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2023 Apr 04

Racial Transitions: Islam, Transitional Justice, and Morocco’s (Re)Africanization

1:30pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Brahim El Guabli
Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College

This talk will take place online; please register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3ZNWCdV... Read more about Racial Transitions: Islam, Transitional Justice, and Morocco’s (Re)Africanization

2023 Apr 13

A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Malika Zeghal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and  Civilization at Harvard University

Discussant: Kristen A. Stilt, Professor of Law and also Faculty Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program and Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School... Read more about A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

2023 Mar 27

Crusade, Captivity, and Wonder: Johannes Schiltberger's Traveler Tales

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Barker Center 110, Thompson Rm, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

CMES and the Committee on Medieval Studies present the Annual Joint Lecture in Medieval Middle Eastern Studies​ featuring

Paul M. Cobb
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania... Read more about Crusade, Captivity, and Wonder: Johannes Schiltberger's Traveler Tales

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 Mar 02

Elections, Electoral Integrity, and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Emre Toros, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, Dean, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Visiting Scholar, CMES Spring 2023

Discussant: Ali Çarkoğlu, Professor of Political Science at Koç University, Istanbul... Read more about Elections, Electoral Integrity, and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

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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2023 Mar 30

Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 
Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology-Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London

Discussant: M. Brinton Lykes, PhD, Professor of Community-Cultural Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College

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2023 Feb 09

POSTPONED: Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology—Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London

Please note: this event has been postponed to March 30; details about March 30 can be found here: https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/jerusalem-examining-settler-colonialism-and-undoing-colonial-knowledge-production​​​​​​​​​​​​​​... Read more about POSTPONED: Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

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