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Amid Violence in the Middle East, Palestinian American Poet Shares Work at Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies

October 25, 2023

Lisa Suhair Majaj — an author and scholar of Arab American Literature — shared a collection of her poems at a Tuesday event at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Majaj, who was born in America and grew up in Jordan, shared 17 of her poems chronicling her life as a Palestinian American. Speaking to an audience of more than 30 people, she acknowledged the difficulty of the subject matter amidst the violence unfolding in Israel and Palestine....

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2023 Oct 30

Israel-Hamas War? Tackling the Root Causes

12:15pm to 1:15pm

Location: 

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

Israel-Hamas War? Tackling the Root Causes

with

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (occupied Palestinian territories)
Moderator: Chris Williams, Clinical Instructor, HLS

Registration required: https://bit.ly/3S8NZdn
 
Description: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, Ms. Francesca Albanese, will be discussing the current situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and the international legal implications of the events that unfolded since October 7.... Read more about Israel-Hamas War? Tackling the Root Causes

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MESA Board Statement on Palestine and Israel

October 17, 2023

The Executive Committee of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies endorses the October 16, 2023, statement by the Board of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) condemning the killing of all civilians in Palestine and Israel. The statement asserts that there is no military solution to the conflict and supports "a political solution that offers safety, dignity, and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis." It also called on universities to "affirmatively assert and protect the right to academic freedom and freedom of speech on their campuses" amidst heightened incidents of violence...

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2023 Oct 24

Writing as a Diasporan Palestinian: Poems and Reflections

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

The CMES Middle East Forum and the HDS Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative are pleased to present

Dr. Lisa Suhair MajajLisa Majaj
Award-winning Poet and Author

Note: This talk will also take place on Zoom; please register in advance on Zoom here: https://bit.ly/3ZTeuoT​​​​​​​.... Read more about Writing as a Diasporan Palestinian: Poems and Reflections

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 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

2023 Apr 27

DATE CHANGE: Decolonizing Israel: The Potential Contribution of the Palestinian Citizens

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

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

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2022 Nov 15

Book event: "Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization beyond Partition"

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online; registration info below

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Herbert Kelman

Professor Herbert C. Kelman, A Life

September 30, 2022

On September 16, at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, a memorial service was held for Herbert C. Kelman, whose 54 year career at Harvard, most recently as the Richard Clarke Cabot Research Professor of Social Ethics, came to a close when Kelman passed away peacefully on March 1 at age 94. One of the speakers at the memorial was CMES alumnus Philip S. Khoury (History and Middle East Studies PhD '80), Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at MIT, who delivered the following tribute to his long-time friend.

I knew Herb Kelman for more...

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