Name: Middle East Centre Administrator
St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 15 August 2023

Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On - 2-day Online-Only Conference
Date: 15 August 2023, 1:00 - 18:30
Speaker
Venue Details: Online, ZOOM link is available from Middle East Centre events webpages
Organisers: Gehad Hasanin (University of Oxford), Dr Usaama al-Alazmi (University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 15 October 2024

The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood
Date: 15 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Dr Ezgi Başaran (University of Oxford)
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), Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood
Date: 15 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Dr Ezgi Başaran (University of Oxford)
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), Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

Friday 18 October 2024

Colonial subjects and the right to have rights: Algeria, 1834
Date: 18 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina)
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 Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Monday 21 October 2024

The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis
Date: 21 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi (California State University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
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)

Friday 25 October 2024

From the cradle to the street: family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran
Date: 25 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis 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: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 29 October 2024

Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis
Date: 29 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Rusha Latif (author of 'Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution')
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 Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2024

Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council
Date: 8 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian
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 12 November 2024

CANCELLED: Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 12 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker : Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University)
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 15 November 2024

The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
Date: 15 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Elham Fakhro (Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School)
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 Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)

Thursday 21 November 2024

God's Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani
Date: 21 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
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

Writing Middle Eastern lives: biography in modern Arab history
Date: 22 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
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

Saving Soviet Muslims: the politics of protection at Jerusalem's General Islamic Congress of 1931
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45
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

Gaza – a war on healthcare
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
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

Defining antisemitism: what is the point?
Date: 5 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
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)

Friday 24 January 2025

Lebanon and Syria amidst regional turmoil
Date: 24 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Associate Professor Joseph Bahout (Director of the Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, AUB)
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 28 January 2025

The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey
Date: 28 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Caroline Tee (University of Chester), Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu (UCL), Dr Stefan Williamson Fa (University of Cambridge), Associate Professor Fabio Vicini (University of Verona)
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)

The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey
Date: 28 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
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)

Friday 31 January 2025

Sudan's current war: a longer view on peacemaking and prospects
Date: 31 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Richard Barltrop (Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE Middle East Centre)
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)

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Rethinking Masculinity Through Men's Sexual Experiences in Tehran
Date: 4 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Nafiseh Sharifi (University of Exeter)
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 7 February 2025

The Axis of Resistance
Date: 7 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Dr Amal Saad (Cardiff University), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Co-Executive Director, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies)
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 11 February 2025

Tribal Voting in New Democracies: Evidence from 6 Million Tunisian Voter Records
Date: 11 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Associate Professor Steven Brooke (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
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 Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2025

Israeli Public Opinion, War and Prospects for Peace
Date: 14 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Dahlia Scheindlin (Fellow, Century International & Columnist, Haaretz Newspaper)
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 18 February 2025

Genocide in Gaza
Date: 18 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Avi Shlaim (MEC Emeritus Fellow)
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)

Friday 21 February 2025

The chaos (fawḍà) Bashshar al-Asad warned against – Damascus University 10th November 2005 – and present-day Syria
Date: 21 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Johannes Waardenburg (IULM)
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)

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Women’s Religious Leadership in Morocco: A Catalyst for Mudawana Reform
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Sawsene Nejjar (OSGA, 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 27 February 2025

Attitudes Toward Normalization in a Conflict Context: Evidence from the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Date: 27 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ibrahim Khatib (Doha Institute)
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)

Attitudes Toward Normalization in a Conflict Context: Evidence from the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Date: 27 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Ibrahim Khatib (Doha Institute)
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)

Friday 28 February 2025

*CANCELLED* Public opinion in Palestine since 7 October
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 28 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Khalil Shikaki (Director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)
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)

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Max Gallien (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex)
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)

Friday 7 March 2025

From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics
Date: 7 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jerome Drevon (Senior Analyst, Crisis Group)
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 Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home
Date: 11 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern 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 Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 March 2025

Do we really owe Arabs nothing?
Date: 14 March 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Fouad Laroui (Professor of epistemology and writer)
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)

Tuesday 6 May 2025

East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Erin M.B. O’Halloran (University of Cambridge)
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 9 May 2025

Toward an Inclusive Archaeological and Historical Narrative of Palestine
Date: 9 May 2025, 15:00 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
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 13 May 2025

Sacrificial Intimacies: The Value of Life, Labor, and Desire in Queer Kurdish Worlds
Date: 13 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Emrah Karakuş (LSE)
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 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

CANCELLED The World After Gaza
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
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 - Empowered voices: Jordanian women shaping their future
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 States of the 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

Hamas unpacked: History and politics of a movement
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

Zaha Hadid: A Life in Architecture
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)

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University)
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 Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 October 2025

Gaza Genocide as a Symptom: Fragile World Order and Regional Impacts
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu (Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Türkiye)
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 21 October 2025

Demand for Repression during the Algerian War of Independence
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Jean Lachapelle (University of Montreal)
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 Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Safe Corridor
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Professor Marilyn Booth (Al Saud Professor, Magdalen College), Mr Jan Dost (Author)
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 Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 October 2025

Food and Language: Rhetorical-Cultural Excavations in Arab Heritage / الطعام والكلام: حفريات بلاغية ثقافية في التراث العربي
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Said Laouadi (Cadi Ayyad 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 Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 11 November 2025

The Woman on Top and the Men Behind. Gendering Criminals in Colonial Egypt (1920-1922)
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Elena Chiti (Stockholm University)
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 Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 13 November 2025

Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development in Government: The Experience and the Future
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Mustapha El Khalfi (Former Minister of Communications, Morocco)
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)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Egypt’s Role, Identity, and Foreign Policy in a River of De-Nile
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr May Darwich (University of Birmingham)
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 Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 November 2025

Seeds in the Rubble: Cultural Vitality in the Arab World
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Mr Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi (Founder, Barjeel Art Foundation)
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 25 November 2025

Breaking New Ground on the Global Stage: Memoirs of Kuwait's First Woman Ambassador
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Ambassador Nabeela Al Mulla (Author)
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 Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Stranger Visions: Ghuraba’ and Egypt’s Ideological Crisis
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, 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 Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 December 2025

The Code of Karam: How Literature Shapes Post-Revolutionary Social Spaces in Cairo
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Czech Academy of Sciences)
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)