Monday 27 February 2023

• 12:45 - Boundaries of Expertise: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Professionalisation Dilemma
  Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
  Sociology Department Weekly Seminar

Monday 15 January 2024

• 17:00 - Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War
  Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College), Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford), Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 November 2022

• 17:00 - Shi‘i visions of Muslim unity in contemporary Britain
  Cancelled
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Dr Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh)
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2022

Friday 5 May 2023

• 17:00 - Shi‘a visions of Muslim unity in contemporary Britain
  Dr Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh)
  Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Monday 4 March 2024

• 12:30 - Webs of oppression’ in everyday organizing in Palestine: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis
  Lunch will be provided for this session
  Amal W Nazzal (Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine)
  MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars

Tuesday 5 March 2024

• 17:00 - MEC BOOK TALK - Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
  Prof. Atef Said (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Tuesday 7 May 2024

• 17:00 - Reflections on Tunisian Women’s Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights - Focus on Women in the Labour Movement
  Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University)
  MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars

Tuesday 28 May 2024

• 17:00 - Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
  Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennslyvania)
  JOINT Middle East Politics & Women's Rights Research Seminar

Friday 25 October 2024

• 17:00 - From the cradle to the street: family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran
  Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis University)
  Friday Seminars

Tuesday 4 February 2025

• 17:00 - Rethinking Masculinity Through Men's Sexual Experiences in Tehran
  Dr Nafiseh Sharifi (University of Exeter)
  Women’s Rights Research Seminars

Tuesday 25 February 2025

• 17:00 - Women’s Religious Leadership in Morocco: A Catalyst for Mudawana Reform
  Dr Sawsene Nejjar (OSGA, University of Oxford)
  Women’s Rights Research Seminars

Friday 7 March 2025

• 17:00 - From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics
  Dr Jerome Drevon (Senior Analyst, Crisis Group)
  Book Talks

Tuesday 13 May 2025

• 17:00 - Sacrificial Intimacies: The Value of Life, Labor, and Desire in Queer Kurdish Worlds
  Dr Emrah Karakuş (LSE)
  Women’s Rights Research Seminars

Wednesday 28 May 2025

• 17:00 - NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out
  This will be a hybrid event with attendance in person and online. To attend online, please complete the booking form to receive the Zoom link.
  Dr Amal Nazzal (Birzeit University), Soheir Asaad (Palestinian lawyer and activist)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

• 17:00 - States and Social Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Arab States of the Gulf Region
  Professor Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University)
  Women’s Rights Research Seminars

Tuesday 9 May 2023

• 17:00 - Palestinian Women on Demonic Grounds? When Gender is Undone by the German Security Discourse
  Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London), Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London)
  Women's Rights Research Seminars

Tuesday 30 May 2023

• 17:00 - Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East
  Dr Roel Meijer (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands), Professor Marilyn Booth (Discussant) (University of Oxford)
  Women's Rights Research Seminars