Beyond the Arab Spring

The events of 2011 and 2012 have both underlined the centrality of the Middle East and North Africa to world affairs and profoundly challenged conventional assumptions about the Arab and Muslim worlds. Not only did they demonstrate that Arabs and Muslims have political aspirations little different from those elsewhere but the way in which they unfurled underlined a popular capacity for peaceful mass demonstration. Given both the on-going significance of the region to the economic and security interests of Europe and the United States, and the more immediate social and political fortunes of the region’s inhabitants in the face of such radical change, the Centre instituted a standing seminar from 2011-2013 to discuss what had happened and what was yet to come.

  • Beyond the Arab Spring Easter 2013

    Thursdays 25 April, 2 & 16 May, Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Programme: 25 April 2013 (Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College) Joint Lecture: Dr Adam […]

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  • Beyond the Arab Spring Lent 2013

    Thursdays 24 January, 14 & 21 February, 7 March Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Programme (subject to change): 24 January 2013 (Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke […]

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  • Beyond the Arab Spring Michaelmas 2012

    Thursdays 11 & 25 October, 8 & 22 November 2012 Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Pembroke College and Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge   Programme (subject to change): 11 […]

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  • Beyond the Arab Spring Easter 2012

    Thursdays 3, 10, 17 May 2012 Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge   Programme: 3 May Dr Michael Willis, University of Oxford ‘Evolution […]

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  • Beyond the Arab Spring Lent 2012

    Thursdays 19 January, 2 & 16 February, 1 March 2012 Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Keynes Hall, King’s College, University of Cambridge (Beyond the Arab Spring: Easter 2012 and Michaelmas […]

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  • Beyond the Arab Spring Michaelmas 2011

    Fridays 14 & 28 October, 11 & 25 November Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Wine Room, King’s College, University of Cambridge Programme: October 14: Professor Yasir Suleiman CBE, FRSE, University […]

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