Lecture Programme on the Contemporary Middle East
Tuesdays, 5.30pm (unless stated otherwise), Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS
All lectures in this series are free and open to all
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Forthcoming Events
Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure
Hatim El-Hibri (George Mason University)
In Visions of Beirut, Hatim El-Hibri explores how the creation and circulation of images has shaped the urban spaces and cultural imaginaries of Beirut.
26 October 2021, Virtual Event, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMCreative Radicalism in the Middle East: Culture and the Arab Left After the Uprisings
Caroline Rooney (University of Kent)
In her recent account of the Arab uprisings, Caroline Rooney outlines the importance of aesthetic strategies and creative expression in the left's critique of authoritarian and Islamic extremist discourse during the revolutions.
16 November 2021, Virtual Event, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMNew Media and Revolution: Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria
Billie Jeanne Brownlee (University of Exeter)
Investigating the root causes of the Syrian uprising of 2011, New Media and Revolution shows how acts of online resistance prepared the ground for better-organised street mobilisation.
14 December 2021, Virtual Event, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM