Speakers: Martha Mundy, LSE; Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut (AUB); Cynthia Gharios, AUB
Chair: Michael Mason, LSE
This event is the culmination of field research carried out over four years in collaboration with the American University of Beirut.
Speaking to the work of the project ‘The Palimpsest of Agrarian Change’, Martha Mundy and Rami Zura ... Show More
Feb 2021
Political Economies of MENA & Politics of Teaching IR in the Arab World (S. 10, Ep. 7)
Robert Springborg of the Naval Postgraduate School talks about his latest book, Political Economies of the Middle East and North Africa, with Marc Lynch on this week's podcast. In the book, he discusses the economic future of the [MENA] region by examining the national and region ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2023
HICHAM SAFIEDDINE | Banking on the State: Lebanon's Economic Rise & Fall
<p>In conversation with Professor Hicham Safieddine, we get to grips with Lebanon’s banking system. He walks us through the history of central banks, who Lebanon’s Barons of Banking were, and how Lebanon’s banking sector got to where it is today. We reflect on Beirut’s economy an ... Show More
1h 11m
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
Aug 2021
Mark Farha, "Lebanon: The Rise and Fall of a Secular State under Siege" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sectarianism and the so-called death of Arab secularism, Mark Farha addresses the need for a thorough examination of the history of secul ... Show More
54m 51s