Name: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh
St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Monday 27 February 2023

Boundaries of Expertise: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Professionalisation Dilemma
Date: 27 February 2023, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Venue: 42-43 Park End Street, 42-43 Park End Street OX1 1JD
Venue Details: Seminar Room, Department of Sociology
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 15 January 2024

Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War
Date: 15 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: 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)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Events this person is hosting:

Friday 25 November 2022

Shi‘i visions of Muslim unity in contemporary Britain
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 25 November 2022, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, lower ground floor of the Investcorp Building, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 May 2023

Shi‘a visions of Muslim unity in contemporary Britain
Date: 5 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Elvire Corboz (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor Investcorp Building)
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 4 March 2024

Webs of oppression’ in everyday organizing in Palestine: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis
Date: 4 March 2024, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Amal W Nazzal (Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Board Room
Organiser: Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 March 2024

MEC BOOK TALK - Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
Date: 5 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Prof. Atef Said (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The MEC Centre Board Room
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 7 May 2024

Reflections on Tunisian Women’s Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights - Focus on Women in the Labour Movement
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser: Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 May 2024

Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennslyvania)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Board Room
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (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 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)

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)

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 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)

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)

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 27 January 2025

The Materiality of Cyber Commercial Sigheh: An Introduction to A Post-Paradigmatic Sex Market in Iran
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 27 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Minoo Sadat (University of Bristol)
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 29 January 2025

The Construction of Masculinities in Popular Iranian Cinema of the 1990s
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Nacim Pak Shiraz (University of Edinburgh)
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 10 March 2025

An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
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)

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 9 May 2023

Palestinian Women on Demonic Grounds? When Gender is Undone by the German Security Discourse
Date: 9 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London), Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London)
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre

Tuesday 30 May 2023

Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East
Date: 30 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Dr Roel Meijer (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands), Professor Marilyn Booth (Discussant) (University of Oxford)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom (Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College)
Organiser: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre