Imranali Panjawani, the editor of the new volume, Shi'a of Samarra, talks on the 24th of May 2012 about a long forgotten people with a tragic history of persecution. Samarra is the home of a sacred Shi'a shrine, which was bombed in 2006 and subsequently reconstructed.

Expect an evening of frank responses and political anecdotes when veteran Labour politician Tony Benn will be talking about his life in politics and what he thinks about the changes in the Labour Party.

It’s more than a decade since Tony Benn - the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour party - retired from the House of Commons and famously announced that, after 50 years in Parliament, he was planning “to spend more time on politics.”

The Indonesian foreign minister, who steered Jakarta's chairmanship of ASEAN last year, will talk about his country's policies in the evolving geopolitics of the region.

Marty Natalegawa is Indonesia's minister of foreign affairs.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lseIndonesia

Sectarian relations between Sunnis and Shi'as in Iraq have undergone profound change since 2003. Perceptions of domination, empowerment and marginalization have been reversed amongst both groups with consequences for national and regional politics. In this presentation, the dynamics of sectarian relations and 'sectarianism' will be examined with a specific emphasis on the drivers of sectarian identity and the paradoxical nature of sectarian relations in Iraq.

Muslim Institute Fellow Rania Hafez imparts some backtalk skills in 'Teaching Them to Argue Back - Encouraging a New Generation to Think Critically'.

Join the discussion as Rania examines why we need to equip young people with the skills to think critically and how to engage them in the notion of plurality of thought.

Rania Hafez is director of Muslim Women in Education.

LSE Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation public seminar.