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A focal point for in-depth research on the Middle East and North Africa, and its intersection with the wider world, from antiquity to the present. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/middle-east-research-centre

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UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · 2d

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UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · 2d

Book Launch: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine
23 October 2025, 6pm-8pm
Along with @ucl-ias.bsky.social, we are delighted to host Emile Badarin for the launch of his book.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States

The IAS and the UCL Middle East Research Centre are delighted to host Emile Badarin for the launch of his book 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Eliminati...

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · 19d

Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba
14 Oct 5-7pm with @sprc-ucl.bsky.social
We're pleased to welcome Prof Areej Sabbagh Khoury for a public conversation about her scholarship and the current dynamics in Israel and Palestine.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba

UCL Middle East Research Centre and UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre is pleased to welcome Professor Areej Sabbagh Khoury (Berkeley and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) for a public conversation abou...

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UCL Critical Childhood Studies Centre @criticalchildhood.bsky.social · Sep 5

Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd
1–14 September 2025, 10am-4pm
An immersive experience to counter the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people: exhibition, film screenings, community events, international conference, family days.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd

An immersive experience to counter the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people: exhibition, film screenings, community events, international conference, family days.

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UCL Critical Childhood Studies Centre @criticalchildhood.bsky.social · Aug 4

Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd
1–14 September 2025, UCL East
This exhibition seeks to witness and convey Palestinian children’s struggle for everyday life, love, play and learning in the face of loss and brutality.
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This is a poster for the Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd event, showing two children on a bombed street with some balloons drawn over the top. The event runs from 1 -14 September 2025 at UCL East, Stratford.

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Book launch: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession & Elimination in Palestine
23 October 6pm
We and @ucl-ias.bsky.social are delighted to host Emile Badarin @ebadarin.com for the launch of his new book.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States

The IAS and the UCL Middle East Research Centre are delighted to host Emile Badarin for the launch of his book 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalizing Dispossession and Eliminati...

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · May 23

Transforming early years education through arts and play in Lebanon and Jordan
29 May 2025, 11:00 – 13:00
Explore the power of play drawing from the findings of a collaborative research project – in collaboration with Seenaryo.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Transforming early years education through arts and play in Lebanon and Jordan

Explore the power of play drawing from the findings of a collaborative research project – in collaboration with Seenaryo.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · May 12

IAS Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise
TONIGHT! 12 May, 6-8pm
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IAS Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise

Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book which examines the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · May 2

Master Peace: Lebanon's Violence & the Politics of Expertise
12 May 6pm
Based on multi-sited ethnographic research, the book examines the politics of expertise in the application of metropolitan theories of violence & practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise

Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book which examines the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Apr 30

Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise
12 May 6-8pm
Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book which examines the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise

Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book which examines the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Apr 28

Data storytelling for liberation
20 May 2025, 6–8pm at UCL
Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss their book 'Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation'.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Data storytelling for liberation

Join designers Mona Chalabi and Ahmad Barclay to discuss their book 'Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation'.

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · Apr 23

Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence & the Politics of Expertise
Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book, examining the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.
12 May 6-8pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: Master Peace. Lebanon's Violence and the Politics of Expertise

Join author Nikolas Kosmatopoulos for the launch of his new book which examines the politics of expertise in the practices of peacemaking in post–civil war Lebanon.

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · Apr 4

Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought

Our first anti-genocide university workshop is next week (featuring Amer Shomali, Director of the Palestinian Museum) @sprc-ucl.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social

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Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought

Amer Shomali, Director of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, will join online to talk about the importance of preserving and archiving Palestinian thought, culture and heritage.

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · Mar 28

IAS Book Talk: Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran
15 April 2025, 5pm-7pm
Join us and @ucl-ias.bsky.social in welcoming author Amina Tawasil for this event.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book talk: Paths Made by Walking

Join the Middle East Research Centre in welcoming author Amina Tawasil for this book talk on 'Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran"

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Mar 21

UCL History Department: Lecturer in Middle Eastern History (full-time, permanent, standard research & teaching contract). From 1600 CE onward, 'with a focus on any thematic, political, social, economic, or cultural aspects of the region’s history'. Deadline 11 April: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ128/l...

