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LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts

Welcome to the LSE Middle East Centre's podcast feed.The MEC builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the regi... Read more

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Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

This event was a discussion around Dr Nora Derbal's latest book 'Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritar... Read more

23 Jun 2023

59mins

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The Age of Counter-Revolution: States and Revolutions in the Middle East

The Age of Counter-Revolution: States and Revolutions in the Middle East

This event was the launch of Jamie Allinson's latest book The Age of Counter-Revolution: States and Revolutions in the M... Read more

19 May 2023

1hr 23mins

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Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East

Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East

In order to survive in a hostile environment in the Middle East, Israeli decision makers developed a regional foreign po... Read more

15 May 2023

1hr 19mins

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The History and Development of Kurdish Studies with Professor Martin van Bruinessen

The History and Development of Kurdish Studies with Professor Martin van Bruinessen

Professor Martin van Bruinessen delivered a keynote lecture on the history and development of Kurdish Studies as part of... Read more

11 May 2023

1hr 6mins

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Abu Dhabi (Dis)connected: an evening of art and research (Seminar)

Abu Dhabi (Dis)connected: an evening of art and research (Seminar)

Life in Abu Dhabi is centred around cars. Its urban development and open space infrastructure has impacted the walkabili... Read more

10 May 2023

1hr 13mins

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Ruptured Domesticity Exhibition Launch: In Conversation with Sana Murrani

Ruptured Domesticity Exhibition Launch: In Conversation with Sana Murrani

This event opened the exhibition 'Ruptured Domesticity: Mapping Spaces of Refuge in Iraq' by Dr Sana Murrani, hosted at ... Read more

2 May 2023

1hr 12mins

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Collecting Traces for Future Struggles: Archiving in Times of Revolts

Collecting Traces for Future Struggles: Archiving in Times of Revolts

What is the relationship between archiving and collective visions for liberation? Where does the practice of archiving f... Read more

4 Apr 2023

1hr 8mins

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A Vocabulary in Upheaval: Keywords in Contemporary Syrian Political Culture

A Vocabulary in Upheaval: Keywords in Contemporary Syrian Political Culture

How does the political and cultural shape the linguistic? How does power seep into terminology? What vocabulary is left ... Read more

22 Mar 2023

1hr 20mins

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The Politics of Representation: Feminist Media Studies in the Middle East

The Politics of Representation: Feminist Media Studies in the Middle East

This panel, co-organised with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), focused on the role that representations of femininit... Read more

17 Mar 2023

1hr 26mins

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Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism

Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism

This event was the launch of Spyros A. Sofos' latest book 'Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Popu... Read more

8 Mar 2023

1hr 4mins

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