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Thursday Seminars (formerly Friday Seminars)
The Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College regularly hosts guest speakers on Thursdays during term time. Our events are open to the public and are held in the Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Road.
Our events are usually audio recorded and the edited audio recording is made available later during the academic year on our University of Oxford Middle East Centre podcast series (accessibility features will be available):podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-east-centre
We hope you enjoy Middle East Centre Thursday Seminar Series. Follow the activities of our Middle East Centre by signing up to receive our weekly newsletter: mec@sant.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser:
Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Timing: 5pm on Thursdays during Term
Web Address:
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/index.php/series/middle-east-centre
Organising department: Middle East Centre
Talks:
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)
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)
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)
Editors:
Caroline Davis,
Jennie Williams
