Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation
Political Reform in Bahrain since the 1990s: A Workshop on Political Parties and the Constitution
Following the Uprising of Dignity in Bahrain from 1994 to 1999, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa came into power. In 2001, he promulgated the National Action Charter of Bahrain which received overwhelming support by referendum. The...
Kuwait and Iran: Reflecting on Regional Relations
After the 2011 Arab Spring protests, relations between Kuwait and Iran faced a number of challenges stemming from Kuwait's support for the GCC intervention in Yemen, the arrest of Iranian spy cells by the Kuwaiti authorities, and the maritime...
Call for Papers: Sects and the City II
Sects and the City II
In recent years, politics across the Middle East and beyond has been shaped by myriad forms of social movement contestation that have fed into the re-imagining of relations between rule...
Call for Papers: Oil in Saudi-Iranian Relations
In recent years a great amount of literature has been produced looking at the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran (Mabon, Keynoush, Mason, Fraihat, Rubin). In spite of this, little work has been done looking at the role of oil in the rivalry. In...
Call for Papers: Discoursing Sectarianism: Patterns, Trajectories and Identities from 1979 Onwards
Within the study of sectarianism there is a growing interest in the role of discourse. The sectarianisation and de-sectarianisation literature seeks to explore how actors construct and reconstruct different meanings of Sectarianism to s...
Discoursing Sectarianism: Patterns, Trajectories and Identities from 1979 onwards
NB: registration is needed for this event. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina...
Conference & Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS: 10 Years On: The People and the Protests
December 17-18 2020
On 17th December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, self-immolated, triggering...
10 Years On: SEPAD Conference
The schedule for our Ten Years On conference is now finalised. Featuring keynote lectures from Professor Mehran Kamrava and Professor Salwa Ismail the event brings together senior scholars and early career academics to reflect on the 10th ann...
SEPADDiscusses: Political Repression in Bahrain
This episode of SEPADDiscusses Political Repression in Bahrain by Marc Owen Jones. Chaired by Simon Mabon, the event features Staci Strobl as discussant.
The event will take place on zoom and will require registr...
SEPADDiscusses: The Battle for Syria
This episode of SEPADDiscusses the latest update of The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East by Chris Phillips. Chaired by Simon Mabon, the event features Rahaf Aldoughli and Samer Abboud as...
SEPADDiscusses: Fraternal Enemies
This episode of SEPADDiscusses Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf by Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky. Chaired by Simon Mabon, the event features Rory Miller and Imad Mansour as discussants.
BRISMES Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
BRISMES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
University of Kent, Canterbury,