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Reimagining Belfast: Obstacles and opportunities since the Good Friday Agreement
Reimagining Belfast: Obstacles and opportunities since the Good Friday Agreement 3rd Mar 2020 Cathal McManus, Queen's University Belfast.In April 2018 Northern Ireland marked the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. The occasion, however, rather than being one of celebration, was a somewhat sombre affair given... Read More
Sects and the City: Reflections from Manama
Sects and the City: Reflections from Manama 29th Feb 2020 In 1982, a roundabout was constructed just south of the intersection of King Faisal Highway and the Sheikh Khalifa ibn Salman Highway in Manama, Bahrain. At the centre of the roundabout was a monument serving as a symbol of the archipelago’s pearl diving... Read More
Sectarianism, sovereignty and Houses built on sand
Sectarianism, sovereignty and Houses built on sand 17th Feb 2020 Over recent months, protesters have taken to the streets of Iraq and Lebanon, expressing anger at ongoing political, social and economic crises. Referred to by some as a ‘second wave’ of Arab Uprisings, these are merely the latest manifestation of... Read More
Book series
Book series 15th Jan 2020 IDENTITIES AND GEOPOLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EASTAfter the Arab Uprisings and the ensuing fragmentation of regime– society relations across the Middle East, identities and geopolitics have become increasingly contested, with serious implications for the... Read More
Sectarian Games in the Longue Durée
Sectarian Games in the Longue Durée 26th Nov 2019 This piece is taken from the SEPAD report ‘Sectarianism in the Longue Duree’ available here: https://www.sepad.org.uk/report/sectarianism-in-the-longue-duree Since the emergence of Arab states from the embers of the Ottoman Empire, political... Read More
Iraqi Kurds and De-Sectarianization
Iraqi Kurds and De-Sectarianization 15th Nov 2019 A piece by Thanos TrappelidesDuring the last weeks, thousands of individuals have been protesting in Baghdad and across southern areas of Iraq against the failure of the government to deliver basic goods and economic prosperity for its citizens. The demonstrations... Read More
Survey on emotional wellbeing 4th Nov 2019 Colleagues working on the Middle East may be interested in the survey detailed below, undertaken by Jan Claudius Völkel on emotional challenges involved in research on the region.  From the survey: Many MENA researchers have reported about... Read More
Report: “Beyond ‘Sectarianism’? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism” 24-25 October 2019, University of Cambridge
Report: “Beyond ‘Sectarianism’? Towards an Alternative Understanding of Identity Politics and Communal Antagonism” 24-25 October 2019, University of Cambridge 1st Nov 2019 By Emanuelle Degli Esposti    This two-day academic symposium brought together established and early-career scholars from a variety of different disciplines to discuss the multiple and sometimes contradictory manifestations of “sectarianism”,... Read More
Call for Papers for Special Issue: Sectarian Identity Formation and Intra-Group Muslim Rivalries in Southeast Asia and Beyond 1st Nov 2019 The renewed saliency of Sunni-Shi’ite sectarian identities in the violent conflicts and contentious politics in several Middle Eastern countries has been the focus of a number of important academic work in recent times. The emphasis in this body of... Read More
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