{"title": "2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture: Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future", "start": "2026-11-12T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "Free, registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-talk-twelve-days-shook-middle-east", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/colonialism"], "description": "A public lecture, also streamed online, discussing what forms of knowledge and analysis are needed beyond documenting conditions in Palestine. The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) presents its 2026 Annual Lecture with Rafeef Ziadah, co-hosted at SOAS by the Centre for Palestine Studies and the SOAS Middle East Institute, chaired by Dina Matar. It examines the political and economic projects being assembled around Palestine, including infrastructures of regional integration, energy, logistics, reconstruction and normalisation. 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The book, published by Duke University Press, is edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews and offers cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan, focusing on the US intervention that began in 2001. Contributors Dawood Azami, Marya Hannun and Wazhmah Osman will discuss media narratives, information warfare and knowledge production, and how visual tropes and ideologies shape portrayals of Afghanistan. Attendance is free but registration is required, with seating allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-decolonizing-afghanistan-countering-imperial-kno-43667/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-launch-decolonizing-afghanistan-countering-imperial-knowledge-and-power", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5a3032d06453f61472b5faf6331ace0c9f76c3a2e2be8952a7d176992e71c768-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sudan’s War: Political Economy, Regional Interests and the Search for a Viable Peace", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "Free to attend, but registration is required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/sudan", "society/politics"], "description": "A seminar at SOAS University of London examining why the war in Sudan has proved so difficult to end. 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The talk is chaired by Professor Zoe Marriage and forms part of the SOAS Global Development Seminar Series; attendance is free with registration, in person and online.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sudans-war-political-economy-regional-interests-and-the-sear-43664/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/sudans-war-political-economy-regional-interests-and-search-viable-peace", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4da32069e6d98f36f65861c122b4151d0c4fe69d71a097821edd1effee8826a0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "London Palestine Film Festival 2026", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "film/documentary"], "description": "The London Palestine Film Festival is an annual festival bringing new films about Palestinian life to the big screen. 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Highlights include the UK premiere of Who Killed Alex Odeh? and films revisiting Palestine's past and Gaza's hospitals.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-palestine-film-festival-2026-36673/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b0213a935d7b0f773a3783b46c47fc3a619ce3304856bfbbe2b47ea31434ae2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "People's Emergency Briefing", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Goldsmiths, University of London Campus", "address": "SE14 6NW London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/earth-sciences/climate", "film/documentary"], "description": "People's Emergency Briefing is a 50-minute film about what the climate crisis means for lives, the economy and the future in Britain, featuring the UK's top experts in climate science, health, food security, economics and national security alongside public figures such as Jennifer Saunders and Deborah Meaden. 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