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A world-leading centre of interdisciplinary, social science-based research and teaching on the Middle East

Welcome to the page of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at King's College London, a world-leading centre of interdisciplinary, social science-based research and teaching on the Middle East and North Africa.

02/03/2026

📖 Explore key historical events, and the enduring political, cultural, and diplomatic forces shaping the Middle East and North Africa today

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Explore the collapse of empires, the rise of independence movements, key historical events, and the enduring political, cultural, and diplomatic forces shaping the Middle East and North Africa today.

20/02/2026

EVENT: Brothers Behind Bars: A History of the Muslim Brotherhood

🗣️a talk by scholar Mathias Ghyoot

🗓️23 April
⏰ 16.00 - 17.30

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The Department of Political Economy's Global South Research Group is delighted to invite you to a talk by Mathias Ghyoot.

29/09/2025

EVENT: America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region 🇺🇸🌍

⏰ 9 October
🗓️ 18.15

From the Gulf War to Gaza, a compelling critique of how and why Washington ensnared itself so destructively in the Middle East.

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From the Gulf War to Gaza, a compelling critique of how and why Washington ensnared itself so destructively in the Middle East.

12/05/2025

In a new analysis for RUSI, our academic, Dr Rob Geist Pinfold examines escalating Israeli strikes on Syria 🇸🇾

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With the fall of the Assad regime, a change of Syrian leadership presented an opportunity for Israel to soothe relations with its neighbour and alleviate trouble at the border, but the Netanyahu government's choice, a course of military strikes and territorial advances into Syria, shows a preference...

09/04/2025

EVENT: The Middle East after Trump’s Return: A Playground for Russia and China?

📅 9 May
⏰ 18.00 - 19.30

Our panel will feature Inga Trauthig, Francesca Ghiretti, Edmund Fitton-Brown, and Ahmed Aboudouh.

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This discussion will address if China and Russia are benefitting from recent US policies enacted under Trump.

03/04/2025

King’s is pleased to announce the CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education.

The initiative will provide scholarships for postgraduate scholars from Lebanon over the next three years 🇱🇧🧑‍🎓

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King’s College London is pleased to announce the CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education.

03/03/2025

EVENT: Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Stories of Revolution

⏰ 18.00
🗓️ 17 March

Join us for a talk led by Professor Wendy Pearlman. More here 👇

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

19/02/2025

EVENT: Navigating the Syrian Crisis
Challenges and Opportunities for Peace and Reconstruction

⏰ 18.00 - 19.30
🗓️ 18 March

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Challenges and Opportunities for Peace and Reconstruction

30/01/2025

EVENT: Cities as idea nodes: The spread of neoliberal cultures in the Arab world 💭

📅 13 February
⏰ 18.00

Join Dr Mayssoun Sukarieh for a discussion on the importance of cities in the spread of the neoliberal culture in the Arab world

A talk by author and academic, Dr Mayssoun Sukarieh

20/01/2025

EVENT: Islam and Statecraft: Religious Soft Power in the Arab Gulf States

We'll be welcoming Dr Jon Hoffman on 5 February to discuss his research and new book 📚

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Dr Jon Hoffman discusses his research and new book, which focusses on the utilisation of religion as a tool of statecraft in the Middle East

06/01/2025

EVENT: Charlotte Al-Khalili will present her ethnographic monograph of the Syrian 2011 revolution and Syrians' subsequent displacement to Turkey.

⏰14.00 - 15.30
📆 4 February

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Charlotte Al-Khalili will present her ethnographic monograph of the Syrian 2011 revolution and Syrians' subsequent displacement to Turkey

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Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London, Bush House NE Wing, 40 Aldwych
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WC2B4BG

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