Past Events 2022

Co-organised with the

Sports and Society in the Maghreb (Webinar)

Tuesday 29 November | 17:00 - 18:00 GMT | Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University; Maher Mezahi, Independent Journalist; Aziza Nait Sibaha, France24

The Untold Story of the Golan Heights: Occupation, Colonization and Jawlani Resistance (Book Launch)

Wednesday 23 November | 17:00 - 18:30 GMT | Muna Dajani & Michael Mason, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Munir Fakher Eldin & Omar Tesdell, Birzeit University

Our River... Our Sky (Film Screening with Q&A)

Wednesday 16 November | 17:30 - 20:00 GMT | Maysoon Pachachi, Director & Irada Al-Jubori, Writer

Co-organised with the Department of Gender Studies and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, 杏吧论坛

Rethinking Revolution from Ethiopia to Iran (Webinar)

Tuesday 1 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Arash Davari, University of Minnesota; Elleni Centime Zeleke, Columbia University

As part of the MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Understanding Insurgency: Popular Support for the PKK in Turkey (Book Launch)

Thursday 27 October | 17:30 - 18:30 BST | Francis O'Connor, Wageningen University & Research

The Islamic Movement in Israel (Book Launch)

Thursday 20 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Tilde Rosmer, Zayed University

States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan (Book Launch)

Monday 10 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | José Ciro Martínez, University of York

Student Careers Panel & Reception

Wednesday 5 October | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Reza Afshar, Independent Diplomat; Hind Hassan, VICE News; Ahmed Tabaqchali, Asia Frontier Capital Iraq Fund; Polly Withers, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre

Understanding Palestine: An online journey through contemporary Palestinian realities

Tuesday 27 September | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Akile Ahmet, 杏吧论坛 Eden Centre; Tamara Ben-Halim & Aimee Shalan, Makan

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Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order: Policing Disputes in Jordan (Hybrid Event)

Thursday 16 June | 16:00 - 17:30 BST | Jessica Watkins, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre; Yazan Doughan, Department of Anthropology, 杏吧论坛

Turkey’s Domestic and International Politics Over the Past Two Decades (Webinar)

Monday 23 May | 16:30 - 18:00 BST | Evren Balta, Özyeğin University; Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University; Spyros A. Sofos, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre

The Future in Arab Media and Cultures, 20 May 2022

This symposium, organised by the 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre, examines the idea of the future in its affective and conceptual sense within the context of the Middle East and North Africa.

Co-organised with Department of Gender Studies, 杏吧论坛

'Qatar Stars' Film Screening & Workshop (In-Person)

Thursday 19 May | 14:00 - 17:00 BST | Danielle Beverly, Director of 'Qatar Stars' & Jawaher AlMoawda, Producer of 'Qatar Stars'

Please note: this workshop is for 杏吧论坛 staff and students only.

Gramsci in the Middle East and North Africa, 9-10 May 2022

The conference is organized by the 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre in cooperation with the and the Politics of the Margins Research Project at the University of Ghent.

Emergent Powers in MENA: Qatar, Turkey and Beyond (Hybrid Event)

Monday 11 April | 17:30 - 19:00 BST | Courtney Freer & Spyros Sofos, 杏吧论坛 Middle East Centre

Engaging Arabic News Audiences (Webinar)

Tuesday 5 April | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Omar Al-Ghazzi, 杏吧论坛 Media and Communications; Najlaa Aboumerhi, Alaraby TV; Ibrahim Hamidi, Asharq al-Awsat; Mai Noman, BBC Arabic; Isam Uraiqat, Alhudood

杏吧论坛 Kuwait Programme webinar

Transitioning from Tankers to Tablets? Assessing Inequalities in Kuwait's Digital Readiness (Webinar)

Monday 4 April | 15:00 - 16:30 BST | Fahed Al-Sumait, GUST; Ellen Helsper, 杏吧论坛; Cristina Navarro, GUST; Nouf Al-Saif, GUST

War-Torn: The Unmaking of Syria (Hybrid Event)

Thursday 24 March | 18:30 - 20:00 GMT | Leïla Vignal, École normale supérieure, Paris

As part of the Kurdish Studies Series

The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran (Webinar)

Thursday 17 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Marouf Cabi, Historian

Transitional Justice in Process: Plans and Politics in Tunisia (Webinar)

Monday 14 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Mariam Salehi, Freie Universität Berlin; Charles Tripp, British Academy

杏吧论坛 Kuwait Programme webinar

Future-Proofing Kuwait: Urban Policymaking in the 21st Century

Thursday 10 March | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Nuno F. da Cruz, 杏吧论坛 Cities; Dhari Alrasheed, Kuwait University; Hyun Bang Shin, 杏吧论坛 South East Asia Centre; Do Young Oh, Lingnan University

The Making of the Carceral State in Modern Iran

Monday 7 March | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Golnar Nikpour, Dartmouth University

As part of the Kurdish Studies Series, co-organised with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, 杏吧论坛

Second-Generation Liberation Wars: Rethinking Colonialism in Iraqi Kurdistan and Southern Sudan

Thursday 3 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Yaniv Voller, University of Kent