杏吧论坛

Sudan Coup: Analysis from the Ground

Thursday 9 December | 15:00-16:00 GMT | Muzan Alneel, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; Nafisa Eltahir, Reuters; Magdi el-Gizouli, Rift Valley Institute

Seen But Not Heard: Youth Citizenship Identities and Participation in Kuwait

Wednesday 8 December | 16:00-17:30 GMT | Rania Al-Nakib, Gulf University of Science & Technology; Sam Mejias, 杏吧论坛; Abdullah al-Khonaini, Independent Researcher; Rana Khazbak, University of Nottingham

Algeria-GCC Relations: Geopolitics, Energy, Security

Monday 29 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Arslan Chikhaoui, Nord Sud Venture; Fatiha Dazi-Héni, IRSEM; Sebastian Sons, CARPO-Bonn

Queering the Middle East

Monday 22 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Sabiha Allouche, University of Exeter; Mert Koçak, Central European University; Ladan Rahbari, University of Amsterdam; Fadi Saleh, University of Göttingen

Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq

Wednesday 17 November | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Ruba Ali Al-Hassani, Lancaster University; Ibrahim Al-Marashi, California State University, San Marcos; Shamiran Mako, Boston University

The Quiet Emergency: Experiences and Understandings of Climate Change in Kuwait

Wednesday 3 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Samia Alduaij, Senior Environmental Specialist; Abrar Alshammari, Independent Researcher; Kanwal Tareq Hameed, University of Exeter; Deen Sharp, 杏吧论坛.

Turkey’s Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds (Book Launch)

Monday 25 October | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Cengiz Çandar, Journalist

In-between Identities and Cultures: Ms Marvel and the Representation of Young Muslim Women

Tuesday 19 October | 17:00 - 18:00 BST | Manmit Bhambra & Jennifer Jackson-Preece, 杏吧论坛; Dima Issa, University of Balamand

The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance (Book Launch)

Tuesday 12 October | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Iyad El-Baghdadi & Ahmed Gatnash, Kawaakibi Foundation

Navigating Collapse: Where Next for Lebanon?

Monday 4 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Ghida Frangieh, Legal Agenda; Ibrahim Halawi, Royal Holloway, University of London; Abir Saksouk, Public Works Studio

Iraq on the Eve of Elections: A New Era or Return to the Status Quo? 28 - 29 September, 2021

This conference brings together researchers from the Conflict Research Programme Iraq (CRP-I) with other leading experts in the field to assess the situation in Iraq four years on from the programme’s launch. 

العراق عشية الانتخابات: بداية عهد جديد أم استمرار للوضع الراهن؟ ٢٨ - ٢٩ أيلول ٢٠٢١ 

يجمع هذا المؤتمر باحثين من برنامج أبحاث الصراع في العراق مع خبراء بارزين آخرين في هذا المجال لمناقشة الوضع في العراق  بعد مضي أربع سنوات على إطلاق البرنامج

The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution (Webinar)

Wednesday 23 June | 12:00 - 13:00 BST | Natalya Vince, University of Portsmouth

A Modern History of the Kurds (Webinar)

Thursday 17 June | 13:00 - 14:00 BST | David McDowall

Responding to the Challenges of Statelessness in the MENA (Webinar)

Tuesday 15 June | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Susan Akram, Boston University; Zahra Albarazi, Independent Consultant; Maysa Ayoub, American University of Cairo; Lina Abou Habib, American University of Beirut

Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria (Webinar)

Tuesday 8 June | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Andrew Delatolla, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Shourideh C. Molavi, University of Basel; Mai Taha, Goldsmiths, University of London

Stuck in the 20th Century? Kuwait’s Urbanisation, Transport, and Use of Public Space (Webinar)

Tuesday 25 May | 13:00-14:30 BST | Alexandra Gomes; Asseel Al-Ragam; Sharifa Alshalfan; Adeel Muhammad; Reem Alfahad

Destructive Creations: Social-Spatial Transformations in Contemporary Baghdad (Webinar)

Thursday 20 May | 15:00-16:00 BST | Omar Sirri, University of Toronto

Israeli Foreign Policy Since the End of the Cold War (Webinar)

Thursday 6 May | 13:00-14:00 BST | Amnon Aran, City, University of London

Kurds and Yezidis in the Middle East: Shifting Identities, Borders, and the Experience of Minority Communities (Webinar)

Friday 23 April | 15:30-16:30 BST | Majid Hassan Ali, Ilia State University Georgia; Ohannes Kılıçdağı; Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida; Arzu Yilmaz, University of Hamburg

Redefining Deprivation in a Conflict Area: Learning from the Palestinian Experience (Webinar)

Wednesday 31 March | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Weeam Hammoudeh, Birzeit University; Tracy Kuo Lin, University of California, San Francisco; Suzan Mitwalli, Birzeit University

Hitting the Glass Ceiling? Women's Political Participation in Kuwait (Webinar)

Tuesday 9 March | 12:00 - 13:00 GMT | Zeynep Kaya, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Lubna Ahmed Al-Kazi, Kuwait University

Sino-Algerian Relations: From Anti-Colonial Allies to Strategic Partners? (Webinar)

Tuesday 2 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Francesco Saverio Leopardi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Chuchu Zhang, Fudan University; Yahia Zoubir; KEDGE Business School

Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope (Webinar)

Monday 22 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Hadeel Assali, Columbia University; Tareq Baconi, International Crisis Group; Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University

Reforming the Gulf Rentier State: From Patronage to Cash Grants? (Webinar)

Thursday 18 February | 13:00 - 14:00 | Steffen Hertog, 杏吧论坛; Yousef Al-Ebraheem, KFAS (discussant)

Is Demography Destiny? The Economic Implications of Iraq's Demography (Webinar)

Tuesday 9 February | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Alexander Hamilton, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

US-Iran Relations in a Post-Trump World (Webinar)

Tuesday 2 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Hassan Ahmadian, University of Tehran; Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group

Praetorian Spearhead: The Role of the Military in the Evolution of Egypt’s State Capitalism 3.0 (Webinar)

Tuesday 26 January | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Centre

The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia (Webinar)

Thursday 21 January | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Madawi Al-Rasheed, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre