Dividing Lines: Reimagining Social Division in ‘Divided Societies’
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The Future of the Middle East – SEPAD Partnership
The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), together with the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project based at Lancaster University’s Richardson Institute are working together, exploring the realm of ‘The Future of the Middle East’ through events, publications, and parliamentary engagement.
Publications in this programme
Articles relating to this programme
The Death of a General: What’s next for Iran, Iraq and the wider Middle East?
Following the United States (US) assassination of Qasim Soleimani - the erstwhile commander of the Quds Force, the elite wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, - close to Baghdad airport,…
Events in this programme
The Future of the Middle East
The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), together with the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project based at Lancaster University’s Richardson Institute are working together to host a one-day, in-person conference on ‘The Future of the Middle East’ This event will bring together academics, experts, civil society, policymakers and parliamentarians to share perspectives on the future of the Gulf-MENA and how the UK Government can approach the region. More information ...
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Speakers
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When
December 3, 2024
Where
London
Contested Citizenship: Understanding national identity in the Middle East and North Africa
This event, organised by the FPC and the SEPAD (Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation) project at the Richardson Institute for Peace at Lancaster University, aims to examine how ten years after the Arab Uprisings, the struggle between rulers and ruled continues to shape the contours of political life across the MENA region. Central to these struggles are questions about citizenship and its capacity to order political and social life through drawing ...
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Speakers
Professor Simon Mabon, Director of SEPAD and the Richardson Institute for Peace
Dr Nour Abu-Assab, co-founder and co-director of the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC)
James Verini, author and features writer for The New York Times Magazine
Professor Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies
Chair: Wayne David MP, Former Shadow Minister for the Middle East
When
December 13, 2021
2:00pm-3:30pm (UK time)
Where
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
Building a lasting peace? Power sharing and sectarian identities in Yemen
The FPC is working again with the SEPAD (Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation) project at the Richardson Institute for Peace at Lancaster University on a series of virtual public seminars focused on peacebuilding in Lebanon, Bosnia, Syria and Yemen. The project will address each country situation individually but it will seek to learn from the experiences of Lebanon and Bosnia (both the successes and ongoing/growing problems) in terms of power sharing and ...
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Speakers
Maysaa Shuja Al-deen, Non-resident Fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies
Professor Simon Mabon, Director of the SEPAD project
Nadwa Al-Dawsari, Non-resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute
Kate Nevens, Non-resident Consultant with the Yemen Policy Center
Chair: Wayne David MP, Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa
When
March 2, 2021
5:00pm-6:30pm (UK Time)
Where
The event will take place on Zoom.
Building a lasting peace? Power sharing and sectarian identities in Syria
The FPC is working again with the SEPAD (Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation) project at the Richardson Institute for Peace at Lancaster University on a series of virtual public seminars focused on peacebuilding in Lebanon, Bosnia, Syria and Yemen. The project will address each country situation individually but it will seek to learn from the experiences of Lebanon and Bosnia (both the successes and ongoing/growing problems) in terms of power sharing and how ...
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Speakers
Alison McGovern MP, Co-Chair of the APPG Friends of Syria
Bilal Sukkar, Middle East & North Africa Programme Coordinator at Saferworld
Dr Abdalhadi Alijla, Co-Leader of Global Migration and Human Rights at Global Young Academy
Dr Rahaf Aldoughli, Lecturer in Middle East and North African Studies at Lancaster University
Chair: Adam Hug, Director of the FPC
When
February 23, 2021
5:00pm-6:30pm (UK Time)
Where
The event will take place on Zoom.
Solutions to Sectarianism? Examining efforts at ‘de-sectarianisation’ across the Middle East
On 10 September the Foreign Policy Centre and the Richardson Institute at the University of Lancaster hosted a conference entitled Solutions to Sectarianism? Examining efforts at ‘de-sectarianisation’ across the Middle East, part of the Sectarianism, Proxies & De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project. The conference explored the role of sectarian identities in an increasingly complex and fluid Middle East. It seeked to move forward from the analysis of the regional situation provided by ...
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Speakers
Dr Simon Mabon, Lancaster University
Dr Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University
Samira Nasirzadeh, Lancaster University
Dr Edward Wastnidge, Open University
Adam Hug, Foreign Policy Centre
Professor Toby Dodge, LSE
Fanar Haddad, National University of Singapore
Ana Maria Kumarasamy, Lancaster University
Dr Staci Strobl, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Thomas Fibiger, Aarhus University
Drewery Dyke, Rights Realisation Centre
Anne Kirstine Rønn, Aarhus University
Dr Bassel Salloukh, Lebanese American University
Simona Sikimic-French, Islamic Relief
Dr Sana Al Sarghali, An-Najah National University
Dr Mohammad Yaghi, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
When
September 10, 2019
9am - 3pm
Where
Work Foundation, 21 Palmer St, Westminister, London SW1H 0AD