Department of Geography

Past events

Why we should all speak for Palestine!

Monday 9 June from 14:00 until 16:00

University of Sussex Campus

Sussex researchers and invited guests from Gaza discuss the urgency of speaking out for Palestine. The event will culminate in a Palestinian buffet.


Stolen Nation: The Rights of Reparation of Palestinian Refugees

Thursday 15 May from 16:30 until 18:00

University of Sussex Campus

Lena al-Malak discusses her recently published book, Stolen Nation, in conversation with Sussex scholar of refugee studies, Tahir Zaman.


Tips and Tricks for Neurodivergent Students

Monday 17 March from 10:30 until 13:00

University of Sussex Campus

Join other neurodivergent students to reflect on our study skills, learn about support available and create a supportive learning community.This is a...


Intimate Stories: from Algerian Women to Another

Tuesday 4 March from 15:00 until 16:00

University of Sussex Campus

Nadja Makhlouf interactive exhibition and talk


History Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: PhD Panel

Thursday 27 February from 16:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

This week's History Work-in-Progress Seminar will be delivered as a PhD panel.


A threefold loss of Heimat: The Restitution Case of Silesian Textile Manufacturer Hans Pinkus

Thursday 20 February from 16:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

History Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: A threefold loss of Heimat: The Restitution Case of Silesian Textile Manufacturer Hans Pinkus.


Leverhulme Lecture: Extracting the Energy Transition: Lithium Imaginaries and Impossible Futures

Wednesday 25 October from 15:00 until 16:30

University of Sussex Campus

The Centre for Rights and Anticolonial Justice & the Sussex Energy Group would like to invite everyone to join this Leverhulme Lecture...


Middle East and North Africa PhD work-in-progress

Wednesday 18 October from 15:00 until 16:30

University of Sussex Campus

A range of current Sussex PhD students discuss their research on the Middle East and North Africa region.


Book launch: Jacob Norris, 'The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub'

Monday 24 April from 16:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

Jacob Norris discusses his new book 'The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub' with historian Dr Joanne Paul and literature scholar Dr Feras Alkabani


‘Beyond Sectarianism: Rural-Urban Relations and the Future of the Syrian Conflict’

Wednesday 29 March from 16:00 until 17:30

University of Sussex Campus

Dr Naboulsi explores rural-urban tensions in Syria and why they should be considered in future settlement of the conflict. Chaired by Dr Feras...


MENACS collective read: Marwan Hisham's "Brothers of the Gun"

Thursday 9 March from 16:00 until 17:30

University of Sussex Campus

A discussion of Marwan Hisham's book, "Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War".


Displacing History: Writing, Longing and (Un)Belonging - In Conversation with Isabella Hammad

Monday 17 October from 15:00 until 16:30

University of Sussex Campus

British-Palestinian author Isabella Hammad discusses her acclaimed novel The Parisian.


Mexican Mahjar: Transnational Maronites, Jews and Arabs Under the French Mandate

Thursday 4 November from 16:00 until 17:30

University of Sussex Campus

Global historian Camila Pastor discusses the entwined histories of Mexico and Syria/Lebanon during the interwar years


Algiers in the Mid-Twentieth Century: From Anti-Colonial Resistance to the Mecca of Third World Revolution

Wednesday 13 October from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Elaine Mokhtefi will explore Algiers' revolutionary culture in the 1960s, from the War of Independence to the Pan-African Festival of 1969.


O Daughter of Babylon: Journey of an Iraqi Patriot

Wednesday 28 April from 16:00 until 17:30

Online

Book talk followed by conversation between Dr Ali Kassem (Sussex) and Dr Francis Clark-Lowes, editor of Riad El-Taher’s O Daughter of Babylon.


Publishing in MENA journals

Wednesday 17 March from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Thinking of publishing your MENA-focused research in a reputable peer-reviewed journal?