Name: Middle East Centre

Events this person is hosting:

Friday 18 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution
Date: 18 October 2019, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Walter Armbrust (MEC Albert Hourani Fellow)
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre

Tuesday 23 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies
Date: 23 February 2021, 9:00 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: ZOOM Online Webinar
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Antony's College)
Host: Middle East Centre

Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Syria Society Event with Dr. Sami Moubayed and Dr. Eugene Rogan: On the Syrian National Congress of 1919
Date: 27 May 2021, 19:00 - 20:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Oxford Syria Society: https://www.facebook.com/events/497881694682135/?ref=newsfeed
Organiser: Marwan Safar Jalani (Oxford Syria Society)
Host: Middle East Centre

Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Transnationalism in the Middle East
Date: 18 October 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Marral Shamshiri-Fard, Jeremy Randall, Fadi Kafeety, Dr Toby Matthiesen (LSE), Golnar Nikpour
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Middle East Centre

Monday 1 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Maoism in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 1 November 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Jiayi Zhu, William Figueroa, Leonard Michael, Idriss Jebari, Afshin Matin-Asgari
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Middle East Centre

Wednesday 12 January 2022 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

Oxford Political Thought Seminar - Caliphate
Date: 12 January 2022, 15:00 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker s: Hüseyin Yilmaz (George Mason University), Elizabeth Alexandrin (University of Manitoba)
Venue Details: ZOOM Online Webinar
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Middle East Centre

Thursday 26 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

The Republic of South Sudan: Coming out of the Peace Process and the Path to Economic Development
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 26 January 2023, 14:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: His Excellency Honourable Minister Puot Kang Chol (Minister of Petroleum for the Republic of South Sudan), Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
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
Organiser: Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
Hosts: The Sudanese Programme, Middle East Centre

Tuesday 9 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Palestinian Women on Demonic Grounds? When Gender is Undone by the German Security Discourse
Date: 9 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
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 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East
Date: 30 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2023)
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

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Political Though - Heresy
Date: 14 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Teena Purohit (Boston University), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Dr Usaama al-Alazmi (University of Oxford), Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony's, Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Associate Professor Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organisers: Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford), Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (University of Oxford)
Host: Middle East Centre

Events this person is organising:

Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Transnationalism in the Middle East
Date: 18 October 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Marral Shamshiri-Fard, Jeremy Randall, Fadi Kafeety, Dr Toby Matthiesen (LSE), Golnar Nikpour
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Middle East Centre

Monday 25 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - A Global Palestine
Date: 25 October 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Sune Haugbolle, Pelle Valentin Olsen, Sorcha Thomson, Ilan Pappé
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Maoism in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 1 November 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Jiayi Zhu, William Figueroa, Leonard Michael, Idriss Jebari, Afshin Matin-Asgari
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Middle East Centre

Monday 8 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Late Pahlavi Iran
Date: 8 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Ali Mirsepassi, Arash Azizi, Siavush Ranjbar Daemi, Edmund Herzig
Venue Details: ZOOM
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Monday 15 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Lebanon
Date: 15 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Nathaniel George, Yvonne Albers, Zeina Maasri, Fadi Bardawil
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Monday 22 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - The Developmental State
Date: 22 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Touraj Atabaki, Max Ajl, Philip Marfleet, Cyrus Schayegh
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Monday 29 November 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Gender in the Global Middle East and North Africa
Date: 29 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker s: Faika Çelik, Aliye Gamze Sarıtunalı, Amy Kallander, Hannah Elsisi Ashmawi, Laleh Khalili
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Wednesday 27 April 2022 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Oxford Political Thought Seminar Series - Seminar 1 - EMPIRE
Date: 27 April 2022, 15:00 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 1st week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker s: Janet O’Brien, The Courtauld, Azfar Moin, University of Texas-Austin
Venue Details: Online Webinar via ZOOM
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Colonizing Palestine: the Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba’
Date: 29 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre
Host: Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)

Tuesday 5 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

MEC BOOK TALK - Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
Date: 5 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
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)