Forthcoming Events

Lectures, Seminars & Book Launches

LSE hosts a wide and varied range of Middle East events, including public lectures, seminars, book launches and conferences. Events are open to the public and are free of charge, unless specified otherwise. This list of events includes all Middle East Centre events and other selected Middle East events at LSE.

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Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies

My Word is Free: The Tunisian Public Sphere between Revolution and Democracy

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

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Industrial Policy in Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return (Book Launch)

Monday 20 May | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | William Hale, SOAS; Mustafa Kutlay, City, University of London; Mina Toksoz, Author and International Economist

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Kurdish Studies Conference, 22-23 May 2024

This interdisciplinary event builds on the inaugural conference at LSE in 2023 and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.

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Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East

Tuesday 4 June | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Christopher Phillips, Queen Mary, University of London

Registration will open on Tuesday 21 May | Add to calendar

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As part of the LSE MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Women Fighters in the Kurdish National Movement: Transforming Gender Politics and the PKK

Thursday 6 June | 17:00 - 19:00 BST | Mustafa Kemal Topal, Roskilde University in Denmark 

Registration will open on Thursday 23 May | Add to calendar

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As part of the LSE Festival 2024

The Drama of Displacement: The Journey of a Syrian Refugee through Theatre

Thursday 13 June | 18:00 - 19:30 BST | Nesrin Alrefaai, LSE Middle East Centre; Matthew Spangler, San José State University in California

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Strategy and Domestic Politics in Israeli Foreign Policy: From the End of the Cold War to the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War

Thursday 20 June | 18:00 - 19:15 BST | Amnon Aran, City, University of London

Registration will open on Thursday 6 June | Add to calendar