2013 Oct 15 Multiple Visions of the Thousand and One Nights: Expert and Lay Perception of the World's Most Famous Story Collection 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: Kates Room, Warren House, 11 Prescott Street, Cambridge, MAa talk by Professor Ulrich MarzolphGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen... Read more about Multiple Visions of the Thousand and One Nights: Expert and Lay Perception of the World's Most Famous Story Collection
2013 Oct 23 Turkish Academics on Trial: Conclusions of the US and German National Academies Fact Finding Mission 4:30pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS, Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World is pleased to present Carol CorillonDirector, Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine; Executive Director, International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies... Read more about Turkish Academics on Trial: Conclusions of the US and German National Academies Fact Finding Mission
2013 Dec 05 Right-Wing Women: Women's Activism in Jewish and Muslim Religious-Political Movements 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS, Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Middle East Seminar is pleased to present Lihi Ben ShitritVisiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School; and Assistant Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, Athens... Read more about Right-Wing Women: Women's Activism in Jewish and Muslim Religious-Political Movements
2013 Oct 15 Book Launch & Author Talk: Carrie R. Wickham, "The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement" 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Program is pleased to present an author talk by Carrie R. WickhamAssociate Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University... Read more about Book Launch & Author Talk: Carrie R. Wickham, "The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement"
2013 Nov 19 H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Islamic Law and the State: Then and Now 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS South Bldg, Belfer Case Study Room 020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA2013 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture SeriesfeaturingSherman A. JacksonKing Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California... Read more about H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Islamic Law and the State: Then and Now
2013 Nov 05 Egypt's Army Back in Charge: does Uniformed mean Uniformity? 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Eamonn GearonProfessorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS; Senior Fellow, Middle East Policy Council... Read more about Egypt's Army Back in Charge: does Uniformed mean Uniformity?
2013 Nov 21 Western intelligence communities and the "Arab Spring" 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: Bell Hall, Belfer Bldg, 5th floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK StreetThe Middle East Forum is pleased to present Rex BrynenProfessor, Department of Political Science, McGill University... Read more about Western intelligence communities and the "Arab Spring"
2013 Nov 21 H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Islamic Law and Muslim Politics 4:00pm to 5:45pm Location: CGIS South Bldg, Belfer Case Study Room 020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA2013 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series featuringSherman A. JacksonKing Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California... Read more about H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Islamic Law and Muslim Politics
2013 Oct 24 Iran and the Syrian Crisis: Whither the Tehran-Damascus Axis? 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS South Bldg, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MAThe WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present Jubin M. GoodarziAssistant Professor and Researcher, International Relations Department, Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland... Read more about Iran and the Syrian Crisis: Whither the Tehran-Damascus Axis?
2013 Oct 25 The Arabian Nights and pre-modern Arabic Literature (talk in Arabic) 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present ألف ليلة وليلة والأدب العربي القديم with Aboubakr ChraibiProfessor of Arabic, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) (Langues O), Paris >>Please note: this talk will be given in Arabic.<< Contact: Liz Flanagan
2013 Nov 07 The Sectarian Crisis in the Contemporary Middle East: An Ottoman Perspective 5:00pm to 7:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present Bruce MastersJohn E. Andrus Professor of History, History Department, Wesleyan University... Read more about The Sectarian Crisis in the Contemporary Middle East: An Ottoman Perspective
2013 Oct 03 Remembering World War I: The Memoir as Historical Document 5:00pm to 7:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present a history conversation with Leila FawazIssam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts UniversityBorn in the Sudan and raised in... Read more about Remembering World War I: The Memoir as Historical Document
2013 Oct 17 Unearthing the Dead Sea Scrolls: Religion, Politics and Science of its Excavation Thu - Mon, Oct 17 to Oct 28, 8:30am - 8:30pmLocation: Harvard CMES, Museum of Science, Boston and Online The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, written between 408 BCE and 318 CE and discovered between 1946 and 1956. The collection of 972... Read more about Unearthing the Dead Sea Scrolls: Religion, Politics and Science of its Excavation
2013 Sep 27 Prospects for Pluralist Democracy in post-Gezi Turkey 12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: CGIS South Bldg, Tsai Auditorium (010), 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MAThe Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World is pleased to present Dr. Aykan ErdemirMP Bursa (CHP)... Read more about Prospects for Pluralist Democracy in post-Gezi Turkey
2013 Sep 13 The Study of Comparative Literature in Iran Today 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: CMES, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 208, Cambridge, MA 02138CMES presents a roundtable conversation in Persian with Professor Alireza Anushirvan, University of Shiraz... Read more about The Study of Comparative Literature in Iran Today
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Program is pleased to present an author talk by
Sherman A. Jackson
Eamonn Gearon
Leila Fawaz
The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, written between 408 BCE and 318 CE and discovered between 1946 and 1956. The collection of 972...