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History, politics, and Anecdotes with Eugene Rogan |
Piotr Schulkes and Eugene Rogan discuss the importance of history in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, how the West discusses the region, and a number of stories from Rogan’s time at Oxford. |
Piotr Schulkes, Eugene Rogan |
22 Feb 2021 |
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Lebanon’s Economic and political crisis |
Piotr Schulkes, Felix Walker, and Michael Memari cover the ongoing crises in Lebanon’s political and economic systems. |
Michael Memari, Felix Walker, Piotr Schulkes |
09 Feb 2021 |
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Authoritarian or Revolutionary? Reflections on the Nature of the State in the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton) Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. |
Maryam Alemzadeh, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi |
04 Nov 2020 |
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Iran, Iraq and the US after the Qasim Sulemani assassination |
Panel discussion looking at US, Iranian and Iraqi politics after the Qasim Sulemani assassination. Held in Oxford on Monday, 20th January 2020 |
Felix Gedney, Emma Sky, Sir Simon Mayall, Toby Matthiesen |
28 Jan 2020 |
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Creative Commons |
Seyed Ali Alavi - Iran and Palestine: Past, Present and Future |
Ali Alavi discusses the history of Iran's relations with Palestinian organisation and the Palestinian cause, and their implication to Iranian-Israeli relations. |
Ali Alavi |
22 Jan 2020 |
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Iraq and Iran: old foes, ambivalent allies |
Ambassador Wilks CMG (HM British Ambassador to Iraq), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. |
Ambassador Wilks CMG |
15 Nov 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Jonathan Leslie - Fear and Insecurity: Competing Narratives of the Iran-Israel Relationship |
Jonathan Leslie considers the history of Iran's "becoming" and existential threat in Israel |
Jonathan Leslie |
06 Nov 2019 |
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Revolution in Iran 1978-1979: Assessments and Reassessments upon the Fortieth Anniversary |
Middle East Centre seminar with Touraj Atabaki (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Stephanie Cronin (Oxford University, Siavush Randjbar Daemi (University of St Andrews). Chaired by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (University of Oxford) |
Touraj Atabaki, Stephanie Cronin, Siavush Randjbar Daemi, Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi |
01 May 2019 |
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Iran and sanctions |
Zep Kalb (UCLA) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Yassamine Mather. |
Zep Kalb |
05 Mar 2019 |
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Book launch: Khalil Maleki -The Human Face of Iranian Socialism |
Dr Homa Katouzian (Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony's) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College). |
Homa Katouzian |
13 Nov 2018 |
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Women's Rights Research Seminar: Women and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran |
Mariam Memarsadeghi (Tavaana) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. |
Mariam Memarsadeghi |
03 Apr 2018 |
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The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation |
Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi (King's College London) gives a lecture on Iranian nationalis, this is a joint event with the Oxford University Iranian Society. |
Reza Zia-Ebrahimi |
30 May 2017 |
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Creative Commons |
Iran's Nuclear Program and International Law, November 2015 |
Dan Joyner, University of Alabama School of Law - November 2015 |
Dan Joyner |
21 Oct 2016 |
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The Challenges of Reporting Iran |
Sadeq Saba, the former head of the BBC Persian Service, gives a talk for the The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Introduction by Richard Sambrook. |
Sadeq Saba |
05 May 2016 |
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Multiple Identities in a Frontier Land: Balkh and ‘The Iranians’ |
In this paper Dr. Arezou Azad focused on the region of Balkh in the north of modern-day Afghanistan, ancient Bactria |
Arezou Azad |
02 Feb 2016 |
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Ilya Afanasyev and Nicholas S. M. Matheou Introduction |
Opening remarks from Ilya Afanasyev and Nicholas S M Matheou |
Ilya Afanasyev, Nicholas S M Matheou |
26 Jan 2016 |
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Iranian ‘Identities’ in Pre-Modern Times – Reality or Myth? |
Speaker: Bert Fragner (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna). |
