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 otherwise stated.
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Most of our events are recorded and available on SoundCloud and iTunes. Browse our past events by year below.
Past Events
Thursday 21 November | 17:30 - 18:45 GMT | Walaa Alqaisiya, LSE Middle East Centre; Dasha M, Independent Researcher; Nicola Perugini, University of Edinburgh; Lara Sheehi, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; Anna Younes, Independent Researcher
Wednesday 13 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Sana Murrani, University of Plymouth; Balsam Mustafa, Cardiff University; Michael Mason, LSE Middle East Centre
Thursday 7 November | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Lisa Anderson, Columbia University; Steven Heydemann, Smith College; Salwa Ismail, SOAS; Marc Lynch, The George Washington University
Thursday 3 October | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Richard Barltrop, UN Consultant; Nada Bashir, Journalist, CNN; Alexandra Gomes, Research Officer, LSE Cities; Mina Toksoz, International Economist
Listen to the recording on SoundCloud
As part of the LSE Festival 2024
Thursday 13 June | 18:00 - 19:30 BST | Nesrin Alrefaai, LSE Middle East Centre; Matthew Spangler, San José State University in California
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.
Podcasts by Year