MENACS blog : News, events and blog : Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS) : University of Sussex

Sussex Liberal Arts student publishes powerful article on the resilience of Sudanese women today

14 May 2024

Sussex Liberal Arts student publishes powerful article on the resilience of Sudanese women today

Photograph of double winner of Startup Sussex 2024, Shuaib Karmani, pitching at the grand final

Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc student receives double award in annual Startup Sussex competition

27 March 2024

Startup Sussex 2024 saw the first ever live pitches and awards ceremony

What exactly are equitable partnerships for sustainability research?

22 February 2024

Join SSRP for a deep dive into Equitable Research Partnerships at their event on 29 Feb chaired by Pro-VC for Global & Civic Engagement Robin Banerjee

Feras Alkabani helps create first UK network of Syrian academics and researchers, SARN UK

25 October 2023

Dr Feras Alkabani joins another seven UK-based Syrian scholars to launch the UK’s first network for Syrian academics at Pembroke College, Cambridge

Film poster for Qardoun by Sarah El Hamed

Focus on Algerian women and film events curated by Sussex professor for Cinecity

9 November 2022

Professor Martin Evans curates events marking sixty years of Algerian independence

Cross-cultural conversation on anti-colonial resistance histories co-curated by Sussex professor

7 September 2022

Conversations, screenings and performances at Resistance Cultures Festival mark 100 years of Irish independence and 60 years of Algerian independence

Photo of desert town overlaid with a digital representation of a person carrying a shopping bag

Showcase of creativity, passion and hard work from Media, Arts and Humanities students

24 May 2022

A celebration of work from students on Media Production, Music, Music Technology, Journalism and Filmmaking courses

View of artworks on windows in the Attenborough Centre

Panel including Sussex staff and alumni seek to define a possible ‘cultural recovery'

20 May 2022

Final event in Sussex's contribution to the Brighton Festival looks at what a 'cultural recovery' and what else it could imply

Blocks of coloured light coming through the windows of the Meeting House

Don’t miss the Sussex Festival of Ideas!

24 March 2022

With the 2022 Festival only a few days away excitement is building for this two-day celebration of the transformative power of the arts and humanities

More honesty and fewer statues - Gary Younge debates how we remember and who

22 March 2022

Award-winning author and broadcaster concludes the second Sussex Festival of Ideas by debating one of the most pressing cultural questions of our time