# east centre (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover east centre. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/sovereignty-in-iran) _2026-07-07 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ The LSE Middle East Centre hosted the launch of Shabnam Holliday's new book, Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborative project examines sovereignty as a plural concept through the case of Iran, challenging Eurocentric assumptions in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The discussion explored… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2354611385-lsemiddleeastcentre-sovereignty-in-iran.mp3) ## [Spectral politics in the Middle East and North Africa: the afterlives of violence and the force of memory](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/spectral-politics-middle-east-and-north-africa-afterlives-violence-and-force-memory) _2026-06-29 · Middle East Centre_ Professor Charles RH Tripp (SOAS) delivered the 47th annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture on Friday 5th June 2026, chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s). [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2026-06-29-sant-mec-antonius.mp3) ## [Policy and the Future of Education in Kuwait](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/education-in-kuwait) _2026-06-29 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ The LSE Middle East Centre hosted a Kuwait Programme panel discussion highlighting recent education policy issues and trajectories in Kuwait and globally, with a focus on the role of policy in shaping current and future priorities of education. The panel discussed Kuwait’s policy challenges and changes in the broader context of global education policies and the neoliberal order. The panel also… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2349881180-lsemiddleeastcentre-education-in-kuwait.mp3) ## [Turkey and the Liberal International Order: Hegemony, Contestation and the Politics of Articulation since 1919](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/turkey-and-liberal-international-order) _2026-06-29 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ The LSE Middle East Centre hosted the launch of 'Turkey and the Liberal International Order', a new book examining Turkey’s complex and evolving relationship with the liberal international order from the end of the First World War to the present day. The book explores how Turkey, as a middle power, responded to major global transformations following the First World War, the Second World War and… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2349709364-lsemiddleeastcentre-turkey-and-liberal-international-order.mp3) ## [In Conversation with Abderrahmane Hadj Nacer and Francis Ghiles](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/algeria-conference-26-hadj-nacer-ghiles) _2026-06-18 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ As part of the British Academy Conference 'Algeria: Historical Struggles and Imagined Utopias' organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University. A fascinating conversation between Abderrahmane Hadj Nacer, former Governor of the Bank of Algeria, and Francis Ghiles, former journalist with the Financial Times and BBC World Service, on the historical… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2341695167-lsemiddleeastcentre-algeria-conference-26-hadj-nacer-ghiles.mp3) ## [Algeria and the Anxiety of Decolonisation: Case Studies in Language and Gender](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/algeria-conference-26-keynote-lecture) _2026-06-16 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ Professor Zahia Smail Salhi is Chair of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester since 2013 and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at Sharjah University for the last three years. She specialises in Arabic literature, culture as well as women and gender in the Middle East and North Africa. Her Keynote talk “Algeria and the Anxiety of Decolonisation: Case Studies… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2340305360-lsemiddleeastcentre-algeria-conference-26-keynote-lecture.mp3) ## [Kurdish Studies Conference: Developing Kurdish Studies as a scholarly field](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/kurdish-conference-26-keynote-lecture) _2026-06-15 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ This plenary session, delivered as part of the 2026 Kurdish Studies Conference by Marlene Schäfers, University of Utrecht and Kurdish Studies Journal and Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, Kurdish Studies Network, was a conversation about the state of Kurdish Studies as a scholarly field. The session was moderated by Veli Yadirgi. Marlene Schäfers is associate professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2339700017-lsemiddleeastcentre-kurdish-conference-26-keynote-lecture.mp3) ## ["Barbarian” Women: North African Literary Perspectives on Emancipation](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/barbarian-women-north-african-literary-perspectives-emancipation) _2026-06-15 · Middle East Centre_ Dr Farah Ben Jemaa (University of Manouba) delivered this seminar at the MEC, chaired by Professor Michael Willis (St Antony’s College), as part of the Gender and Sexuality Seminars series. This talk examines examples of North African literature, from early twentieth-century texts to more recent works. These writings question forms of female emancipation associated with Western norms and… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2026-06-09-sant-mec_ben-jemaa.mp3) ## [Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/sudans-current-war) _2026-05-27 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ The LSE Middle East Centre hosted the launch of Richard Barltrop’s paper, 'Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects'. This hybrid event launched a new paper examining the ongoing war in Sudan, which broke out in 2023. Drawing on lessons from the history of peacemaking in Sudan and comparative insights from other civil wars, the paper reflects on pathways toward ending the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2328254312-lsemiddleeastcentre-sudans-current-war.mp3) ## [Contingency of Structures: Triggers and the Social Geography of Revolutionary Episodes in Iran 2017–2022](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/contingency-structures-triggers-and-social-geography-revolutionary-episodes-iran-2017-2022) _2026-05-12 · Middle East Centre_ This MENA Politics Seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 7 May 2026 by Dr Ali Kadivar (Boston College) and chaired by Professor Neil Ketchley (St Antony’s College). What drives the uneven geographic spread of revolutionary episodes? While structural approaches emphasize pre-existing fault lines, contingency approaches highlight emergent processes. We synthesize these… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2026-05-12-sant-mec-kadivar.mp3) ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fmR2EsfC6V63) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Social Protection and Conflict Prevention