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📢 IMPORTANT UPDATE!
The 2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture will now be held in a hybrid format at SOAS!
The lecture will be co-hosted by the Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS) and the SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI), and chaired by Professor Dina Matar, BRISMES President-elect.
The human cost of Yemen's conflict - 15 June 2026 at #SOAS!
This event is co-hosted by The British Yemeni Society (BYS) and the SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI).
A drinks reception will be held after the talk, and you are welcome to join! Registration: soas.ac.uk/about/event/human…
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Art in exile on show at London’s Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale | By Katayoun Shahandeh (#SOAS) for The @ConversationUK
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Jonathan Fulton, professor of international relations at Zayed University and senior fellow at the @AtlanticCouncil, joins us to assess how recent events in the Middle East will affect China in the longer term.
Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzspr…
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What #Iran’s absence from the Venice Biennale reveals about art and politics | By Katayoun Shahandeh (#SOAS) for The @ConversationUK #venicebiennale
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Archiving the future: Syrian archival activism in times of displacement - @SOASanthro panel discussion on 11 May at #SOAS
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This panel discussion at #SOAS on 11th May brings together Syrian initiatives engaged in different forms of archival practice.
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“What is most urgent now is not only an end to the war, but active steps to shield the poorest… Increased aid, unconditional debt relief and emergency financing are immediate priorities to secure food and humanitarian supplies.”
A powerful and urgent piece in the @FinancialTimes (@FT ) by our colleague Adam Hanieh on the longer-term impacts of the war on hashtag#Iran.
He highlights that the effects of conflict don’t end with a ceasefire. They reshape food systems, debt, and everyday living conditions long after.
🔗 Read it here: lnkd.in/eAb4TWb2
Archiving the future: Syrian archival activism in times of displacement - @SOASanthro panel discussion on 11 May at #SOAS
soas.ac.uk/about/event/archi…
This panel discussion at #SOAS on 11th May brings together Syrian initiatives engaged in different forms of archival practice.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving…
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Join us on 28 April, 6pm GMT, for a critical webinar on Torture & Genocide with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs, Professor Lutz Oette @SOAS and Dr. PauPerez-Sales.
Online event. Register: forms.gle/5BXHpvjRVMJny4cp9
#SOAS Middle East Institute Director Adam Hanieh was interviewed by The New York Review of Books @nybooks:
nybooks.com/online/2026/04/1…
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#Iran’s cultural heritage in the crossfire - By Katayoun Shahandeh (#SOAS) for The @ConversationUK
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Tomorrow, join us from (5–7pm) for “A New Global Order? Implications of the US-Israeli Attacks on Iran for the Middle East, China, & Southeast Asia”. Co-hosted by @SOAS_MEI, @SOAS_CI, & the Centre of South East Asian Studies. For registration & details:soas.ac.uk/about/event/new-g…
From energy markets to global power shifts, @SOAS_MEI Director Prof Adam Hanieh writes in @guardian on the consequences of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Read: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Join us on 25 March (5–7pm) for “A New Global Order? Implications of the US-Israeli Attacks on Iran for the Middle East, China, & Southeast Asia”. Co-hosted by @SOAS_MEI, @SOAS_CI, & the Centre of South East Asian Studies. For registration & details: soas.ac.uk/about/event/new-g…
SMEI will be co-hosting an event entitled "A New Global Order? Implications of the US-Israeli Attacks on Iran for the Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia" with the SOAS China Institute and Centre for South East Asian Studies, 25 March 5-7pm. Register: soas.ac.uk/about/event/new-g…
SMEI Research Fellow Maria Gloria Polimeno spoke to @France24_en about the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum GEM and the structural, political-economic meaning for Al-Sisi's regime. #SOAS
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The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective (@SaqiBooks 2025) | Book Launch with author Prof Gilbert Achcar @gilbertachcar at #SOAS
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Join us tomorrow for a talk on #RadicalEmpathy with @TerriGivens as she discusses her new book: Reckoning: Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy with Dr. Mirangela Buggs and @ECUClaireH, Head of DEI and Staff Wellbeing @SOAS. Register here: bit.ly/4p5qH5t
