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2024 Apr 23

Has harmony ceased after Dede Efendi? The Musical legacy of Avni Konuk (d. 1938) and Kenān Rifāi (d. 1950)

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Swedenborg Chapel, 50 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present a talk and live musical performance by

Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher, CMES, Harvard University; Faculty, Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University

Accompanied by Istanbul Meshk Ensemble:... Read more about Has harmony ceased after Dede Efendi? The Musical legacy of Avni Konuk (d. 1938) and Kenān Rifāi (d. 1950)

2024 Apr 17

Film Screening: US Premiere of "Lyd" and Discussion with the Filmmakers

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required as seating is limited. Please submit one registration form per person. REGISTER. (Doors will open at 6:30pm.)

Religion and Public Life’s Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at Harvard Divinity School presents the U.S. premiere of "Lyd". "Lyd" is an award-winning, sci-fi documentary that tells the story of a 5,000-year-old bustling Palestinian city that once connected Palestine to the world, until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. The film follows the rise and fall of the city, tracing what "Lyd" once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.... Read more about Film Screening: US Premiere of "Lyd" and Discussion with the Filmmakers

2024 Apr 30

A Looming Famine: Starvation in Gaza

11:00am to 12:30pm

Location: 

Online; registration below

Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights on Tuesday April 30 at 11am EST for a conversation about the starvation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. According to the Human Rights Watch, Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, and using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza which is a war crime according to international law.

Register here.... Read more about A Looming Famine: Starvation in Gaza

2024 May 01

Pernicious Prejudice: Scholarly Approaches to Antisemitism and Islamophobia

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; and online

This in-person event is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Civil Discourse Initiative and is open to Harvard ID holders. It will be livestreamed and available for viewing on the WCFIA YouTube Channel.

The panel will focus on how leading social scientists conceptualize, measure, and study key forms of prejudice in the US context, focusing specifically on antisemitism and Islamophobia. The event will bring together top scholars who are at the forefront of studying these important and pernicious phenomena using rigorous, evidence-based data, methods, and sources. 

Speakers
Jeffrey Kopstein, Director, Center for Jewish Studies; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. 

Nazita Lajevardi, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University.

Kassra A.R. Oskooii, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware. 

Sabine von Mering, Director, Center for German and European Studies; Professor of German and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University. 

Chair
Eric Beerbohm, Professor of Government; Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.

Moderator
Melani Cammett, Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.... Read more about Pernicious Prejudice: Scholarly Approaches to Antisemitism and Islamophobia

2024 Apr 17

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ethno-Religious Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Adana Massacres of 1909

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Rm 201, 6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund, The Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations present

Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln... Read more about Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ethno-Religious Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Adana Massacres of 1909

2024 Apr 08

Book talk: "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home"

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The HDS Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative presents a book talk with

Fida Jiryis
Palestinian writer and editor

Moderator: Sara Roy, Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Register on Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FeU54zjpSW6hyHwATgp35Q#/registration... Read more about Book talk: "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home"

2024 Mar 22

A Live Conversation with Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

To be announced

Harvard Law School's Bell Collective for Critical Race Theory is hosting Palestinian journalist Motaz Azaiza in his first-ever live conversation in the United States.

He will be the keynote speaker for their 5th Annual conference entitled Censorship and Consciousness.

Check out the full conference and register for tickets now before they sell out: https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/thebellcollective/censorship-consciousness-2024/... Read more about A Live Conversation with Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist

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