Selected Talks
“Rethinking the Global History of Sunni-Shii Relations and Confessionalisation in Islam”, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, 2 May 2024.
“The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism”, Oxford Literary Festival, 1 April 2023
“Rethinking Modern Sunni-Shii Relations: The State, Revolution, and Foreign Intervention”, Stanford University, 15 March 2022
“Saudi Arabia and the World: From the Cold War to MBS“, WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar at Harvard University, 6 October 2022
Previous outreach:
Podcasts
International History Declassified on Saudi Arabia
(for the most up to date media engagement and outreach update see my X account @tobymatthiesen)
Quotes
NZZ, January 2021
NYT, 11 September 2020
AP, February 2019
Die Wochenzeitung, 31. Januar 2019
Reuters, 17 January, 2019
11 August 2017, IIS Today
NZZ, 4.8.2017
New York Times, 9 November 2016
The Globe and Mail, 13 May 2016
The Globe and Mail, 11 May 2016
Washington Post, 27 April 2016
AFP, 24 March 2016
Aargauer Zeitung, 15. Februar 2016
AP, 23 January 2016
Bloomberg, 19 January 2016
Epoca (in Portuguese), 15 January 2016
Der Tagesspiegel, 11. Januar 2016
Wall Street Journal, 7 January 2016
Dagens Naeringsliv, 7 January 2016
The New York Times, 5 January 2016 (Spanish version here)
Los Angeles Times, 5 January 2016
Today’s Zaman, 5 January 2016
Bloomberg, 5 January 2016
The New York Times, 4 January 2016
Bloomberg, 4 January 2016
Financial Times, 4 January 2016
Iranwire, 4 January 2016
Deutsche Welle (in Portuguese), 4 January 2016
CNN, 3 January 2016 (and in Indonesian)
Wall Street Journal, 3 January 2016
Financial Times, 3 January 2016
Washington Post, 2 January 2016
al-Araby, 29 October, 2015
International Business Times, October 26, 2015
AP, August 26, 2015
AP, June 25, 2015
The Guardian, 21 June 2015
Global Post, 12 June 2015
Global Post, 11 June 2015
Bloomberg, June 8, 2015
AFP, Wednesday 3 Jun 2015
The Guardian, 29 May 2015
Financial Times, 29 May 2015
Bloomberg, 3 May 2015
al-Jazeera, 30 April 2015
Bloomberg, 29 April 2015
The Washington Post, 8 April, 2015
International Business Times, 8 April, 2015
Time Magazine, 31 March, 2015
AFP, 5 March, 2015
Fox News, 31 January, 2015
Bloomberg, 23 January, 2015
Bild-Zeitung, 23 January, 2015
AP, 22 January, 2015
AFP in English 12 November 2014 (and French)
AFP, 7 December 2014
The Guardian, 4 November 2014
Middle East Eye, 17 October, 2014
The Guardian, 16 October 2014
Toronto Star, 16 October 2014
Middle East Eye, 16 October 2014
El Pais, 7 September 2014
The Guardian, 2 September 2014
Christian Science Monitor, August 25 2014
Associated Press, 18 June 2014
Narratively, 5 June 2014
Vice Magazine, 14 November 2013
El Pais, 14 October 2013
Reuters, 3 July 2013
Financial Times, 2 July 2013
al-Ahram Weekly, 21 November 2012
New York Review of Books, October 27, 2011
The Guardian, 20 March 2011
TV Interviews
Club, SRF, 30. Oktober 2018
BBC World, 3 January 2016
Channel 4, News, October 2015
ABC TV, The World, 21 May 2015
al-Jazeera English, Inside Story,
Interview in 2014 BBC Documentary Saudi Arabia’s Secret Uprising
Interview with al-Hurra TV, 23 June 2014 (Arabic)
POMEPS Conversation with Marc Lynch, November 1, 2013
Radio Interviews
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 24. November 2018
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 20 April 2018
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 18. November 2017
ABC Radio National, Late Night Live, 9 November 2017
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 5. November 2017
Newshour, BBC World Service, 21 June 2017
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 21 June 2017
ABC Radio National, Late Night Live, 8 June 2017
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 22 May 2017
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 29 September 2016
Tagesgespräch, SRF, 12. Mai 2016
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 1. Mai 2016
Status Hour/Jadaliyya Radio Show, 2016
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 10. Januar 2016
National Public Radio, 4 January 2016
ABC Radio National, 4 January 2016
Echo der Zeit, SRF, 29. Dezember 2015
Interview on ABC Radio National, Late Night Live, 19 October 2015
Interview on ABC Radio National, Late Night Live, 10 June 2015
Interview on ABC Radio National, Rear Vision, 7 June 2015
Interview on BBC World Service, World Have Your Say, 23 January 2015
Interview mit Echo der Zeit, Schweizer Radio, 23 January 2015
Middle East Week Podcast, April 7, 2014
Interview mit Radio ORF, 17.02.2012
Longer Interviews
Interview with Jungle World (in German), 21 January 2016
Interview with Status Hour/Jadaliyya Radio Show, 2016
Interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, 8 January 2016
Interview with La Repubblica, 4 January 2016
Interview with Iranwire, 7 July 2015
Interview with Jadaliyya, 28 January 2015
Interview with Mondiaal Nieuws, 12 December 2014
Interview with Fair Observer, 22 November 2013
Interview with Jadaliyya, 14 August 2013
Interview mit Das Magazin, Tages-Anzeiger, 1/2011 TM Tag im Leben
Public Lectures (past)
Saudi Arabia in World Politics: From the Cold War to the War on Terror, IEMED Barcelona, 21 February 2019, watch video here
Saudi Arabia and Shiism, Central European University in Budapest, 10 May 2018.
How much do doctrinal debates and the early historical disputes matter in Sunni-Shi’i relations? Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 14 February 2018.
Turbulences in the Geopolitics of the Gulf, Casa Arabe, Madrid, 12 July 2017, watch video here.
Leftist Movements in the Gulf States during the Global Cold War, King’s College, London, 2 February 2016
The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in the Global Cold War, Middle East Centre Friday evening lecture, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 22 January 2016, podcast available here
Buttressing the Twin Pillars: The Future of US Relations with Saudi Arabia and Iran, Denver Council on Foreign Relations, 19 November 2015, watch video here
Book launch of “The Other Saudis” at New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, 17 November 2015
Book launch of “The Other Saudis”, LSE Middle East Centre, 28 October 2015, listen to the podcast here
Book launch of “The Other Saudis”, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 29 July 2015
Talk at Australian National University, Canberra, 27 May 2015
Talk at Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 19 May 2015
Book launch of “The Other Saudis”, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 6 March 2015
Saudi Arabia – its political structure, use of religion, and foreign policy, Cafe Diplo, Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique, London, 16 February 2015
Book launch of “The Other Saudis”, LMEI Tuesday Lecture Series, SOAS, London, 27 January 2015
The Politics of Sectarianism in the Middle East, Aga Khan University, London, 4 November 2014
Shia Identity and the Arab Spring, Festival of Ideas, Cambridge, 1 November 2014
McCarthyism and Counter-Revolution: The Gulf states and the New Regional Order, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, 8 May, 2014
Sectarianism in the Middle East, Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, Boston University, March 20, 2014
What is Driving Sectarian Violence in the Wake of the Arab Spring? Westminster Faith Debates, RUSI, 12 February 2014 (watch video and listen to podcast of the debate here)