LSE Middle East Centre Podcast
1) Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran
This event was the launch of 'Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran' by Amina Tawasil. This groundbreaking ethnography on Iranian howzevi (seminarian) women reveals how ideologies ...Show More
2) The Kurdish Issue in the Middle East's New Turning Point
This keynote lecture delivered by Professor Hamit Bozarslan took place during the Kurdish Studies Conference organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Re...Show More
3) Kurdish Justice in Northeast Syria
This talk delivered by Professor René Provost explored important lessons on the promises and limits of non-state justice in conflict zones, specifically looking at the Kurdish-dominated Democratic Aut...Show More
4) Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East
This event celebrated the work of Professor Charles Tripp through a new edited volume by Toby Dodge, Daniel Neep and Ali Ansari. The work of Charles Tripp – professor at SOAS University of London for...Show More
5) From Past and Present to Future: Finding a Positive Path between Ideals and Possibilities in Yemen
What does Yemen’s political, economic and social history and experience tell us about what is realistic for the coming decade and beyond? This keynote lecture delivered by writer and researcher Helen ...Show More
6) Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State
This event was the launch of Seçkin Sertdemir's latest book 'Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State' published by Cambridge University Press. What does it ...Show More
7) Women and Work in MENA And South Asia: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Policy Challenges
This event, co-organised with the Department of International Development at LSE, was a discussion with Professor Naila Kabeer and Professor Ragui Assaad based on their co-authored report 'Women's Acc...Show More
8) Iraq’s Economy between the US and Iran: Perceptions and Realities
This event disseminated the findings of a series of papers produced for the LSE Middle East Centre by Ahmed Tabaqchali exploring the economic and financial interactions of the Iraqi economy with the o...Show More
9) The Struggles of Labour Mobilisation in Lebanon and Iraq (Paper Launch)
This event was the launch of Dr Anne Kirstine Rønn's latest paper as part of the LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series on 'The Struggles of Labour Mobilisation in Lebanon and Iraq'. Despite facing sig...Show More
10) Trumps Second Term and the Middle East
The return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 comes on the back of extreme violence in the Middle East, led by Israel and with great financial and political investment from the United States. ...Show More