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Department: Middle East Centre
Talks:
Thursday 19 February 2026
BOOK TALK: Order and Region Making in the Middle East
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Simon Mabon (Lancaster University)
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)
Tuesday 24 February 2026
BOOK TALK: Fire in Every Direction
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network)
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:
Dr Ammar Azzouz (Somerville College, University of Oxford),
Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Thursday 26 February 2026
FILM SCREENING: The Conspiracy: Assassination in Beirut
Date: 26 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Dan Clifton (Independent Writer/Director),
Michael Taylor (Independent Investigations/Police Consultant)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford),
Middle East Centre
Host:
Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Tuesday 3 March 2026
BOOK TALK: Contemporary Islamist Opposition in Morocco: Resisting Inclusion and Moderation
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Alfonso Casani (Complutense University of Madrid)
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 Michael Willis (St Antony's College)
Thursday 5 March 2026
A keynote conversation with Saeb Eigner about 'Artists of the Middle East. 1900 to Now.'
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Saeb Eigner (Author)
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 10 March 2026
An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 10 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
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)
Thursday 12 March 2026
Decolonizing Security Studies - a North African perspective
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Nizar Messari (Al Akhawayn University)
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 Michael Willis (St Antony's College)
Saturday 9 May 2026
Reading Tayeb Salih in the 21st Century
Date: 9 May 2026, 9:45 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford),
Mohamed Khalaph,
Amal Osman,
Dr Apala Das (Bilkent University, Ankara),
Timour Muhidine (INALCO, Paris),
Dr Lemya Shammat (Kind Saud University, Jeddah),
Adil Babikir (Translator, Abu Dhabi),
Dr Abdelmagid Abdelrahman Awadelkarim (Majmaah University, Saudia Arabia),
Dr Richard Barltrop (LSE Middle East Centre),
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (University of Oxford),
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme),
Middle East Centre
Hosts:
Professor Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford),
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (Chair and Trustee, The Sudanese Programme)
