Each term at LSE, the Middle East Centre offers a series of lectures which are free and open to the public. It’s a great opportunity to come out and hear some of the world’s leading experts on the Middle East, ask questions and, we hope, network a little.
Here’s a sneak peek of the lectures coming this autumn. Most lectures run from 6.30 to 8pm. Final locations and times will be updated on our website in early September. Any questions? Email Dania Akkad at d.c.akkad@lse.ac.uk.
[Here are details of last term’s talks, most of which are available on podcast]
8 October
Football, Music and Bandits of Honour: A History of Algeria in Six Objects
Speaker: Professor Martin Evans, University of Portsmith
Read it: Algeria: France’s Undeclared War (Professor Evan’s latest book — Oxford University Press, 2012)
15 October
Freethinking, Secularism and the Arab Spring
Speaker: Professor Aziz Al-Azmeh, Central European University
Read it: Critical Muslims (@caroolkersten‘s blog) on Aziz Al-Azmeh
22 October
Title: TBA
Speaker: Haytham Manna, National Coordination Body for Democratic Change (Syria)
Read it: Haytham Manna’s recent piece in The Guardian
25 October
Title: TBA
Speaker: Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Correspondent
Coming out in October: Bowen’s new book, The Arab Uprisings (Simon and Schuster, 2012)
12 November
The Salafists
Speaker: Dr Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po
Watch it (if you understand French): Lacroix talks about Salafis and the Arab Spring on KTO TV
Listen (if you don’t): Lacroix last year at LSE, speaking on the politics of religious dissent in Saudi Arabia
19 November
Competing Economic Visions in the Arab Uprisings: Navigating Without Roadmaps
Speaker: Dr Nasser Saidi
Watch: Saidi speaking on economic challenges in the Arabian Peninsula at University of St Gallen
5 December
Iran’s Nuclear Programme: A Surge into Modernity
Speaker: Dr David Patrikarakos
Watch it: Patrikarakos discusses Iran’s nuclear programme on BBC
Read it: His New Statesman piece on Iran
6 December
Algeria and Post-Colonialism
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Hill, King’s College London
Read it: An excerpt from Hill’s Identity in Algerian Politics: The Legacy of Colonial Rule (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009)
