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
Co-organised with LSE IDEAS
Monday 25 March | 17:15 - 18:30 GMT | Nathan J. Brown, Georgetown University; Tamara Khoury, IE University; Azza Kamel Maghur, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist
Wednesday 13 March | 17:00 - 18:00 GMT | Ahmed Al Khameri, Chemonics; Marwa Baabbad, Yemen Policy Centre; Andreas Krieg, KCL
Co-organised with LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday 7 March | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT | Soli Özel, Istanbul Kadir Has University; Selin Nasi & Rim Turkmani, LSE
This workshop brought together scholars from across disciplines to explore contemporary Iranian or ‘Rojhelati’ Kurdistan.
Tuesday 27 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Zoe Hurley, Zayed University; Tariq Elyas, King Abdulaziz University; Sarah Hopkyns, University of St Andrews
Listen to the recording on SoundCloud
In partnership with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
The Middle Eastern Studies Department at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), in partnership with the LSE Middle East Center, is organizing the second edition of its two-day conference in Doha, Qatar.
Co-organised with the LSE Department of Geography and Environment
Wednesday 7 February | 18:30 - 20:00 GMT | Harry Pettit, Radboud University Nijmegen; Salwa Ismail, SOAS; Jo Littler, Goldsmiths, University of London; Tatiana Thieme, UCL
Tuesday 14 November | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Daniele Rugo, Director & Carmen Hassoun Abou Jaoudé, Producer
Thursday 9 November | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Hazem Jamjoum, New York University; Bashir Abu-Manneh, University of Kent
Podcasts by Year