Bert Fragner |
18 Dec 2015 |
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Persepolis: Introductory talk by Kaveh Moussavi, Iranian human rights lawyer |
Kaveh Moussavi, Iranian human rights lawyer, introduces the film Persepolis. |
Kaveh Moussavi |
17 Feb 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
THEMIS: Skilled Iranians in Germany and the United States: Exploring migrants' networks |
Uta Lehmann presents her paper 'Skilled Iranians in Germany and the United States: exploring migrants' networks' in Parallel session V(C) of the conference Examining Migration Dynamics: Networks and Beyond, 24-26 Sept 2013 |
Uta Lehmann |
24 Feb 2014 |
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Dorr-e Dari (The Pearl of Dari): An Ethnography of Poetry as a Social Practice among Afghans in Iran (23 May 2013) |
This lecture formed part of the 2013 Evans-Pritchard Lecture series held at All Souls College, Oxford, in which Zuzanna Olszewska discussed 'Authentic Voices, Modern Selves: An Ethnography of Afghan Refugee Poetry and Personhood in Iran'. |
Zuzanna Olszewska |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
Hassan Rohani's Strategy to Avoid War |
Thomas Flichy reflects on the current politics of Iran and its role in the wider region. |
Thomas Flichy de la Neuville |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Creative Commons |
FMR 44 Freedom of movement of Afghan refugees in Iran |
Although legally justifiable, increasing restrictions on movement and work for refugees in Iran have detrimental effects for the refugees. |
Farshid Farzin, Safinaz Jadali |
04 Oct 2013 |
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'Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean' and 'A New Era: The Iranian Navy, Strategy Expansion and Soft Power' |
Cdre Keith Winstanley (CCW RN Hudson Fellow) and Cdr Tracy Vincent (CCW US Navy Hudson Fellow give talks for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 12 June 2012. Introduced by Dr Jan Lemnitzer. |
Keith Winstanley, Tracy Vincent, Jan Lemnitzer |
02 Jul 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
The Decade Ahead: The US Role in the World (2012 Fulbright Lecture) |
Ambassador Thomas Pickering delivers the second Annual Oxford Fulbright Lecture on International Relations. This lecture took place on 18 May 2012. |
Thomas Pickering |
20 Jun 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Panel 6: Beyond Egypt: Revolutionary Egypt's Relations with Surrounding States: Internal Transformation, External Realignment and Regional Security |
Fred Lawson examines the reconfiguration of Egyptian foreign policy since the revolution, particularly with respect to relations with Iran and Ethiopia. |
Fred Lawson |
25 May 2012 |
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Constitutional Borrowing and other Hazards: The Islamic Republic and Transformations in Islamic Law |
Professor Miriam Kunkler explores how, in Iranian constitutional and in penal law, pragmatic considerations have begun to trump ideological commitments to Shii jurisprudence since the 1979 constitution,. |
Miriam Kunkler |
25 May 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
The 'down side' of assisted reproductive technologies |
In this seminar for the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, Soraya Tremayne (Director of the FRSG) discusses 'Third party donation and the 'happy family' rhetoric in Iran'. 17 November 2011. |
Soraya Tremayne |
24 May 2012 |
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Facebook Resistance? Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Arab Revolutions |
Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. |
Miriyam Aouragh, Noha Atef, Khaled Hroub, George Weyman |
12 Mar 2012 |
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Iran's Nuclear Programme and International Law |
Professor Daniel Joyner (University of Alabama School of Law) gievs a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 6th March 2012. Introduced by Professor Dapo Akande. |
Daniel Joyner |
07 Mar 2012 |
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Pre-Emptive Strikes - Israel and Iran |
Dr Tamir Meisels, Tel Aviv University, gives a seminar for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict Seminar Series. |
Tamir Meisels |
24 Aug 2011 |
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IGS Kaberry Lecture: Peace and Reconstruction in the Middle East: Where are the Women? |
This podcast was recorded at the International Gender Studies Centre's Kaberry Commemorative Lecture which was on Thursday 27th May 2009 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Maria Jaschok, Haleh Afshar |
01 Jun 2009 |
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Iran-US Nuclear Relations: Overcoming Distrust |
Prof. Nicholas Wheeler looks at issues of trust in nuclear relations, asking what obstacles still lie in the path of US-Iranian nuclear relations. |
Nicholas Wheeler |
06 Mar 2009 |
