With generous sponsorship from the RCUK’s Global Uncertainties Programme and the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, the LSE MEC held Inside Syria: 18 Months On, a one-day conference on Syria last week. Throughout the next week or so, we’ll be sharing transcripts and videos of the conference proceedings here. First up is an […]
Tweet There should be no doubt, says MEC Director Fawaz Gerges in a piece which originally ran on the BBC website, that Syria has descended into an all-out civil war. On 20 September, the LSE MEC will hold a one-day conference on Syria. Though it is impossible, due to time and the complexity of the conflict, to cover all aspects of the current situation in […]
Tweet If you are following the MEC on twitter, you may have noticed our recent interest in amateur photography in the Middle East and North Africa. You may have wondered what’s going on over there? Our search for photographers is all part of conversation 21, an art festival, generously supported by LSE’s Annual Fund, that the MEC will hold over several weeks […]
Along with continuing to follow the situation in Syria today — including the announcement of Lakhdar Brahimi as the new UN-Arab League envoy leader, replacing Kofi Annan, and William Hague’s statement on the £5 million in “non-lethal practical assistance” (including things like medical supplies, mobile phones and body armour) that the UK will now give to unarmed opposition groups, human rights activists and […]
Each term at LSE, the Middle East Centre offers a series of lectures which are free and open to the public. It’s a great opportunity to come out and hear some of the world’s leading experts on the Middle East, ask questions and, we hope, network a little.
Here’s a sneak peek of the lectures coming this autumn. Most lectures run from 6.30 […]
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