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Middle East Centre

The Middle East Centre, founded in 1957 at St Antony’s College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Centre Fellows teach and conduct re... Read more

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Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements

Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements

Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem... Read more

28 Aug 2018

1hr 15mins

Ranked #2

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Book Launch: Islam: The Essentials

Book Launch: Islam: The Essentials

Professor Tariq Ramadan (St Antony's College) launches his new book; Islam: The Essentials on May 9th 2017. Hardly a day... Read more

12 Jun 2017

31mins

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Tunisia

Tunisia

Rory McCarthy (Magdalen College, Oxford) and Fabio Merone (Ghent University) give a talk for the Middle East Centre semi... Read more

27 Mar 2017

50mins

Ranked #4

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The Gulf Crisis

The Gulf Crisis

Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE) and Courtney Freer (LSE), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Seminar Series at St Anthony's ... Read more

29 Jan 2018

56mins

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And then God created the Middle East and said let there be breaking news

And then God created the Middle East and said let there be breaking news

Karl Sharro (architect, satirist and Middle East commentator), gives a seminar for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chair... Read more

7 Dec 2018

38mins

Ranked #6

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George Antonius Memorial Lecture: Reflections on Three Decades in Pursuit of Palestinian Statehood

George Antonius Memorial Lecture: Reflections on Three Decades in Pursuit of Palestinian Statehood

Dr Saeb Erekat (Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization) gives the 2019 George Anronius Memorial Lect... Read more

19 Jun 2019

44mins

Ranked #7

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Revolution in Iran 1978-1979: Assessments and Reassessments upon the Fortieth Anniversary

Revolution in Iran 1978-1979: Assessments and Reassessments upon the Fortieth Anniversary

Middle East Centre seminar with Touraj Atabaki (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Stephanie Cronin ... Read more

1 May 2019

1hr 4mins

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Women's Rights Research Seminar - From Kurdistan to Europe: Kurdish Literary, Artistic and Cultural Activism by Kurdish Women Intellectuals

Women's Rights Research Seminar - From Kurdistan to Europe: Kurdish Literary, Artistic and Cultural Activism by Kurdish Women Intellectuals

Dr Ozlem Belcim Galip (Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of O... Read more

1 May 2019

47mins

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Governing Divided Egypt

Governing Divided Egypt

Professor Robert Springborg (Italian Institute of International Affairs, Rome), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre ... Read more

17 Nov 2017

43mins

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War crimes, crimes against humanity and territorial fragmentation: are peace and reconstruction possible in Syria?

War crimes, crimes against humanity and territorial fragmentation: are peace and reconstruction possible in Syria?

Ziad Majed discusses his research on the political situation in Syria, which is the focus of his latest publication. Zia... Read more

22 Dec 2017

47mins

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European Policy on the Middle East: Making a Difference?

European Policy on the Middle East: Making a Difference?

Nick Westcott (Director Royal African Society and Associate at SOAS) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre on ... Read more

6 Feb 2019

50mins

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Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo

Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo

Dr Seth Anziska (Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London), gives a talk... Read more

26 Nov 2018

55mins

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The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat

The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat

Relli Shechter (St Antony’s College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, on 29th January 2019. During the 1970s and... Read more

8 Mar 2019

36mins

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Hirak: A roundtable on the Algerian protests

Hirak: A roundtable on the Algerian protests

Roundtable discussion looking at the Algerian protests. With Michael Willis (St Antony’s College), James McDougall (Trin... Read more

20 Jun 2019

56mins

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The Syrian Conflict

The Syrian Conflict

Raphael Lefevre (New College, Oxford) and Kevin Mazur (Nuffield College, Oxford) discuss the ongoing Syrian conflict on ... Read more

1 Feb 2017

31mins

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The Middle East: Should We Give Up?

The Middle East: Should We Give Up?

Joost Hiltermann (International Crisis Group), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series on 25th Jan... Read more

1 Feb 2019

37mins

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Situating the Study of Islam in Global Intellectual History: Toshihiko Izutsu's Middle-Earth

Situating the Study of Islam in Global Intellectual History: Toshihiko Izutsu's Middle-Earth

Armando Salvatore (McGill University) gives a talk as part of the following conference: Neither Near Nor Far: Encounters... Read more

29 May 2019

51mins

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The Iraq War Inquiry - a study in contemporary political, diplomatic, military and reconstruction history

The Iraq War Inquiry - a study in contemporary political, diplomatic, military and reconstruction history

The seminar will consider the Iraq Inquiry’s origins, terms of reference, mode of operation, and issues which arose in t... Read more

8 Feb 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #19

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Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East

Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East

James Barr (King's College London) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College... Read more

13 Nov 2018

51mins

Ranked #20

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The Conflict in Libya

The Conflict in Libya

Lydia Sizer (Libya Analyst MENAS), Mary Fitzgerald (Journalist and Author) and John Hamilton (Cross Border Information) ... Read more

1 Feb 2017

1hr 5mins

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