Join us on 1 December 2025 at 17:00 for the Annual Ambassadorial Lecture:
“Kuwait’s Priorities in a Changing Middle East”
delivered by His Excellency Bader A. Almunayekh, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the UK.

Location: WB-2003, The Waterside Building, Durham.
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Join us on 4 December at 17:00 for a talk by James Watt, former ambassador and now partner at Ambassador Partnership LLP:
“Two Years on from 7 October: What Future Awaits the Middle East?”

All welcome.
Hosted by Durham Diplomatic Society and IMEIS, Durham University.
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We thank Dr. Diana Galeeva for her really rich and insightful presentation of her new book Islam in Russia.

We are pleased to share that Professor Clive Jones appears in the new documentary “Yemen and Israel: The Roots of Struggle.”
It examines Israel’s first military operation in Yemen in the 1960s and the subsequent attack on an oil tanker in the early 1970s.

By Professor Clive Jones, Professor Anosuh Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social and Dr. Rob Pinfold:

By Associate Professor Rory McCarthy:

By Professor Clive Jones:

I had the distinct honour of presenting my research at a seminar hosted by Durham University. My sincere gratitude to the organisers, Professor Bahar Baser and to Dr Omer Tekdemir for his skilful chairmanship.

Durham University
BISI UK

I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded a Visiting Scholarship at Durham University, generously supported by The British Institute for the Study of Iraq BISI and Nahrein Network.

Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (IMEIS)
Wednesday 26th November 2025
4 – 5pm, Online

“Islam in Russia: Formations of Tolerance”

The 2025 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture was held by the IMEIS at Durham University School of Government and International Affairs hosting her Former Majesty’s ambassador to Iran, Qatar and Yemen, Mr. Nicholas Hopton.

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Dr William Plowright from our @sgiadurham.bsky.social reflects on Ahmed al-Sharaa’s remarkable transformation from former jihadist to political leader welcomed at the White House.

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