KCL Middle Eastern Studies

EVENT: Navigating the Syrian Crisis
Challenges and Opportunities for Peace and Reconstruction

⏰ 18.00 - 19.30
🗓️ 18 March

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Navigating the Syrian Crisis Challenges and Opportunities for Peace and Reconstruction

EVENT: Cities as idea nodes: The spread of neoliberal cultures in the Arab world 💭

📅 13 February
⏰ 18.00

Join Dr Mayssoun Sukarieh for a discussion on the importance of cities in the spread of the neoliberal culture in the Arab world

Cities as idea nodes: The spread of neoliberal cultures in the Arab world A talk by author and academic, Dr Mayssoun Sukarieh

EVENT: Islam and Statecraft: Religious Soft Power in the Arab Gulf States

We'll be welcoming Dr Jon Hoffman on 5 February to discuss his research and new book 📚

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Islam and Statecraft: Religious Soft Power in the Arab Gulf States Dr Jon Hoffman discusses his research and new book, which focusses on the utilisation of religion as a tool of statecraft in the Middle East

EVENT: Charlotte Al-Khalili will present her ethnographic monograph of the Syrian 2011 revolution and Syrians' subsequent displacement to Turkey.

⏰14.00 - 15.30
📆 4 February

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Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian displacement, time and subjectivity Charlotte Al-Khalili will present her ethnographic monograph of the Syrian 2011 revolution and Syrians' subsequent displacement to Turkey

REMINDER: Data storytelling for liberation

⏰ 18.00
📆 16 December

Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation.

Data storytelling for liberation Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation.

EVENT: Data storytelling for liberation

We'll be joined by designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay on 16 December to discuss their work, Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation 📚

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https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/data-storytelling-for-liberation

EVENT: Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East

We'll be joined by Professor Christopher Phillips at King's on 4 December to explore the geopolitical rivalries shaping the region 🌍

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Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East A book presentation with Professor Christopher Phillips.

EVENT: My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

We'll be joined by Sami Hermez and Sireen Sawalha on 19 November to hear about their new book 📚

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Select tickets – My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine – The Council Room (K2.29) In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, M...

EVENT: Why and How Islamists Want to Protect the Environment

⏲️18.00 - 19.30
📅 4 November

Join us in person or online for a talk on the emergence of Islamist environmentalism

Select tickets – Why and How Islamists Want to Protect the Environment – The Council Room (K2.29) The environmental policies and approaches of Islamist groups have received scant scholarly attention. In the era of globalisati...

EVENT: The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State: Within and Beyond the Caliphate

We'll be joined by Gina Vale, Balsam Mustafa and Inga Kristina Trauthig for a discussion on Dr Vale's superb new book 📚

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https://www.tickettailor.com/events/schoolofpoliticsandeconomicskingscollegelondon/1337620

EVENT: Why and How Islamists Want to Protect the Environment

⏲️18.00 - 19.30
📅 4 November

Join Dr Emmanuel Karagiannis for a talk on the emergence of Islamist environmentalism

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Select tickets – Why and How Islamists Want to Protect the Environment – The Council Room (K2.29) The environmental policies and approaches of Islamist groups have received scant scholarly attention. In the era of globalisati...

EVENT: Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State

Dr Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky will examine how Circassian, Chechen, Dagestani, and other refugees transformed the late Ottoman Empire

📅 28 October
⏰ 18.00 - 19.30

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Select tickets – Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State – Teams Between the 1850s and the First World War, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees from Russia. These refug...

North Africa: shared pasts, different futures? 🇩🇿🇱🇾🇲🇦🇹🇳

The Institute of Middle Eastern Studies conference for 2024 examines the past, present and future for trade, relations with Europe, security and economy in north Africa.

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Select tickets – North Africa: shared pasts, different futures? – River Room, Strand building The economic development of north African countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) has, for the past half century, been ...

A workshop hosted at King’s, in collaboration with the Beirut Urban Lab, marked the launch of a new collaborative project that will explore state-making and governance through an urban lens 🌍🏦

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New collaboration launched with workshop at King's A workshop hosted at King’s College London, in collaboration with the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, marked the launch of a new collaborative project that will explore state-making and governance through an urban lens.

A conference co-organised by King’s academic Professor Jeroen Gunning together with colleague Professor Morten Valbjorn from Aarhus University highlighted the findings and insights of a major research project 🔖

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Major research project aims to broaden debate A conference co-organised by a King’s College London academic together with a colleague from Aarhus University highlighted the findings and insights of a major research project.

THIS WEEK: Syria’s uneasy peace: Where does it come from? 🇸🇾

🗓️ 7 March
⏲️18.00

Dr Anna Matveeva will offer insight into how Syrian society strives to live with and overcome the conflict which has been ongoing since 2011

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Join the guestlist – Syria’s uneasy peace: Where does it come from? – River Room, Strand building The conflict in Syria, which ongoing since 2011, has been one of the world’s most devastating. Yet, little is known about how S...

EVENT: Arab Islamist Responses to the War on Gaza

An expert panel will examine whether, how, and why different kinds of Islamists in the Arab Middle East have reacted to the war on Gaza and Palestine

🗓️ 6 March

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Join the guestlist – Arab Islamist Responses to the War on Gaza – Safra Lecture Theatre, King's building, Strand campus Since 7 October 2023, the question of Palestine has re-emerged on top of the regional agenda in the Middle East. Hamas’s attack...