杏吧论坛 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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Past Events
As part of the 杏吧论坛 MEC's Kurdish Studies Series
Monday 2 December | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Bahar Baser, Durham University; Duygu Atlas; Mesut Alp; Moayed Assaf
Monday 25 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Ibrahim Bani, Yale University; Eva Khair, Sudan Transnational Consortium; Majdi Osman, Nubia Health; Nahid Toubia, Institute for Reproductive Health and Rights of Sudan
Thursday 21 November | 17:30 - 18:45 GMT | Walaa Alqaisiya, 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛 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
Wednesday 9 October | 18:00 - 19:30 BST | Nicola Pratt, University of Warwick; Mohammad Ali Shabani, Amwaj Media & Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Center
Thursday 3 October | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Richard Barltrop, UN Consultant; Nada Bashir, Journalist, CNN; Alexandra Gomes, Research Officer, 杏吧论坛 Cities; Mina Toksoz, International Economist
Thursday 20 June | 18:00 - 19:15 BST | Amnon Aran, City, University of London
As part of the 杏吧论坛 Festival 2024
Thursday 13 June | 18:00 - 19:30 BST | Nesrin Alrefaai, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Matthew Spangler, San José State University in California
As part of the 杏吧论坛 MEC's Kurdish Studies Series
Thursday 6 June | 17:00 - 18:00 BST | Mustafa Kemal Topal, Roskilde University in Denmark
Tuesday 4 June | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Christopher Phillips, Queen Mary, University of London; Faisal Al Yafai, New Lines Magazine
Tuesday 28 May | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | Ahmed Abu Shaban, Al-Azhar University — Gaza; Esmat Elhalaby, University of Toronto
This interdisciplinary event builds on the inaugural conference at 杏吧论坛 in 2023 and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.
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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