Webinar Series

Welcome to the ASMEA Webinar Series. Throughout the year we will host discussions with seasoned scholars and practitioners on a variety of topics affecting the Middle East and Africa. These webinars are free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Attendees who require a "Certificate of Attendance" can contact Emily Lucas at [email protected] after the event. View past webinars here.

Upcoming Webinar: Between Nationalism and Islamism: How Turkey Failed Its Jews

Join ASMEA and Dr. Simon Waldman for this webinar being held August 8, 2026 at 12:00 pm (ET).

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Dr. Simon Waldman is a lecturer and tutor at King’s College London where he has taught for around 12 years while also doing some think-tank work in between. He is a regular contributor to the international media. He is the author of, Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Palestinian Refugee Problem and The New Turkey and Its Discontents. His latest book is called, Looking For Elsewhere: The Jews of Turkey Then and Now, an exploration into the Jewish community in Turkey and why many Jews to leave a country that for centuries they had called home. It is available at Amazon, Blackwells, Barnes and Noble, and all good bookstores. 

Simon can be followed on X @Simonwaldman1 and his Substack is called Simon Writes Not Says.