Anthropology

2023 Mar 01

National Reconciliation in Algeria (1999-2020): Deradicalization and Strategies of Disengagement from Violent Extremism

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Online only; Zoom registration info below

CMES is pleased to present a virtual talk with

Djallil Lounnas
Associate Professor of International Relations at Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

Register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3Irx5jB
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2023 Feb 27

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence and Roadblocks to Political Expression - Book Event with Amahl Bishara

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Braun Room, Swartz Hall, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis St, Cambridge, MA

Please join us for lunch and a discussion about Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence and Roadblocks to Political Expression, a new book from 

Amahl A. Bishara, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University

Moderator/Respondent: Raef Zreik, Religion and Public Life Visiting Scholar in Conflict and Peace, Harvard Divinity School

To attend this lecture, please register in advance here: https://bit.ly/3XG8L3i

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2023 Feb 08

Book talk: "Familial Undercurrents Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran"

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES Director's Series is pleased to present

Familial Undercurrents: 
Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran

with

Afsaneh Najmabadi
Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University

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2022 Nov 28

"Who built the seven gates of Thebes?" Circumstances of Construction and Labor in Qatar

9:00am to 10:30am

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Ms Marie-José Tayah
Technical Specialist (Social Dialogue), ILO Project Office for the State of Qatar, and

Ms Niyama Rai
Technical Officer, ILO Project Office for the State of Qatar

Chair: Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies; Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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2022 May 12

From Dictatorship to COVID: Intergenerational Trauma Among Argentinian Israelis

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sigalit Gal
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

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2021 Dec 09

Twice Displaced: Syrian Armenian Stories of Resettlement and Revival in Armenia and Abroad

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

The CMES Armenian Studies Lecture Series presents

Rebecca L. Thomas, MSW, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for International Social Work Studies, University of Connecticut School of Social Work

Anoush Baghdassarian, Harvard Law School 3L; co-founder of ReRooted, a Syrian-Armenian Archive

Ani Schug, co-founder of ReRooted, a Syrian-Armenian Archive

Watch a recording of this event: https://bit.ly/3mfE2Kl

Syria provided a refuge for Ottoman Armenians fleeing the violence in their ancestral villages during the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. The Syrian Armenian community grew and... Read more about Twice Displaced: Syrian Armenian Stories of Resettlement and Revival in Armenia and Abroad

Myriam Amri

The Red Gold of Tabarka: Tracing Mediterranean Coral Routes

November 2, 2021

In northern Tunisia, seaside Tabarka has played a central role in coral fishing and cross-Mediterranean trade since at least the 15th century. Today, red coral continues to be traded across the sea, despite reef degradation and the informal workings of coral trade networks. In an essay for Mashallah News, CMES PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies Myriam Amri followed the Mediterranean red coral trade through time as it made the fabric of the small town of Tabarka in Tunisia. Read the essay at ...

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Recently revived waterway in Omani town

Fieldwork from Afar

January 15, 2021

In spring 2020, Keye Tersmette, PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, was less than 100 days into what was to be a year of dissertation fieldwork in Oman when Covid-19 hit. Here is his account of research disrupted.

Mere minutes after I purchased my ticket from him, the man behind the desk received a phone call. Soon he was smiling, and began snapping his fingers to draw the attention of his colleagues. The explanation followed the moment the line was disconnected: starting tomorrow, all bus routes would be suspended. While the bus drivers and...

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2020 Nov 18

NEW TITLE: Archipelago of the Maghreb: Conceptualizing Mediterranean Movement between Sicily and Tunisia in the late 19th century

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online webinar (registration link below)

The CMES Director's Series presents

Sarah DeMott, PhDSarah DeMott
Middle East, Near East and Judaica Library Liaison, Librarian for the Freshman Seminar, Harvard College Library

Register: https://bit.ly/3iWVnmH​​​​​​​.

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