Events
2013
January
10/01/13
- Yarshater Lecture Series - Images and Decor in the Persianate World
Professor Yves Porter (Department of History, University of Aix-Marseille, France)
The making of Persian Paintings (14th-16th centuries)
11/01/13
- Yemen: Challenges for the Future
Two-Day International Conference organised by The British-Yemeni Society (BYS) and London Middle East Institute
11/01/13
- Yarshater Lecture Series - Images and Decor in the Persianate World
Professor Yves Porter (Department of History, University of Aix-Marseille, France)
Poetical iconography on Persian ceramics (end 12th-early 14th centuries)
14/01/13
- Yarshater Lecture Series - Images and Decor in the Persianate World
Professor Yves Porter (Department of History, University of Aix-Marseille, France)
Use and re-use of Persian Tiles
15/01/13
- Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution
Ethan Chorin, Berkeley Research Group
Ethan Chorin discusses his recently-published book, Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution (PublicAffairs Books, 2012).
15/01/13
- Yarshater Lecture Series - Images and Decor in the Persianate World
Professor Yves Porter (Department of History, University of Aix-Marseille, France)
Glazed Tiles in the Indian Sultanates
19/01/13
- Poetry, Satire, Music, Dance - Announcing the winners of the Jaleh Esfahani Poetry Prize
With Satirist Haroon Yousofi, the music ensemble Mahalat Ajam and dance by Flamenco South.
22/01/13
- Unfree in Palestine: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction
Nadia Abu-Zahra, University of Ottawa; Adah Kay, Cass Business School, City University, London
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
25/01/13
- Protector or Occupier? Current Turkish Cypriot Perceptions of Turkey
Rebecca Bryant, LSE
28/01/13
- Monthly Film Screening: In Search of a Healer & Throw a Stone into the Water
- Two documentaries by Hassan Solhjoo.
29/01/13
- Women's perceptions of access to justice in Iran
Sahar Maranlou, University of Warwick
Part of the LMEI's Tuesday Evening Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East, The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes.
31/01/13
February
05/02/13
- The Art of Heritage Collection and Research Project: 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
- Keynote - Urban Violence in the Middle East: Histories of Place and Event
Professor Charles Tripp
14/02/13
- 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.
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.
19/02/13
- Arab Revolutions, Challenges and Prospects
Fawwaz Traboulsi
A public lecture by Fawwaz Traboulsi
20/02/13
- The Invention of the Land of Israel
Shlomo Sand, University of Tel Aviv
Book launch with the author Shlomo Sand
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.
08/03/13
- The First World War and the Ottoman Empire: The Home-Front Perspective
Yiğit Akın, College of Charleston/Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
10/03/13
- A Celebration of the Life & Work of Maestro Homayoun Khoram - A Musical Tribute
This event is now sold out however there will be a live video stream in one of the other lecture theatres at SOAS - spaces are limited and we suggest you arrive early to avoid disappointment
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.
13/03/13
- The Vulnerabilities of Authoritarian Upgrading in Yemen
Larissa Alles
A lecture by Larissa Alles, recipient of last year’s British-Yemeni Society academic grant.
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.
22/03/13
- Changing Historical Perceptions in Turkey: The Case of Sultan Abdülhamid II
Serkan Yazıcı, Sakarya University
23/03/13
- The Invasion of Iraq: Two Panel Discussions on Art and Politics
Part of Reel Iraq 2013 which marks 10 years since the US and UK led military invasion, against which the world mobilised in solidarity with the people of Iraq. Reel Iraq will explore the contribution of art, culture and creativity to Iraqi life in a time of conflict, with over 50 events taking place in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Glasgow, Dumfries, Leeds, Derry/Londonderry, Newcastle and Stirling.
23/03/13
- A Musical Celebration of Nowruz with Persian, Kurdish and Azari Music
A musical celebration to mark the Persian New Year.
27/03/13
- Opposition in the Gulf Monarchies: a Second Spring
Chris Davidson, Durham University
British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA) Lecture.
April
May
11/05/13
- Palestine and the Moving Image: International Conference
Part of The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival
15/05/13
- The Legal Aspects of Religious Diversity in Iran
Houchang Chehabi, Boston University
July
05/07/13
- Regional vis-à-vis Global Discourses: Contemporary Art from the Middle East
An international two-day conference.
