2015-16

2016 May 04

DATE CHANGE: Sohbet-i Osmani Panel: Amr Ahmed, Günil Özlem Ayaydin Cebe, Gül Neşe Doğusan Alexander

3:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The Sohbet-i Osmani Seminar Series presents

Dr. Amr Ahmed, Dr. Günil Özlem Ayaydin Cebe, & Dr. Gül Neşe Doğusan Alexander

PLEASE NOTE: this event will now take place on Wednesday, May 4th... Read more about DATE CHANGE: Sohbet-i Osmani Panel: Amr Ahmed, Günil Özlem Ayaydin Cebe, Gül Neşe Doğusan Alexander

2016 May 05

Migration and Health Care Panel Discussion

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a panel on migration and health care featuring Elizabeth H. Shlala, Saime Ozcurumez, and Lloy Wylie... Read more about Migration and Health Care Panel Discussion

2016 May 04

CMES Breakfast

9:00am to 11:00am

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

Please drop by Room 102 for coffee, tea, pastries and fruit.... Read more about CMES Breakfast

2016 May 02

Order of Volatility: Wealth, Power and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1830

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

Sohbet-i Osmani presents

Ali Yaycioglu
Ali Yaycioglu is a historian of the Ottoman Empire intersecting Early-Modern Europe and the Muslim World... Read more about Order of Volatility: Wealth, Power and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1830

2016 Apr 29

The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century

(All day)

Location:

Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA (details below)

The Program on Science, Technology and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School presents the conference

The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century... Read more about The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century

2016 Apr 29

What is Islam? A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed

1:00pm to 6:30pm

Location:

Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard

Nicholas Watson, Nora Lessersohn, and Sean Gilsdorf, co-organizers, present

A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed... Read more about What is Islam? A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed

Feathers of Fire performance April 17 Cambridge

Photo Gallery: 'Feathers of Fire' performed at Fitzgerald Theatre in Cambridge

April 22, 2016

Wicked Local photographer Paul Rutherford captured some choice images at the April 17, 2016, performance of Feathers of Fire: A Persion Epic, the hit shadow play based on the Persian epic Shahnameh. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies...

2016 Apr 26

Political Thought in the Islamic World: Findings from a Study of 280 Muslim Scholars from the 7th Century to the Present

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The CMES Middle East Forum presents

Ali Akbar Alikhani
Associate Professor of Political Thought in the Islamic World, Chair, Arab World Studies Department, University of Tehran; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies... Read more about Political Thought in the Islamic World: Findings from a Study of 280 Muslim Scholars from the 7th Century to the Present

2016 Apr 22

Philosophy in Turkey during the Turbulent Years

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location:

CGIS Knafel 354, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

The Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents

Adnan Onart
Professor, Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: the location of this talk is Knafel 354, 1737 Cambridge Street
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2016 Apr 22

Intellectuals and State: Personal and Scholarly Reflections on Turkish Democracy

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents

Halil Ibrahim Yenigun
"Academic for Peace" and former Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Istanbul Commerce University... Read more about Intellectuals and State: Personal and Scholarly Reflections on Turkish Democracy

2016 Apr 19

Collapse of the Khwarazmshah Dynasty in Iran: Reasons and Consequences

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Maryam Kamali
CMES Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow (2015-16)... Read more about Collapse of the Khwarazmshah Dynasty in Iran: Reasons and Consequences

2016 Apr 19

CMES Breakfast

9:00am to 11:00am

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

Please drop by Room 102 for coffee, tea, pastries and fruit.... Read more about CMES Breakfast

2016 Apr 18

From the National Epic of 'Shahnameh' to the National Satire of the Rhyme of the Mouse and Cat: A Translator's Journey at the Extremes

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location:

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Ahmad Sadri
Professor of Sociology, and James P. Gorter Chair of Islamic World Studies, Lake Forest College... Read more about From the National Epic of 'Shahnameh' to the National Satire of the Rhyme of the Mouse and Cat: A Translator's Journey at the Extremes

Defender of Urban Gardens

April 15, 2016

Aleksandar Sopov, PhD candidate in the joint program of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the History Department, helped save Istanbul green spaces, but has broader hopes. "I had to save them," he says. “When those public places are erased, it moves people into arenas where demagoguery can take place." Read more of his story in the Harvard Gazette.

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2016 Apr 14

Defending Human Rights in Palestine: A Conversation with Raji Sourani & Shawan Jabarin

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:

T-275, Taubman Bldg, 2nd floor, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA

The Middle East Forum presents

Raji Sourani and Shawan Jabarin in conversation

Moderated by: Dr. Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, CMES... Read more about Defending Human Rights in Palestine: A Conversation with Raji Sourani & Shawan Jabarin

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2015-16

DATE CHANGE: Sohbet-i Osmani Panel: Amr Ahmed, Günil Özlem Ayaydin Cebe, Gül Neşe Doğusan Alexander

Location:

Migration and Health Care Panel Discussion

Location:

CMES Breakfast

Location:

Order of Volatility: Wealth, Power and Death in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1830

Location:

The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century

Location:

What is Islam? A Symposium in Memory of Shahab Ahmed

Location:

Photo Gallery: 'Feathers of Fire' performed at Fitzgerald Theatre in Cambridge

Political Thought in the Islamic World: Findings from a Study of 280 Muslim Scholars from the 7th Century to the Present

Location:

Philosophy in Turkey during the Turbulent Years

Location:

Intellectuals and State: Personal and Scholarly Reflections on Turkish Democracy

Location:

Collapse of the Khwarazmshah Dynasty in Iran: Reasons and Consequences

Location:

CMES Breakfast

Location:

From the National Epic of 'Shahnameh' to the National Satire of the Rhyme of the Mouse and Cat: A Translator's Journey at the Extremes

Location:

Defender of Urban Gardens

Defending Human Rights in Palestine: A Conversation with Raji Sourani & Shawan Jabarin

Location:

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