Map depicting the Middle East, with Sudan and Egypt to the left, Saudi Arabia in the centre and Iran to upper right side.

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · Mar 20

📣Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants - deadline extended 🎉!

UCL Anthropocene & @ucl-ias.bsky.social are offering grants of up to £2,000-£3,000💰for researchers to work on cross-disciplinary themes related to the September 2025 Conference.

Apply by 4 April!
🔗 shorturl.at/VrGRn

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · Mar 6

Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Stories of Revolution
17 March, 6 - 8pm, Kings College London
Wendy Pearlman shares Syrians' stories of revolution, displacement, and exile, drawn from over 500 interviews she conducted.
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Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Stories of Revolution

Wendy Pearlman shares Syrians' stories of revolution, displacement, and exile, drawn from over 500 interviews she conducted.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Feb 28

📢 Calling all UCL SHAPE ECRs (arts, humanities or social sciences)
Want some advice on Getting Published? 📑📚
Join our interactive workshop on 5th March, 2-4pm at the IAS, UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Early Career Network Workshop: Getting Published

This interactive workshop will cover all aspects of building a strong publication record as an ECR.

UCL Middle East Research Centre @uclmiddleeast.bsky.social · Feb 10

Islamophobia: The intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK
11 Feb 2025 5-7pm
Dr Shabna Begum will present key findings and issues from the Trust's recent report examining rising Islamophobia in the UK and the impact for Muslim communities.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Islamophobia: The intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK

Dr Shabna Begum, Director of the Runnymede Trust, will present key findings and issues from the Trust's recent report examining rising Islamophobia in the UK and the impact for Muslim communities.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Jan 31

📢Calling all UCL ECRs & PhDs in A&H and SHS 📢
(if you are not in A&H or SHS you just need to find a suitable collaborator who is!)
The IAS Octagon Grant is open for applications 🎉🙌🏽
Apply by 24 Feb - get writing!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Octagon Fund open for applications

The Octagon Small Grants Fund supports UCL-based early-career researchers, including research students, from Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences. Apply by 24th February.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Jan 17

Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants
Closing 23 February 2025
We are offering up to 5 grants of £2-3K to support teams of researchers in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes/ topics related to 'Provincialising the Anthropocene'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants

The IAS and UCL Anthropocene are offering up to five grants of £2,000-£3,000 to support teams of researchers to come together in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes or topics r...

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · Jan 17

Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World
20 January 2025, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
The Takhayyul Project hosts gender scholar, Dr Asli Zengin, to discuss her recent book at UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World

The Takhayyul Project hosts gender scholar, Dr Asli Zengin, to discuss her recent book at UCL.

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Jan 16

🚨New Open Access Book 🚨

"Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt" Prof @alicestevenson.bsky.social

📚 bit.ly/40z7rDH

Read More Here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

#LocalAndGlobal

Images shows the front cover of the new free open access book from Alice Stevenson

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UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network @ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · Jan 8

Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday & Making of an Urban World
20 Jan 4-5pm
Takhayyul Project hosts gender scholar Dr Asli Zengin to discuss her book, which traces how trans people in Turkey creatively negotiate & resist everyday cisheteronormative violence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World

The Takhayyul Project hosts gender scholar, Dr Asli Zengin, to discuss her recent book at UCL.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · Jan 3

IAS Book Launch: To See in the Dark. Palestine and Visual Activism
16 Jan 5:30–7:30 pm
Nicholas Mirzoeff explores how videos & photos transmitted and viewed outside Palestine enabled a dramatic switch in public opinion, leading to the global uprising against genocide.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Book Launch: To See in the Dark

Join author Nicholas Mirzoeff for the launch of his book To See In the Dark. Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7