Department: Middle East Centre
Talks:

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

God's Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani
Date: 21 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sajad Jiyad
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organisers: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Middle East Centre
Host: Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Writing Middle Eastern lives: biography in modern Arab history
Date: 22 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Sonja Mejcher-Atassi (American University of Beirut), Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford), Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Saving Soviet Muslims: the politics of protection at Jerusalem's General Islamic Congress of 1931
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Roy Bar Sadeh (University of Manchester)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, 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 Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Gaza – a war on healthcare
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Nick Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Debbie Harrington (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Rebecca Inglis (University of Oxford)
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 Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Defining antisemitism: what is the point?
Date: 5 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University), Dr Brian Klug (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)