Featured Events
Webinar - The Persecution of Uyghurs
31/10/2020 5:30pm
British Association for Turkish Area Studies
The long repression and cultural diminution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples turned into systemic annihilation in Xinjian with the establishment of a vast network of concentration camps. In this talk, Dr Özcan will discuss how the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) two-faced ideological identity of communism enhanced with Chinese characteristics and a Han nationalist imperial discourse has gained speed and taken shape with Chairman Xi Jinping. G
31/10/2020 5:30pm
British Association for Turkish Area Studies
The long repression and cultural diminution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples turned into systemic annihilation in Xinjian with the establishment of a vast network of concentration camps. In this talk, Dr Özcan will discuss how the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) two-faced ideological identity of communism enhanced with Chinese characteristics and a Han nationalist imperial discourse has gained speed and taken shape with Chairman Xi Jinping. G
Book Launch - Between the Moon and Beirut
05/11/2020 6:00pm
Middle East and North Africa Centre (MENACS), University of Sussex
Born and raised in Beirut, Naji Bakhti graduated from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon, 2011). He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Westminster (2012) and recently obtained a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. His works have been published in the Guardian and the New Statesman among others and he has been interviewed by the National, the London Magazine and the Middle East Eye. Between Beirut and the Moon (Influx Press, 2020) is his first novel.
Monday 12th October 2020
Quo Vadis: Welfare State in the post Arab Spring 2.0.
10/10/2020 9:00am - 13/10/2020 4:00pm
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
The objective of the panel is to allow 15-20 scholars to come together to hold in-depth discussions of papers on welfare state in the MENA region, that may lead at the end of the panel to publications, research projects, etc. If you are interested in the topic, don't hesitate to consult the call for papers (panel 18) here https://bit.ly/2U4ggDG and submit your paper before February 14.
10/10/2020 9:00am - 13/10/2020 4:00pm
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
The objective of the panel is to allow 15-20 scholars to come together to hold in-depth discussions of papers on welfare state in the MENA region, that may lead at the end of the panel to publications, research projects, etc. If you are interested in the topic, don't hesitate to consult the call for papers (panel 18) here https://bit.ly/2U4ggDG and submit your paper before February 14.
Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony (Book Launch)
12/10/2020 5:00pm
https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/events/2020/anticolonial-afterlives
This is an event to launch Sara Salem's latest book Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony. The book explores Egypt's first postcolonial project through an imagined conversation between Antonio Gramsci and Frantz Fanon, two foundational theorists of anti-capitalism and anti-colonialism, thinking through questions of decolonisation, capitalism, resistance, and mastery.
12/10/2020 5:00pm
https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/events/2020/anticolonial-afterlives
This is an event to launch Sara Salem's latest book Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony. The book explores Egypt's first postcolonial project through an imagined conversation between Antonio Gramsci and Frantz Fanon, two foundational theorists of anti-capitalism and anti-colonialism, thinking through questions of decolonisation, capitalism, resistance, and mastery.
Black Monuments Matter
05/10/2020 9:00am - 31/03/2021 5:00pm
The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town are pleased to present the online exhibition "Black Monuments Matter". Black Monuments Matter recognises and highlights African contributions to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments and architectural treasures from Sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, this exhibition sweeps away ideas based on racist theories and hopes to contribute to both awareness of African identity and pride of African Heritage.
05/10/2020 9:00am - 31/03/2021 5:00pm
The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town are pleased to present the online exhibition "Black Monuments Matter". Black Monuments Matter recognises and highlights African contributions to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments and architectural treasures from Sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, this exhibition sweeps away ideas based on racist theories and hopes to contribute to both awareness of African identity and pride of African Heritage.
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