يستأنف بودكاست "سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة" حلقاته بنفاش مع الباحثة والناشطة ماسة المفتي عن واقع التعليم أمام اليافعين واليافعات في سوريا، والتي تناوله بحث "الأمل المحاصر" الذي أنتجه المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات بالتعاون مع المجلس الثقافي البريطاني ومنظمة همزة وصل. تحلل المفتي الفجوات التي يعاني منها النظام التعليمي في سياق النزاع المسلح بغياب ما يسمى البيداغوجيا و ... Show More
Dec 2023
Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey
This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, was the launch of 'Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey' by Marlene Schäfers, published by the University of Chicago Press.
In Turkey, recent decades ha ... Show More
53m 55s
Mar 2024
The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S.13, Ep. 21)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Alexander Cooley of Barnard College joins Marc Lynch to discuss Cooley's review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv. This essay reflects upon the contributions of Marc ... Show More
54m 33s
Oct 2023
The Caliph and The Imman & REMENA (S. 13, Ep. 5)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Toby Matthiesen of the University of Bristol joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism. This book is an authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2019
Elizabeth S. Kassab, "Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates" (Columbia UP, 2019)
The "Arab Spring" shook the world in 2011, revealing profound dissatisfaction throughout the Middle East and North Africa, as people throughout the region took to the streets demanding dramatic political change. The uprisings have been analyzed by scholars, journalists, and other ... Show More
59m 23s
Oct 2023
Tomorrow's Classroom: Digital Transformation through Systems Thinking
In this episode of the SDG Learncast, we feature Breanne Pitt, a researcher and educator, on the concept of systems thinking and its vital role in modern education. They explore the challenges and complexities of the digital age, discuss the impact of standardized testing, and de ... Show More
16m 10s