Middle East Politics and Society Lecture Series (MELS)

#1 1 December 2022: Prof. Dr. Martin Beck (Erbil) & Dr. Thomas Richter (Hamburg): “Oil and the Political Economy in the Middle East”

#2 19 January 2023: Dr. Julia Gurol (Freiburg): “A Reconfiguration of Power and China’s Emerging Role in the Middle East”

#3 16 May 2023: Dr. Ross Harrison (Washington): “The Ukraine War and its Impact on the Middle East”

#4 16 November 2023: Ambassador (ret.) Hermann Nicolai: “Political Change in the Sahel Region”

#5 7. November 2024: Dr. Yvonne Albers (Berlin): “Die Zeitschrift Mawāqif (1968-1994): Eine Beiruter Intellektuellengeschichte” (in German)

#6 21. November 2024: Prof. Dr. Nora Derbal (Hamburg): “Das islamische Königreich Saudi-Arabien: Zivilgesellschaft und Wandel” (in German)