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There is more to Middle East politics than ‘tanks, tear gas, and terror’

There is more to Middle East politics than ‘tanks, tear gas, and terror’

by Talking Humanities | May 30, 2019 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Researcher Series

Dr Dina Rezk, associate professor of modern Middle Eastern history and politics at the University of Reading, would like the conversation about politics and political transitions in the Arab world to be more about the people, and less about ‘tanks, tear gas, and...
Beirut: the urban memory machine   

Beirut: the urban memory machine  

by Talking Humanities | Jan 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

 Dr Claire Launchbury, School of Advanced Study’s (SAS) research fellow in French and city studies in the Institutes of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) and Historical Research (IHR), discusses her research into Beirut’s memory cultures and how buildings and streets...

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