early Career Researchers initiative at the Middle East and North Africa So... Read more
24 May 2021
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43mins
Professor Gilbert Achcar on Lebanon's social crisis
Professor Gilbert Achcar on Lebanon's social crisis
It's been six weeks since a devastating explosion rocked the port of Beirut, killing hundreds and leaving widespread des... Read more
14 Sep 2020
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17mins
Covid, Neoliberalism and the 'Arab Spring' I Gilbert Achcar I May 2020
Covid, Neoliberalism and the 'Arab Spring' I Gilbert Achcar I May 2020
This event will explore the implications of the global Covid-19 crisis on the future of neoliberalism, and the ongoing s... Read more
28 May 2020
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1hr 9mins
Danny Postel Interviews Gilbert Achcar
Danny Postel Interviews Gilbert Achcar
DSA member Danny Postel, assistant director of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Northwestern University, inte... Read more
11 Jul 2018
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1hr 54mins
Morbid Symptoms: Gilbert Achcar on the counter-revolution in the Arab world
Morbid Symptoms: Gilbert Achcar on the counter-revolution in the Arab world
In his Prison Notebooks of 1930, the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci wrote, "The crisis consists precisely in the fact t... Read more
12 Sep 2016
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17mins
Day 2 Keynote: Probing the Main Obstacle to the Arab Popular Uprisings Gilbert Achcar
Day 2 Keynote: Probing the Main Obstacle to the Arab Popular Uprisings Gilbert Achcar
The Arab Revolutions: Five Years OnThe Arduous Road of Democratization and Future Prospects
6 Jun 2016
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41mins