Department: Middle East Centre
Talks:
Thursday 15 May 2025
After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Munira Khayyat (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)
Friday 16 May 2025
Dame Zaha Hadid Mini Series – Celebrating 10 Years Of The Investcorp Building
Date: 16 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Philip Michael Wolfson (Wolfson Design)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Tuesday 20 May 2025
The World After Gaza
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Pankaj Mishra
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 May 2025
The Devaki Jain Lecture
Date: 23 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Rana Husseini (author, journalist and activist)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Devaki Jain (Honorary Fellow, St Anne's College)
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 28 May 2025
NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out
Date: 28 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University),
Soheir Asaad (Palestinian lawyer and activist)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Friday 30 May 2025
Big Tech and the Automation of Genocide in Gaza
Date: 30 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Samer Abdelnour (University of Edinburgh Business School)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University)
Tuesday 3 June 2025
States and Social Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Arab Gulf Region
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Contemporary Islamic Studies seminar
Date: 10 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network),
Professor Jeroen Gunning (King's College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Thursday 12 June 2025
Dame Zaha Hadid Mini Series – Celebrating 10 Years Of The Investcorp Building
Date: 12 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Joseph Giovannini (Giovannini Associates)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)