in Lebanon and Jordan](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/social-protection-and-conflict-prevention) _2026-05-08 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ This webinar examines perceptions of social protection and conflict prevention in Lebanon and Jordan among policymakers and household recipients of state-provided cash transfers. Drawing on extensive qualitative fieldwork conducted between October 2022 and March 2024, Rana Jawad explores how global policy frameworks such as the Grand Bargain and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (Triple Nexus)… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2317013900-lsemiddleeastcentre-social-protection-and-conflict-prevention.mp3) ## [Social Media Consumption and Food-Consumption in Contemporary Kuwait](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/social-media-consumption-and-food-consumption-in-kuwait) _2026-04-21 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ The LSE Middle East Centre hosted a Kuwait Programme workshop, presenting research on the influence of social media on food-consumption behaviours in Kuwait. Kuwait is experiencing public health challenges driven by rising rates of non-communicable nutrition-related diseases such as diabetes and obesity. According to the World Bank, the prevalence of diabetes in Kuwait increased tenfold between… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2306503904-lsemiddleeastcentre-social-media-consumption-and-food-consumption-in-kuwait.mp3) ## [Urban Exclusion in the City](https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/urban-exclusion-in-the-city) _2026-04-14 · LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts_ In the final episode of this season, Ahmad Abu Hussien, an urban sociologist from Jordan, brings together academics and practitioners to explore theories of urban planning and design through case studies of Jordan and Dubai. This episode explores the concept of infrastructural citizenship, a framework that helps us understand infrastructure not simply as roads, public spaces, water or sewage… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2302408961-lsemiddleeastcentre-urban-exclusion-in-the-city.mp3) ## [Decolonizing Security Studies - a North African perspective](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/decolonizing-security-studies-north-african-perspective) _2026-04-14 · Middle East Centre_ This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 12 March 2026 by Professor Nizar Messari (Al Akhawayn University) and was chaired by Professor Michael Willis (St Antony’s College). Nizar Messari is Professor at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. His areas of expertise are International Relations Theory, Critical Security Studies, North African Politics and Latin American Politics.… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2026-04-14-sant-mec-messari.mp3) ## [An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/autocratic-middle-class-state-dependency-and-protest-middle-east-and-north-africa) _2026-03-17 · Middle East Centre_ This MENA Politics Seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Tuesday 10 March 2026 by Professor Neil Ketchley (St Antony’s College) and was chaired by Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony’s College). Does public sector employment make graduates less likely to join anti-regime protests? Recent scholarship argues yes, with consequences for bottom-up democratization in late-developing economies… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2026-03-10-sant-mec_ketchley.mp3) ## [Saudi Arabia and the Global Trajectory of Islamic Law](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/saudi-arabia-and-global-trajectory-islamic-law) _2026-02-18 · Middle East Centre_ This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 5 February 2026 by Dr Dominik Krell (Wolfson College), and was chaired by Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College). This talk explores how Saudi legal thought is shaping the ways in which Islamic law is applied by Islamic courts beyond the Arabian Peninsula. Since the 1960s, Saudi Arabia has made significant efforts to promote a… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/booktalk/2026-02-18-sant-mec-krell.mp3) ## [Seeds in the Rubble: Cultural Vitality in the Arab World](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/seeds-rubble-cultural-vitality-arab-world) _2025-11-25 · Middle East Centre_ This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 20 November by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, and was chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan, St Antony’s College. This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 20 November by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi and was chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan, St Antony’s College. Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2025-11-25-sant-mec-alqassemi.mp3) ## [Egypt’s Role, Identity, and Foreign Policy in a River of De-Nile](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/egypts-role-identity-and-foreign-policy-river-de-nile) _2025-11-21 · Middle East Centre_ This MENA Politics Series Seminar was delivered on Tuesday 18 November in the MEC’s Boardroom by Dr May Darwich (University of Birmingham) and was chaired by Professor Neil Ketchley (St Antony’s College). This paper explains Egypt’s foreign policy stagnation, with a novel argument building on role and identity theories. Egypt’s foreign policy exhibits a case where its regional leadership role has… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2025-11-21-sant-mec-maydarwich.mp3) ## [Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development in Government: The Experience and the Future](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/moroccos-party-justice-and-development-government-experience-and-future) _2025-11-21 · Middle East Centre_ This seminar was delivered on Thursday 13 November in the MEC’s Investcorp Lecture Theatre by Mustapha El Khalfi (Former Minister of Communications, Morocco) and was chaired by Professor Michael Willis (St Antony’s College). [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2025-11-21-sant-mec-mutsaphaelkhalfi.mp3) ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XoJuH9ngC1m2) _2025-11-21 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [NGOization of the Palestinian civil society post-Oslo: our community-based ways out](https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ngoization-palestinian-civil-society-post-oslo-our-community-based-ways-out) _2025-10-31 · Middle East Centre_ This seminar was delivered on 28 May 2025 by St Antony’s George Antonius Birzeit Visiting Fellow, Dr Amal Nazzal, and Palestinian political and feminist organizer at Rawa, Soheir Asaad. This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on 28 May 2025 by St Antony’s George Antonius Birzeit, Visiting Fellow, Dr Amal Nazzal, and Palestinian political and feminist organizer at Rawa, Soheir Asaad.… [Listen](https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sant/middle_east_studies/2025-10-31-sant-mec-NGOization.mp3)