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”

#6 4 December 2025: Dr. Thomas Schmidinger (Wien): “Krieg der Warlords: Der transnationale Konflikt im Sudan”

#7 22 January 2026: Dr. Peter Lintl (Berlin): “Israel, der Nahe Osten und die deutsche Politik seit dem 07. 10. 2023”