Conferences, seminars and public talks on the Arab and Islamic world, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, in Italy, in Europe, worldwide and online. The selection draws on announcements from EURAMES (European Association for Middle Eastern Studies) and SeSaMO (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies) and is updated every Monday. Times are Central European Time.
Week of 2 to 8 November 2026. This week we list 4 events.
Tuesday 3 November
Palästinensische Universitäten unter Bedingungen von ethnischer Säuberung und Gewalt
Lecture by Helga Baumgarten at the University of Wuppertal, first event of the series «Zerstörung, Leid und Überleben in Palästina und Stellungnahmen israelischer Wissenschaftler gegen den Krieg». Information and registration.
Source: EURAMES-Info-Service 44/2026
Thursday 5 November
A Tale of Two Elections: Assessing the Results of US Midterms and Israeli Elections and Their Impact on Palestinians
A panel of experts discusses the results of the US midterms and of the Israeli elections, and what they mean for Gaza, the West Bank and the Palestinian question. Information and registration.
Source: EURAMES-Info-Service 44/2026
Friday 6 November
La difesa della libertà accademica in Italia e in Europa. Verso un coordinamento tra le società scientifiche
Sapienza University of Rome, Department Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali (DIISO), Marco Polo building, Circonvallazione Tiburtina 4, room T03. Chaired by Laura Guazzone, with Alessandra Algostino (University of Turin) on fighting antisemitism and freedom of criticism and Francesca Biancani (University of Bologna) on the IHRA definition and academic freedom in Italy and Europe. Followed by the launch of the inter-association Round Table for the protection of academic freedom (ASAI, SeSaMO, SIAA, SIAC). Also on Zoom, via the QR code on the poster.
Source: SeSaMO, 16 October 2026
Crisis and Creativity: Practices of Freedom in Constraint in Contemporary Iranian Cinema
Shohini Chaudhuri, at the Center for Middle East Studies, Brown University, takes her book «Crisis Cinema in the Middle East» (2022) to recent Iranian films. Information and registration.
Source: EURAMES-Info-Service 44/2026
Deadlines this week
- Monday 2 November: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, «Raffaele Pettazzoni» postdoctoral grants in the history of religions and grants for research stays in Europe. Calls (source: SeSaMO).
- Tuesday 3 November: abstracts for the «13th Annual International Conference on Geography & Regional Studies (Focus MENA)», Athens, 31 May-5 June 2027. Information (source: EURAMES).
Updated 1 November 2026. Based on EURAMES-Info-Service 42-44/2026 and the SeSaMO mailing list.