Lambton Lectures
CICS is host to the annual Prof. Ann K. S. Lambton Memorial Lecture. The lectures are normally held in February, and are subsequently published in a special edition of the Durham Middle East Papers series.

Previous Lectures
Speakers to date have included:
- Professor A.K.S.Lambton
- Professor R Builliet | Columbia University, New York
- Professor Richard Tapper | SOAS
- Professor Bernard Hourcade | CNRS, Paris
- Professor Bert Fragner | Institut Fuer Iranisti, Austrisn Academy of Sciences, Wien
- Professor Robert Hillenbrand | University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Edmund Herzig | University of Manchester
- Professor Ali Madanipour | Deptartment of Architecture & Town Planning, Newcastle University
