2013-14

Sahar Bazzaz Associate Professor, Department of History, College of the Holy Cross Sahar Bazzaz is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the College of the Holy Cross. She is the author of Forgotten Saints: History, Power and Politics in the...

Join the Harvard Middle East Cultural Association (HMECA) for an evening with U.S. Diplomat Evyenia Sidereas who will talk about her tours in Iraq, Egypt, and her work as the head of the Maghreb Desk at the US Department of State. Refreshments and light...

The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World is pleased to present Ayfer Karakaya-Stump Assistant Professor of History, College of William & Mary The historically disenfranchised Alevi minority make up somewhere between 10-15% of the population of Turkey...

A two-day interdisciplinary symposium with keynote speaker Nadia Abu El-Haj (Barnard College & Columbia University). With recent advances in the biosciences, such as second-generation genomic sequencing, advanced techniques in assisted conception, and the...

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. A reschedul ed date will be announced as soon as possible. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Roy P. Mottahedeh Gurney Professor of History, Harvard...

Chair: Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University. Speakers: Herbert C. Kelman, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, Harvard University. George Assousa, International Corporate Adviser...

Gerlach Press, Harvard Scholars at Risk, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Harvard Middle East Cultural Association are pleased to present Sadik Al-Azm Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard...

Please join us for Harvard’s eighth annual Nowruz Celebration to mark the Persian New Year and the beginning of Spring, featuring traditional food, drink, and cultural program! Contact: CMES Outreach Program Sponsor(s): The Middle East Initiative at BCSIA...

Presented by the Harvard University Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture This workshop focuses on a unique manuscript, in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which is a catalogue in Arabic of the holdings of...

The Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series is pleased to present Abhishek Kaicker Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University Contact: Akif Yerlioglu