Turbulent World

The advent of the Arab Uprisings in 2011 was bathed, in the media and in Western academic circles, with a roseate glow. There was a residual anxiety as new governments began to emerge that the challenge of political Islam as a new force might find democracy difficult to accommodate. Confidence, however, was placed in the political maturity that such movements seemed to show. In retrospect, of course, such sunny optimism was proved to be misplaced. At the Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS-FAMES) and the Centre for the study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa (CIRMENA – POLIS), we monitored and commented upon the manifold uncertainties that confronted the Arab world through the Turbulent World seminar series which ran between 2013 and 2018 .

  • Turbulent World – Lent Term 2018

    This term we cover Non-state actors in the Middle-east, The present state of the Kurdish question and the tangled relationships of the Gulf

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  • Turbulent World – Michaelmas Term 2017

    The event poster is available here Thursday 12 October – Pembroke College, Outer Parlour Room 5.15pm – 6.45pm The Poisoned Well: Empire and its Legacy in the Middle East Mr […]

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  • Turbulent World – Easter Term 2017

    All welcome The event poster is available here Wednesday 10 May –Pembroke College, Thomas Gray Room 5.15pm – 6.45pm Coping with Dictatorships: Cultural Diplomacy in Iraq and Syria Mr Martin […]

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  • Turbulent World – Lent Term 2017

    All welcome The event poster is available here Thursday 2 February–Pembroke College, Thomas Gray Room 5.15pm – 6.45pm One Hundred Years After Balfour: Where is the Palestinian Right of Return […]

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  • Turbulent World – Lent Term 2016

    5.15 – 6.45pm, Pembroke College, Cambridge All welcome Wednesday 13 January – Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge The Perils of Putin: Russia’s Foreign Policy toward the Middle East Mark N. […]

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  • Turbulent World – Michaelmas Term 2015

    Michaelmas term 2015 series Dates: 23 October April and 12 November 2015 Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Friday 23 October Urbanism and […]

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  • Turbulent World – Easter Term 2015

    Easter term 2015 series Dates: 23 April and 29 April 2015 Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge  Thursday, 23 April Boots or Soft […]

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  • Turbulent World – Lent Term 2015

    Lent term 2015 series Dates: 15 January, 28 January, 12 February and 26 February Place: Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Thursday, 15 January (Thomas Gray Room) Understanding the Emerging Political […]

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  • Turbulent World – Michaelmas Term 2014

    Michaelmas term 2014 series Dates: 16 October, 31 October, 6 November and 19 November Place: Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Thursday, 16 October (Outer Parlour) Mizrahi Mothers, Wrapped in the […]

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  • Turbulent World – Easter Term 2014

    Easter term 2014 series Dates: 24 April, 8 May, 14 May and 22 May Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Thursday, 24 April Masters of their Destiny […]

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  • Turbulent World – Lent term 2014

    Lent term 2014 Thursdays 23 January, 13 & 27 February, 6 March, Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Programme (subject to change): 23 […]

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  • Turbulent World – Michaelmas term 2013

    Michaelmas term 2013 Thursdays 17 & 24 October, 7 November & 28 November, Time: 5.15 – 6.45pm Place: Thomas Gray Room, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Programme (subject to change): […]

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