Speaker Series
Our Speaker Series, held at the Center, features renowned scholars and thought leaders. Covering topics such as public policy, business, economics, the arts, architecture, and sustainable development, the series has featured prominent figures, including Lakhdar Brahimi, Rashid Khalidi, Gayatri Spivak, Joseph Stiglitz, and many others. For more recorded content, return to the main videos page.
Closing the A.I. Gap Among High-Income Countries, Emerging Markets, and Developing Economies - Yanis Ben Amor
Preoccupations: Whatever Happened to Prehistory in Palestine? - Brian Boyd
Faultlines and Deadlines: Rebuilding Trust in Journalism in the Age of Misinformation - Jelani Cobb
Cultural Currents: A Conversation with Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
Navigating the Political Economy of Reform: Safeguarding Macrostability - Mohamad Al-Ississ
Past and Present - Bernard Khoury
The Global Economy 2023: A Briefing on Inflation, Monetary Policy, Markets, and Big Data - Alexis Antoniades
The Struggle to Return to Palestine before 1948 - Nadim Bawalsa
Feeding 9 Billion: The Future of Food Security - Johanna Mendelson-Forman
America and the Middle East - Marc Lynch
The Future of Work - Jason Wingard
Adieu Middle East: The Consequences of American Abdication - A talk by Roger Cohen
Is Democracy Secular? A talk by Andrea Cassatella
What is Bioethics, and Why is it Important Today? A talk by Robert Klitzman
Religion, State, and Society in Lebanon: Consociational Curse or Blessing? A talk by Mark Farha
Archaeological Archives of the French Mandate Period and the Creation of the "Service des Antiquités" and Museums in Syria - A keynote lecture by Michel Al-Maqdissi
Human Rights in Conflict - Safwan Masri in conversation with Omar Shakir
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A keynote lecture by Rashid Khalidi
Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance - Safwan Masri in conversation with Tareq Baconi
#MeToo and Global Change: Best Practices for Addressing Sexual Harassment and Misconduct - A talk by Suzanne Goldberg
Hisham Matar: A Reading and Discussion