In this seminar we invite discussion on the nature of partnership building in and around the museum and heritage sector in Jordan. We reflect on our own experiences of trying to develop successful partnerships, gained...
This talk surveys the first two decades of British rule in Palestine through the eyes of its intelligence services. Who were Britain’s spymasters in Palestine? How did they try to reconcile Britain’s conflicting promises to...
This event explores the implications of the global COVID-19 crisis on the future of neoliberalism, and the ongoing struggles across the Middle East and North Africa, informally referred to as the ‘Arab Spring’. This event...
Artist and archaeologist Zahed Tajeddin and author Diana Darke use the prism of their historic courtyard houses – his in Aleppo, hers in Damascus – to give a rare first-hand glimpse into how people have...
The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. This book is Rashid Khalidi’s powerful response. Drawing on his family...
The 27th Crytsal Bennett Memorial lecture: All roads lead to Mecca: on foot, camel back and steam, the Syro-Jordanian Dharb al Hajj (7th – 20th centuries) through the prism of the new technologies. By Claudine Dauphin.