Conference & Call for Papers 17th Dec 2020 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 a wave of protests that spread across North Africa and the...
10 Years On: SEPAD Conference 17th Dec 2020 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 anniversary...
SEPADDiscusses: Political Repression in Bahrain 29th Oct 2020 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 registration in advance....
SEPADDiscusses: The Battle for Syria 22nd Sep 2020 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 discussants.  The...
SEPADDiscusses: Fraternal Enemies 10th Sep 2020 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.  The event will take place...
BRISMES Call for Papers 29th Jun 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS BRISMES ANNUAL CONFERENCE  University of Kent, Canterbury, 29 June–1 July 2020 KNOWLEDGE, POWER AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES   The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and the University of Kent’s School of Politics...
Call for Papers: International Relations in a Multi-Polar Middle East 29th Jun 2020 Deadline extended  Call for Papers: International Relations in a Multi-Polar Middle East SEPAD E-Workshop 29th June-1st July 2020   This online conference seeks to explore international relations in today's Middle East, a region that has...
SEPAD Webinars 27th Apr 2020 In lieu of this year's conference, we have organised a series of webinars featuring some fantastic scholars. The events will take place on Zoom and all are welcome. To register, please click here.27th April: Sects & States Mahjoob Zweiri;...
Call for papers: ‘Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianisation Across the Middle East’ 28th Mar 2019 The Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianism project and the Richardson Institute is hosting a one-day conference in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University on the subject of sectarianism, proxies and de-sectarianisation...
SEPAD Work In Progress 5th Dec 2018 PhD researchers Ana Maria Kumarasamy, Samira Nasirzadeh and Elias Ghazel will present their work at a departmental seminar. 
Dr Simon Mabon, Dr Rahaf Al Doughli and Dr Edward Wastnidge will be presenting work from the SEPAD Project at a Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion Seminar 21st Nov 2018 Since 2003, the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has occupied a central role in shaping the nature of Middle Eastern politics. Amidst fragmentation of state-society relations across the region, both states have attempted to increase their regional...
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