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Friendship

Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’

Almanac – The Oxford Middle East Podcast

Michael Willis on Recent Developments in the Maghreb

Michael Willis joins Almanac to discuss his new book, Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak, recent developments in Tunisia and Morocco, and why studying the area “West of Cairo” is of critical importance to Middle East Studies.

Book Launch: Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective

A new theoretical framework for how democracy can emerge in the Middle East and wider Muslim world, where political conflicts over religion often predominate.

All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya

Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya.

The Making of the Modern Middle East

A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region.

Albert Hourani’s Impact

2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939.

Law

Professor Mohammad Fadel speaking on ‘The Protean Sovereign of Sunni Law’ and Professor Lena Salaymeh speaking on ‘Reconsidering the Political in Premodern Islam.'

Yemen’s Enduring Crisis

Helen Lackner speaks about Yemen’s enduring crisis.

2022 New Year’s Episode

The entire Almanac team gets together to discuss what they believe was the most important event in the region over the past year, something they are watching for in the region in 2022, and their favorite book on the Middle East.

Amnon Aran - Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War

Amnon Aran maps the development of Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War

The Blue-Clad Fennec: Authoritarian Environmentalism in Tunisia, and its afterlives

This is a recording of a live webinar held on 29th October 2021 for the MEC Friday Seminar Michaelmas Term 2021 series on the overall theme of The Environment and The Middle East.

Roundtable: The Environment and the Middle East

MEC Friday Webinar. This is a recording of a live webinar held on 15th October 2021 for the first episode of the MEC Friday Seminar Michaelmas Term 2021 series on the overall theme of The Environment and The Middle East.

Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics

Join us for Booktalk Episode 8, Dr Carl Rommel (University of Helsinki) in conversation about his new book Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics, published by University of Texas Press in July 2021.

OxPeace (Oxford Network of Peace Studies) Conference 2021. Peace in the Nuclear Era: threats, treaties and public understanding

OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Selected high risk areas (1)

Dr Christopher Watson introduces Session 2, Ambassador Peter Jenkins presents “Iran, Israel and West Asia” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference.

War on Bodies Moral Immunity and the Psychopolitics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran

Dr Orkideh Behrouzan (SOAS University of London), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series on 21st May 2021, chaired by Edmund Herzig (Faculty of Oriental Studies). Discussant: Dr Maziyar Ghiabi (University of Exeter).

Making Film in Egypt

Join us as we listen to Dr Chihab El Khachab (King’s College, Cambridge) in conversation about his new book – Making Film in Egypt: How Labor, Technology, and Mediation Shape the Industry. Published by American University in Cairo Press.

Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology

Why did the Vikings set sail for silver?

While we often think of the Vikings pillaging across the West, this was only a small part of their world and lives. Dr Jane Kershaw discusses how the Viking draw for silver lead to interactions from the Middle East all across the European continent.

Hamid Dabashi in conversation about his new book:The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad

Hamid Dabashi (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre.

Debating the Law, Creating Gender - MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars

Professor Irene Schneider (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), gives a talk for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford)

Booktalk episode 6: Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis

For our sixth episode of MEC Booktalk, guest author David Warren (Washington University in St Louis) discusses his recent book, Rivals in the Gulf, published by Routledge in January 2021.

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