2014-15

Aleksandar Shopov is a student in the CMES Joint PhD Program in History and Middle East Studies. Background I was born in Skopje, Macedonia, which used to be one of the most important Ottoman cities, frequently mentioned in the sources as the “Abode of...

Mira Schwerda is a student in the joint PhD Program in History of Art & Architecture and Middle East Studies. How did you become interested in Middle East Studies? As an undergraduate student in Germany I became interested in the Middle East and Central...

Aya Majzoub is a student in the CMES AM Program in Regional Studies — Middle East. How did you become interested in Middle East Studies? I grew up in Saudi Arabia because my parents left Lebanon after the civil war. However, I remained hopeful that our...

John Hambley is a student in the CMES AM Program in Regional Studies — Middle East. How did you become interested in Middle Eastern Studies? My interest in the Middle East began while I was an undergraduate at Bard College. From the safety of a college...

Gwendolyn Collaco is a student in the joint PhD Program in History and Middle East Studies. How did you become interested in Middle East studies? Middle Eastern studies (of the Ottoman variety) first hooked me during the last year and a half of my...

Wadah Al-Shugaa is a student in the CMES AM Program in Regional Studies — Middle East. How did you become interested in Middle East Studies? I was born and grew up in the green mountains of Ibb, Yemen before moving with my family to New York City in 2002...

Harvard College student Yousif Hanna ('16) interviewed HE Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, UAE, in Arabic during his visit to CMES in October 2014.

A workshop help October 24-25, 2014. Organized by the Initiative on Contemporary Islamic Societies, with support from the Henry Luce Foundation. Panel One: Post-colonial military regimes and the management of diversity (Cemal Kafadar, Harvard University...