Events archive

Archive of past events

Palestine Solidarity in the Global South: the past, present and future of the Palestine solidarity movement

Wednesday 26 March from 16:30 until 18:00

University of Sussex Campus

A range of speakers discuss the Palestine solidarity movement in various countries across the global south.


Silk Road: Talk & Exhibition

Friday 21 March from 18:00 until 19:30

University of Sussex Campus

Sussex-based artist Carole Bennet discusses her work as a ceramic artist, inspired by Medieval Arabic poetry and the ancient Silk Road.


Murjana: A Novel of Medieval Baghdad

Tuesday 18 March from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Book launch of new novel by Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi


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


Reggae and Raï: Resistance Music from Jamaica and Algeria

Saturday 11 November from 16:00 until 18:00

University of Sussex Campus

A mixture of rare screenings, conversations and dj sets connecting the musical traditions of Jamaican reggae and Algerian raï.


THE LAST QUEEN

Friday 10 November from 19:30 until 21:30

University of Sussex Campus

Algeria, 1516. Pirate Barbarossa frees Algiers from Spanish tyranny but then seizes power. Against all odds one woman stands up to him: Queen Zaphira.


A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (film screening)

Tuesday 31 October from 18:00 until 21:00

University of Sussex Campus

Ana Lilly Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), with introduction and conversation with Zeina Frangie-Eyres and Despoina Mantziari


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.


Can you Hack it? Challenging the Colonial Epistemologies of the Archive

Wednesday 5 October from 14:00 until 17:00

University of Sussex Campus

This workshop critically engages with the realities of building digital archival infrastructures, using the MENA region as a case study.


Muslim Masculinities in Literature and Film

Tuesday 16 November from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Book launch of Dr Peter Cherry’s (Bilkent and MENACS) new monograph, "Muslim Masculinities in Literature and Film" (Bloomsbury/IB Tauris, 2021)


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.


Mahmud Mukhtar: The Prophet and the Professional

Tuesday 23 March from 16:00 until 18:00

zoom

Mahmud Mukhtar (1891-1934) is widely considered the father of modern Egyptian sculpture, and the country's first internationally recognised artist.


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?


Petrol Imaginaries: Dystopian Theatre and the Metabolic Rift in Kuwaiti Drama

Wednesday 10 February from 17:00 until 18:30

zoom

Co-sponsored by SPEAR (Sussex Performance Events and Research), Sussex English Colloquium and MENACS (Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex)


Autoethnography of camels in Oman

Wednesday 3 February from 12:30 until 14:00

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/98554763843

Dr Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi of Sultan Qaboos University will speak on “Autoethnography of camels in Oman” at 12.30-14.00 on Wednesday 3 Feburary 2021.


Cheikha Rimitti, the Iconic Mother of Raï and her Legacy

Wednesday 9 December from 17:00 until 18:30

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/97658912590

Sarah El Hamed in conversation with Professor Martin Evans on Cheikha Rimitti and her iconic role in the long history of protest music in Algeria.


Researching Palestinian Refugee History

Monday 30 November from 17:00 until 18:30

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/91026486999

Dr Anne Irfan (Oxford) in conversation with Dr Jacob Norris (Sussex) on the challenges of carrying out historical research on Palestinian refugees.


The Role and Memory of Women Anti-Colonial Resistance Fighters in Algeria

Wednesday 25 November from 17:00 until 18:30

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/93055747478

Nadja Makhlouf discusses photos from her exhibition on the "moudjahidate" female fighters in the Algerian War of Liberation.


Between Beirut and the Moon

Thursday 5 November from 18:00 until 19:30

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/95131427465

Join us for the book launch of Naji al-Bakhti's debut novel featuring the author in conversation with a panel of experts on Levantine literature.


Palestinian Theatre in the West Bank: Our Human Faces

Wednesday 9 September from 19:00 until 20:30

Zoom

Webinar discussion with Dr Gabriel Varghese on his new book on Palestinian Theatre.


Imagining a Palestinian future: de-exceptionalising and re-internationalising the struggle

Tuesday 14 July from 15:00 until 16:30

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/98236877435

Tuesday 14 July, 3pm BST.