A lecture given by Jean-Pierre Filiu (Sciences Po)

Jean-Pierre Filiu, a historian and an arabist, is Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).
Professor Filiu was a career diplomat from 1988 to 2006, following humanitarian missions in Afghanistan (1986) and Lebanon (1983-84). His works and articles about contemporary Islam and the Arab world have been published in a dozen
languages. Professor Filiu also wrote the script of Best of Enemies, a graphic novel about US in the Middle East (the first of three volumes is already out with Self Made Hero).
His Arab Revolution, ten lessons from the democratic uprising was published in 2011 by Hurst (London) and Oxford University Press (New-York).

Chair: Dr Marwa Daoudy (Middle East Centre, St Antony's College)
Convener: Leïla Vignal (Université Rennes II)

All welcome

Place : Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford, OX2 6SE