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The Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford.

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Please note the MEC Library's summer closure this year will be from *Monday 3 August to Monday 31 August 2026*. It will open again on Tuesday 1 September.

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Why does conflict bedevil the Middle East? | Arab News
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Will Burnham liberate Labour's Palestine policy from Starmer's dead hand? | Middle East Eye - Avi Shlaim

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Professor Avi Shlaim writes an opinion piece for Comment Central, as historical advisor to the Britain Owes Palestine campaign - available here ⬇️ https://t.co/hBxDu4kF9M

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Professor Avi Shlaim describes historical relations between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities of the Middle East in interview with Randa Achmawi here ⬇️
https://t.co/2U2IFpzb7W

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Congratulations to our DPhil student, Karolin Tuncel, on her new article 'Is religion a problem for intersectional theory? Muslim women, feminism, and varieties of patriarchy' - just published with Contemporary Political Theory here⬇️
https://t.co/OAPgwZA2PA

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Film screening this Friday, 6pm, Investcorp Lecture Theatre, organised by Oxford UCU 📽️

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Professor Avi Shlaim's talk at the Britain Palestine Project Conference: “Recognition is the Beginning” is now available to watch online here ⬇️
https://t.co/hC7s2Kkx0a

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Our final seminar of term - tomorrow!
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We were honoured to have Professor Charles RH Tripp with us on Friday to deliver this year's George Antonius Memorial Lecture

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We are delighted to have Dr Orçun Can Okan with us for this evening's seminar on his new book 'Needs That Bind' https://t.co/BBShBS526E

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Congratulations to our DPhil student, Seong Hyun Kim, on a new article in The Journal of the Middle East and Africa⬇️
https://t.co/kko1HBPwpJ

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Events happening this week at the MEC👇
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This week's Tuesday seminar at the MEC👇https://t.co/ZujCEDFORB
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@afsana_press @JoostHiltermann We are delighted to have @JoostHiltermann with us tonight to discuss his debut novel 'The Resurrected' with @afsana_press

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New book by Afsana Press:
A journey of survival, rising from Saddam’s mass graves, to a haven in Virginia.
The Resurrected by Joost Hiltermann
Read more:
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Delighted to have Dr Chihab El Khachab with us for tonight's book talk on 'Constructing the Achievement State: Cultural Administration in Postrevolutionary Egypt' @oxford_anthro @CambridgeUP

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Professor Avi Shlaim's recent interviews with Al Jazeera, TRT World and Going Underground available to listen here:
https://t.co/mSE8n661i5
https://t.co/DaoxWCbg4V
https://t.co/73mIIweaJR