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2013
February
05/02/13
- The Art of Heritage Collection: traditional dress in Saudi Arabia
Aisa Martinez, LMEI
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
06/02/13
- Is Islamism the Arab Destiny?
Aziz Al-Azmeh, CEU University Professor, School of Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, Central European University, Budapest
- Aziz Al-Azmeh is CEU University Professor in the School of Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, Central European University, Budapest. Among his books in English are Islams and Modernities, The Times of History, and Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Christian, Muslim and Pagan Polities.
09/02/13
- The Idea of Iran: From Saljuq Collapse to Mongol Conquest
The tenth programme in The Idea of Iran annual series.
11/02/13
- 1 Week Political Islam Programme
Various Speakers
This is a one week programme offered by the London Middle East Institute, SOAS and SOAS Enterprise.
Convened by Dr Khaled Hroub
13/02/13
- Urban Violence in the Middle East: Histories of Place and Event
- In spite of its relevance to contemporary events the history of public violence in Middle Eastern cities has not yet been the subject of systematic academic debate.
13/02/13
- Keynote - Urban Violence in the Middle East: Histories of Place and Event
Professor Charles Tripp
16/02/13
- A Concert: Rumi's Spiritual Odyssey
An inspiring and beautiful performance put together by Light of Music evoking the life journey of Mowlana Jalaledin Balkhi.
19/02/13
- Iran's Nuclear Programme: A Surge into Modernity
David Patrikarakos, Author and Journalist
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
26/02/13
- Rags, Tommy-Guns, and the King: Palestinians and the Pedagogical Regime, c. 1956.
Mezna Qato, St Antony's College, Oxford
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) and London Middle East Institute Joint Lecture. Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
March
02/03/13
- Difficult Transition: Iraq's Road to Democracy, 10 Years On
An international one-day conference.
05/03/13
- Iran’s Expanding Relations with Latin America
Manouchehr Dorraj, Texas Christian University and a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for International and Regional Studies, Doha, Qatar
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
06/03/13
- Women and the ‘Arab Spring’: Lessons from Iran?
Haideh Moghissi, Professor and Trudeau Fellow, Department of Equity Studies, York University, Toronto
The swift turn that the movement for democracy and social justice has taken in favour of Islamists signals the challenges ahead for progressive social forces. This paper asks whether there are lessons to be learned from Iran’s 1979 revolution.
12/03/13
- Revolt in Syria: Eye-Witness to the Uprising
Stephen Starr, freelance journalist
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
19/03/13
- The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey
Anthony Lerman, author; Ghada Karmi, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
23/03/13
- A Musical Celebration of Nowruz with Persian, Kurdish and Azari Music
A musical celebration to mark the Persian New Year.
