Join the HKS Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for a book talk with author Nathan Thrall as he discusses his latest book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, with Carr Center Senior Fellow, Kenneth Roth.... Read more about Nathan Thrall's "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama" - A Book talk with Kenneth Roth

The 2023 Hilda B. Silverman Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the CMES Middle East Forum and the Religion and Public Life's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (Harvard Divinity School), presents

Amira Hass
Journalist, Haaretz... Read more about Is Activism Futile?: The Case of Israel

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Shaul Magid
Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard University, and

Derek Penslar
William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

This event has been postponed until further notice.... Read more about POSTPONED: The Israeli Protest Movement: Is 'Jewish and Democratic' Really Possible?”: A conversation with Professors Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar

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

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

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

... Read more about Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

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

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar & the CMES Middle East Forum present

Nadim Rouhana
Professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Discussant: Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, and the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, Harvard Divinity School

Please note: this talk was originally scheduled for April 20.... Read more about DATE CHANGE: Decolonizing Israel: The Potential Contribution of the Palestinian Citizens

The Harvard Divinity School Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative is pleased to welcome

Leila Farsakh
Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts, Boston

Maha Nassar
Associate Professor, Modern Middle East History, Islamic Studies at University of Arizona

Susan Akram
Clinical Professor of Law, Boston University

Moderated by: Rabea Eghbariah, RCPI Topol Fellow

Register on Zoom here: https://bit.ly/3TpG9ZY​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
... Read more about Book event: "Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization beyond Partition"

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Zena Agha
PhD Candidate, Newcastle University; Visiting Fellow, CMES... Read more about Colonial Cartography in Palestine-Israel and the Decolonising Potential of Counter-Maps

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Natalia Gutkowski
Postdoctoral scholar, The Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moderator: Steven Caton, Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University... Read more about Viruses Remaking Borders? Unwanted Organisms in Palestine/Israel from Covid-19 to Climate Change