Middle East & Mediterranean Studies Research Group (MERG)
Above: Patrick Seale (right) and Simon Waldman at the MERG talk 31.01.2012
About MERG
The Middle East & Mediterranean Studies Research Group (MERG) was established in January 2009, as a keystone of the research activity in the MEMS Programme.
MERG offers a series of workshops and guest lectures within the School of Arts & Humanities on a diverse range of topics, from power-sharing and third-party intervention in the region’s divided societies to the impact of ideology, economic change and religion on the contemporary Middle East.
For further information about the series, please contact mems@kcl.ac.uk.
NB For details of past seminars, please see the archive.
MERG events - Lent term 2011/2
January 24
Turkish Influence in the Middle East: An Opportunity for the EU?
Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz (Turkish Ambassador in London)
18.00-19.30, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
January 31
Syria's Internal and External Challenges
Patrick Seale (Journalist & Author)
18.00-19.30, Safra Lecture Theatre
February 7
The EU and the ‘Arab Spring’: Help or Hindrance
Dr. Rosemary Hollis (City University)
18.00-19.30, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
February 16
Israel and the European Left
Professor Colin Shindler (SOAS)
18.00-19.30, S-3.20
February 28
Kurdistan regional government: Future Challenges and Possibilities
Gary Kent (All Parliamentary Group for Kurdistan)
18.00-19.30, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
March 6
The Egyptian Revolution One Year On
Dr Ashraf Mishrif (King’s College London)
18.00-19.30, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
March 8
Poetry Reading
Micheal O'Siadhail (Poet)
18.00-19.30, Venue: TBA
March 20
Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East: the Outlook after Fukushima and the Arab Spring
Bruno Tertrais (Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Paris)
18.00-19.30, Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King's Building
March 27
Film screening: Battle for Algiers
18.00-20.0, Venue: TBA