LSE Middle East Centre

What does #Yemen’s political, economic and social history and experience, since unification and before, tell us about its future? We invite paper submissions to be presented at this workshop on 24 April 2025. Deadline for abstracts is 2 December > https://lnkd.in/eUgnUTvA Richard Barltrop

Since the escalation of violence in Lebanon, female migrant domestic workers face heightened vulnerability, especially with regard to sexual and reproductive health and rights (#SRHR). In this article, Jasmin Lilian Diab reveals the results of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University’s needs assessment of 24 shelters in Lebanon that expose how SRHR remains under-prioritised, leaving women without essential health care, contraception, or protection from gender-based violence.

Between Big Ideas and Small Possibilities: Pathways Through the Future of Yemen. Exciting opportunity from the LSE Middle East Centre The workshop "From Past and Present to Future: Pathways Towards Achieving an Ideal Between Reality – The Possible in Yemen" on 24 April 2025 draws together researchers and practitioners as they explore pathways for peace, sustainable governance and the promotion of economic stability, and social development, as well. Four key themes will be addressed in this workshop: 🔹Peace — How to mediate and build peace more effectively 🔹 Governance: Understanding local and national governance frameworks 🔹 Economy: Yemen's economy, humanitarian action and environment 🔹 Society — Impact of culture, gender, education and ideology This is why LSE wants to hear from researchers — especially those based in my beloved Yemen. This is an opportunity to showcase work that ties Yemen's history together with pragmatic and compelling ways forward for the country. Some papers will even have the chance to get published! ✍️ 📅 Due Date for Proposals: 2 December 2024 To submit proposals or for further information, write to mec.events@lse.ac.uk. Reclaiming Yemen from the frozen conflict: Let us channel voices on the future of Yemen, and catalyse discussion that makes a difference in the world 🙌 #Yemen #PeaceBuilding #Governance #Economy #Society #FutureOfYemen #Research #LSE #MiddleEast https://lnkd.in/e9Qgps3d

Thank you to all the students who joined us for Sana Murrani's seminar on 'Creative Deep Mapping: Research Methods of an Indigenous Outsider Researcher'. If you would like to be added to our mailing list for our termly LSE Middle East Centre student seminars, DM us!

Our last event of the term will discuss the online exhibition and research project 'Bridging Identities: The Cultural Odyssey of Kurdistani Jews' with Bahar Baser, Mesut Alp, Dugyu Atlas and Moayad Assaf. This project sheds light on this community's past through memories of the homeland they left behind as they migrated to Israel/Palestine, and reveals if and how the markers of Kurdishness are transmitted to the next generations. Join us on Zoom, Monday 2 December > https://lnkd.in/evs_rmvZ

Are you working to build a fairer world?🌍 Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Cohort of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme, an innovative fully-funded #fellowship based at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The programme brings together mid-career #policymakers, #activists, #researchers, #artists, and #practitioners from all around the world to explore and challenge #inequality. Applications are open until 10 January 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eu-p5mfj

What is the place of the #MiddleEast in the emerging international order? Read our Associate Fellow Anahita Motazed Rad's article, as part of a recently collected research report by LSE IDEAS, to find out more > https://lnkd.in/e2w8kAxn

You can still register for our event on Healthcare Under Conflict in #Sudan, happening today. Panellists will share reflections on potential political and humanitarian responses, from research and experience. Attend both online or in-person, 6pm > https://lnkd.in/e-83XNwy

Attend our upcoming Kurdish Studies Conference, taking place at LSE from 11–13 June 2025. Tickets will cover attendance for the full three days of the conference with subsidised fees at both standard and student rates > https://lnkd.in/ebmRFpFN

We are pleased to share the recording of the first Ian Black Memorial Lecture delivered by Jim Muir at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 'A War Like No Other: Challenge and Change in Reporting Gaza' > https://lnkd.in/g2EFAfYu