What does political ecology tell us about the environmental crises in the Middle East?
This is a recording of a live webinar held on Friday 3rd December 2021 for the Middle East Centre Like many parts of the world, the environment in the...
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The Middle East Centre, founded in 1957 at St Antony’s College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Centre Fellows teach and conduct research in the humanities and social sciences with direct reference to the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, during our regular Friday seminar series, attracting a wide audience, our distinguished speakers bring topics to light that touch on contemporary issues.
Afghanistan and the Middle East
This is a recording of a live webinar held on Thursday 25th November 2021 for the Middle East centre. Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi (Associate Professor of Mi...
Failing Flows: The Politics of Water Management in Southern Iraq
This is a recording of a live webinar held on Friday 19th November 2021 for the MEC. Dr Michael Mason, Director of the Middle East Centre, London Scho...
Air Pollution, Toxicity, and Environmental Politics in the History of Iranian Oil Nationalisation
This is a recording of a live webinar held on Friday 12th November 2021 for the MEC. Dr Mattin Biglari (SOAS, University of London) presents “Air Poll...
The Tunisian Political Crisis; the end of Democracy?
On 25 July 2021 Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the government and suspended parliament, subsequently employing the army and security forces a...
Environment Discounted: Energy and Economic Diversification Plans in the Gulf
Oil price volatility and accelerated energy transitions away from hydrocarbons to meet climate change mitigation measures have presented existential t...
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 Env...
The Politics of Water Scarcity in the Case of Jordan
Dr Hussam Hussein investigates the construction of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan, and the political economy of the water sector. This is a...
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 20...
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 (F...