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2019 Nov 22

Meet the Director: Hamid Rahmanian and a Film Screening of "Feathers of Fire"

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

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

CMES Meet the Director Series presents

Hamid RahmanianHamid Rahmanian 
Designer and Director

Join CMES for a screening of Hamid Rahmanian's film version of Feathers of Fire, a spectacular shadow puppet play based on the Persian epic, Shahnameh.

Watch the trailer: 
https://bit.ly/2PZrLKy.

Free and open to the public; no tickets required. Seating is first come, first served.... Read more about Meet the Director: Hamid Rahmanian and a Film Screening of "Feathers of Fire"

2019 Apr 26

Film Screening & Discussion with Director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Rm 020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a screening and discussion with filmmaker

Anahita GhazvinizadehAnahita Ghazvinizadeh
Assistant Professor of Cinematic Arts, University of Iowa; first prize winner at 2013 Cannes Film Festival

A screening of two short films, "When the Kid Was a Kid" and "Needle", followed by a Q&A with the director... Read more about Film Screening & Discussion with Director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

Iranian Oral History update

Iranian Oral History Project Gets an Update

February 11, 2019

The Iranian Oral History Project, launched in 1981 at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and directed by Habib Ladjevardi, recorded the personal accounts of 134 individuals who played major roles in or were eyewitnesses to important political events in Iran from the 1920s to the 1980s. This unique resource, available through Harvard Library, provides scholars and practitioners the opportunity to listen to and read the personal accounts of many of Iran’s former political leaders as they recall the times and events that shaped their lives and the life of their country.... Read more about Iranian Oral History Project Gets an Update

2018 Nov 15

Impact of the US Departure from JCPOA on Iran-US Bilateral Relations & the Regional Crisis

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Seyed Hossein MousavianSeyed Hossein Mousavian
Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Former Iranian Ambassador and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran

Discussant: Payam Mohseni, Director, Iran Project, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University... Read more about Impact of the US Departure from JCPOA on Iran-US Bilateral Relations & the Regional Crisis

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