Speaker: Fadi Bardawil, University of North Carolina
Discussant: Fuad Musallam, LSE
Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
Drawing on the theorisation of the Marxist group Socialist Lebanon, Fadi Bardawil looks at how Lebanon's simultaneous economic integration into the Arab area through its services-based mode of production, and its isolation from Arab political cause ... Show More
Mar 17
Gendering the Archive: A Catalyst for Change in Women’s Rights in Egypt
In this episode, Diana Magdy, a gender equality specialist, feminist researcher and oral historian has a conversation with Professor Hoda Elsadda unpacking the politics of archiving, revealing archives as spaces of power and resistance rather than neutral repositories. Diana Magd ... Show More
32m 22s
Mar 6
Understanding the Middle Eastern Family, Identity, and Politics through Queer Studies
By bringing together academics and journalists that utilise gender and media studies, as well as history and international relations, this interdisciplinary panel will speak to the relationship between the family and nation-building, the role of media and advertising in represent ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2022
Lebanon the weak, cannibalized state whose citizens still hope
Dr. Jamil Mouawad, lecturer in the Political Studies and Public Administration Dept at AUB, has studied Lebanese politics for decades; he is publishing a new book on the nature of the state in Lebanon and how its citizens interact with the state. He explains his theory of Lebanon ... Show More
22m 49s
Jan 2022
Economic failures rooted in political weakness stymie Lebanon’s future
Economics professor and former director of the Institute of Financial Economics, Simon Neaime, sees hard times ahead as Lebanon’s problematic political class shows no will to fix the country’s economic decline. He sees added pressures from regional stresses of poverty, inequality ... Show More
23m 19s
Sep 2020
Episode 92 - Civil state or civil strife?
Discussion of rising sectarianism in Lebanon begins at 09:20. Nizar and Ben are joined by Ibrahim Halawi, teaching fellow in international relations at Royal Holloway - University of London, to analyze rising sectarian discourse, its role as part of the counterrevolution, the civ ... Show More
51m 31s
