Iraq 2018-2019: The Rule of Law: a perspective
Iraq 2018-2019: The Rule of Law: a perspective
The Rt Hon Sir Peter Gross (Formerly, Lead Judge for International Relations) shares his insight into the Judicial and R... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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46mins
Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war
Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war
Why did Iraq fail to prove its WMD absence before the 2003 invasion? This seminar examines new evidence from Iraq and Un... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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1hr 1min
The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State
The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State
This talk examines the Shi‘ite political parties linked to Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) and their influence o... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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1hr 5mins
Clerics in the time of Tishreen
Clerics in the time of Tishreen
The evolution of religion-civil society relations in post-2003 Iraq. The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 created a sei... Read more
3 Mar 2023
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59mins
The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilization and Nation
The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilization and Nation
Katerina Dalacoura will presents her research project entitled ‘The International Thought of Turkish Islamists’, funded ... Read more
22 Feb 2023
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52mins
The struggle for Salafism in Egypt’s post-revolutionary period
The struggle for Salafism in Egypt’s post-revolutionary period
A Middle East Centre Seminar on Salafism. Salafism was the religious idiom that dominated Egypt's aborted political tran... Read more
21 Feb 2023
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1hr 2mins
Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power
Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power
A talk with a focus on the contemporary militant group referred to by the acronym ISIS (or ISIL) and its views on the “c... Read more
21 Feb 2023
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1hr 3mins
Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism
Professor Mohammad Khalil scrutinises the claim by New Atheists like Richard Dawkins that Islam is a fundamentally viole... Read more
7 Feb 2023
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43mins
Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran
Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran
How historians can gain new insights from global history, and how historians and histories of Iran can contribute Elahé ... Read more
23 Dec 2022
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1hr 7mins
Women's Rights Research Seminar: Threatened motherhood in the Israeli welfare state: The discourse and the practice behind the disqualification of disadvantaged women's motherhood
Women's Rights Research Seminar: Threatened motherhood in the Israeli welfare state: The discourse and the practice behind the disqualification of disadvantaged women's motherhood
Prof. Esther Hertzog gives a talk on the vulnerable situation of motherhood in the Israeli welfare state. This talk wil... Read more
19 May 2022
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33mins