Transnational Language, Transient Identities, and the Crisis of the State in the Arab Region

Events

9 March 2020
Peer Exchange Workshop: Insights of Recent Research about the Development of Salafi-Jihadism in the MENA Region and Entry Points for Conflict Transformation, Beirut, 9.30am-5.00pm.

• Peer Exchange Workshop report (.pdf)
• Berghof Foundation

5 December 2019
The State of the State in the Middle East, Hatfield College, Durham University, 9.00am-5.30pm.

• The State of the State in the Middle East (.pdf)

4-5 September 2019
Grand Strategy: Mapping the Contemporary Middle East, Al Qasimi Building, Durham University, Room 102.

• Grand Strategy: Mapping the Contemporary Middle East (.pdf)

8 July 2019
Roundtable: Post-IS MENA Regional Politics, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London.

• Post-IS MENA Regional Politics programme (.pdf)

17 June 2019
The Consequences and Implications of Daesh Military Defeat workshop, Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan, Amman. See report (in Arabic), also downloadable as pdf.

• The Consequences and Implications of Daesh Military Defeat programme (.pdf)
• (Arabic) The Consequences and Implications of Daesh Military Defeat report (.pdf)

13 June 2019
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Evaluation, Lessons Learned and Future Prospects, IMEIS Annual Conference 2019, SGIA, al-Qasimi Building, Room 102, 9.00am-5.30pm. See also conference proceedings.

• The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) programme (.pdf)
• IMEIS Annual Conference 2019 report (.pdf)

18 September 2018
Roundtable: Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees: The Cases of Jordan and Lebanon, organised by Dr Amjed Rasheed and Dr Juline Beaujouan, taking place at SGIA, al-Qasimi Building, Room 201, 9:30am-5pm. See full programme.

• Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees poster (.pdf)
• Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees programme (.pdf)

14 June 2018
Professor Mark N. Katz (George Mason University), Better than before? Comparing Moscow’s Cold War and Putin-era Policies toward Arabia and the Gulf, Sir William Luce Lecture, Sir James Knott Hall, Trevelyan College, Durham, 12pm.

• Comparing Moscow’s Cold War and Putin-era policies toward Arabia and the Gulf poster (.pdf)

13-14 June 2018
Identity, Legitimacy and Power in the Muslim World, IMEIS Annual Conference 2018.  

• IMEIS Annual Conference 2018 provisional programme (.pdf)
• IMEIS Annual Conference 2018 poster (.pdf)
• Identity, Legitimacy and Power in the Muslim World conference papers (.pdf) edited by Juline Beaujouan and published by Global Policy Journal.

5 February 2018
Roundtable: The Troubled Triangle of the Islamic State, Iran, and Syria, in collaboration with Chatham House (2.15-5.00pm, Lindisfarne Conference Centre, St Aidan's College, Durham). Listen to the audio podcast.

• The Troubled Triangle of the Islamic State, Iran, and Syria poster (.pdf)

20 September 2017
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS) Annual Conference: 'Diversity', Durham Castle. See papers.

13 October 2016
A Conversation with Professor Bahgat Korany (SGIA, 201, 10am-12pm).

27-28 September 2016
Transformational Changes in the Middle East: Internal, Regional and International Drivers (Qatar Univeristy, Gulf Studies Centre).