| Order and Region Making in the Middle East |
This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 19 February 2026 by Professor Simon Mabon (Lancaster University), and was chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony’s College). |
Simon Mabon, Raihan Ismail |
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| Kingdom of Football: Saudi Arabia and the Remaking of World Soccer |
This book talk was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 12 February 2026 by Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Rice University) and was chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony’s College). |
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Raihan Ismail |
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| Closing ceremony of the 2-day workshop, Pahang and the Sea: Maritime Networks and Connections between Southeast Asia and Beyond |
Various guest speakers contribute closing presentations and thoughts, to formally close the 2-day international conference held at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. |
Raihan Ismail, Eugene Rogan, Dato’ Mohamad Nizar bin Dato’ Sri Mohamad Najib, Queen Azizah of Pahang |
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| Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition |
In this Contemporary Islamic Studies seminar, Dr Haroon Bashir discusses his new book ‘Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition’ published in January 2025 by Oxford University Press |
Haroon Bashir, Raihan Ismail |
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| The Axis of Resistance |
A panel with Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Tampere Peace Research Institute) and Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Raihan Ismail (University of Oxford). |
Kamran Matin, Yasmeen al-Eryani, Neil Ketchley, Raihan Ismail |
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| Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine |
Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Raihan Ismail, Antonella Acinapura |
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| God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani |
In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’. |
Sajad Jiyad, Raihan Ismail |
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| The Settler Movement, Political Impasses, and Beyond |
Dr Hagar Kotef from SOAS examines the current situation of Israeli settlers both in the West Bank and in the Cabinet to assess the impact of the settler movement in political options following the Gaza War. |
Hagar Kotef, Raihan Ismail |
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| Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War |
In the opening meeting of the Middle East Centre’s Hilary Term seminar series, the Fellows of the Centre led a panel discussion to set out the agenda for the series examining the political options following the Gaza War. |
Eugene Rogan, Walter Armbrust, Maryam Alemzadeh, Raihan Ismail |
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