Events

BRISMES Annual Conference 2012

Routledge Books and Journals will be attending the 2012 BRISMES Annual Conference Annual Meeting hosted by the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 26 to 28 March 2012.

The unprecedented uprisings in the Middle East over the past year have drawn comparisons with a wide scope of revolts from the French Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This conference seeks to place the focus on a multi-disciplinary consideration of the local and regional sources and forces which have fueled the uprisings, as well as the narratives of the events. In addition to an emphasis on dynamics within and interpretations of the uprisings, presenters are encouraged to reflect on what the events may mean for the study of the region.

For more information please visit the BRISMES Annual Conference 2012 website

London School of Economics and Political Science

Featured Books at this Event

The Transformation of the Gulf

Politics, Economics and the Global Order

Edited by David Held, Kristian Ulrichsen

This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in which these states are both shaping, and being reshaped by, the processes of globalisation. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume combines...

Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
The Arab State

Dilemmas of Late Formation

By Adham Saouli

Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

This book explores the conditions of state formation and survival in the Middle East. Based on Historical Sociology, it provides a model for study of the state in the Arab world and a theory to explain its survival. Examining states as a ‘process’, the author argues that what emerged in the...

Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
The Essence of Islamist Extremism

Recognition through Violence, Freedom through Death

By Irm Haleem

Series: Routledge Studies in Political Islam

This book provides a critical and a conceptual analysis of radical Islamist rhetoric drawn from temporally and contextually varied Islamist extremist groups, challenging the popular understanding of Islamist extremism as a product of a ‘clash-of-civilizations’. Arguing that the essence of Islamist...

Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh

The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines the main issues surrounding political Islam across...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
Islamist Politics in the Middle East

Movements and Change

Edited by Samer Shehata

For over three decades, Islamist politics, or political Islam, has been one of the most dynamic and contentious political forces in the Middle East. Although there is broad consensus on the importance of political Islam, there is far less agreement on its character, the reasons for Islamist’s...

Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge