Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

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Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Timing: Fridays at 17.00
Organising department: St Antony's College

Talks:

Friday 13 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Jewish images of Sultanic power in the 18th and 19th centuries in Palestine, Syria and Iraq
Date: 13 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Arabic Literature in a Post-Human Age
Date: 20 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Teresa Pepe (University of Oslo, Norway)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: Professor Walter Armbrust (St. Antony's College)

Friday 27 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The World is not a Place of Dwelling: Spiritual Creativity in the Arts of Contemporary Islam
Date: 27 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Noah Saloman (Irfan and Noreen Galaria Research Chair and Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Zanzibar's Liberation between the "Global 60s" and Local Politics
Date: 3 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Amal Ghazal (Doha Institute, Qatar)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 10 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Pascal Menoret (Brandeis University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 17 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Hanan Hammad (Leiden University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

What have the Arab Uprisings done to “Contemporary Arab Thought”?
Date: 24 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 December 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reconsidering the 60s generation in the Arab world and beyond
Date: 1 December 2023, 17:00 - 18:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Yoav di Capua (The University of Texas at Austin)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)

Editors: Stacey Churcher, Caroline Davis, Nicole Harris