The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Janine Di Giovanni
Multi-award winning journalist and author; Senior Fellow and Professor, Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Please note the date change: this event will now be held on October 28.

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3EgXVrT... Read more about DATE CHANGE to 10/28: The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Department of History, Columbia University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3AbqPat... Read more about The Latest Chapter in the Hundred Years War on Palestine

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Glenn Robinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Discussant: Peter Krause, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3sGglwK
... Read more about Global Jihad and Movements of Rage

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Eric Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

Discussant: Muhamed Almaliky, M.D., Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Director, Iraqi American Institute; Physician, University of Pennsylvania Health System

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... Read more about Kleptocracy, Militias and the October Revolution: the Iraqi State Between Sectarianism and Democracy

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen
Visiting Faculty, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University

This event is part of a two-speaker talk with Nazan Bedirhanoglu (Wellesley) on higher education in Turkey.

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3rncdiU.

Please note: this event will begin at 12:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Rethinking the Relationship between Neoliberalism, Corporate Welfare and Cronyism: Lessons from Turkey

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Leila Fawaz
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School and Department of History at Tufts University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3caLpy1.

Please note that this event will begin at 4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, please double-check the time difference.

(Note: this event was originally scheduled for March 4)... Read more about France and Britain: Their Colonial Footprint in the Middle East

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Cengiz Çandar
Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies and Senior Associate, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3veA6MT.
... Read more about Turkey’s Mission Impossible, War and Peace with the Kurds

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Elizabeth Prodromou
Faculty Director, Initiative on Religion, Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/31iNCkN.

Please note: this event will begin at 4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Monuments, Memory, and Minorities: A Case Study of Turkey

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Peter Salisbury
Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/2OXQAJ3.

Please note: this event will begin at 4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Yemen: A Long View on the Long War

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Brian Moore
Former National Security Council Advisor, Office of the USAID Administrator

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3bOXQiZ.

Please note that this event will begin at 4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, please double-check the time difference.

... Read more about U.S. National Security and the Impact of COVID-19 in the Middle East and Beyond: A Cascading Crisis

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Leila Fawaz
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School and Department of History at Tufts University

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been POSTPONED.
... Read more about *POSTPONED* France and Britain: Their Colonial Footprint in the Middle East

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Robert Malley
US Special Envoy for Iran, Former President and CEO of the International Crisis Group

This event has been postponed.
... Read more about POSTPONED: Challenges of the US-Iran Relationship

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Ambassador Husam Zomlot
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom

Click here to register for this webinar: https://bit.ly/3oHEnns​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
... Read more about The United States and Palestine: Defining Requirements for Change

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Francesca Albanese
Human Rights Lawyer & affiliate scholar, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

Lex Takkenberg
Former Chief, Ethics Office, UNRWA, Amman, Jordan, and Legal Officer, Dutch Refugee Council

Discussant: Susan Akram, Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney, Boston University International Human Rights Clinical Program, Boston University School of Law

Register: https://bit.ly/33xRobT.
... Read more about Palestinian Refugees in International Law: A Tale of Fragmentation and Opportunities

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Ali Banuazizi
Professor, Department of Political Science, Director of the Program in Islamic Civilization and Societies (ICS), and Chair of the International Studies Academic Advisory Board at Boston College

Discussant: Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University 

Register: https://bit.ly/374pE0z.

... Read more about The Failure of Religious Nationalism in Iran