2015 Nov 16 An Armenian Symbolist Poet in Constantinople: Misak Medzarents 5:15pm to 6:45pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents James RussellMashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University... Read more about An Armenian Symbolist Poet in Constantinople: Misak Medzarents
2015 Nov 15 Memorial Service for Shahab Ahmed 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA... Read more about Memorial Service for Shahab Ahmed
2015 Nov 12 Middle East Maelstrom: What Hope for Palestine Refugees? (postponed) 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA The Middle East Seminar presents POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2016 Pierre KrähenbühlCommissioner General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)... Read more about Middle East Maelstrom: What Hope for Palestine Refugees? (postponed)
2015 Nov 10 Is the Other necessary? 5:00pm to 6:30pm Location: CGIS South Rm S020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series presents a talk in French by Kamel DaoudAlgerian journalist and author of The Meursault Investigation... Read more about Is the Other necessary?
2015 Nov 10 The Ongoing Crisis in Syria: Destruction of the Syrian State and the Changing Face of Conflict 12:30pm to 2:00pm Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Bldg, 5th floor, HKS 15 Eliot St, Cambridge, MAThe Middle East Seminar presents Michael Wahid Hanna, J.D.Senior Fellow, Century Foundation; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law... Read more about The Ongoing Crisis in Syria: Destruction of the Syrian State and the Changing Face of Conflict
2015 Nov 09 Book talk: Shi'ite Clerics and Political Modernization in Iran 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Mateo FarzanehAssistant Professor of History of the Islamic World and Modern Middle East, Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago... Read more about Book talk: Shi'ite Clerics and Political Modernization in Iran
2015 Nov 09 The Seam-line that Passes through Haifa and the Works of Sami Michael 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138The Israeli Law, Literature, and Society Seminar presents Nili GoldAssociate Professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania... Read more about The Seam-line that Passes through Haifa and the Works of Sami Michael
2015 Nov 09 Critical Issues Affecting the Health of Palestine Refugees: An Informal Discussion with Dr. Akihiro Seita 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: CMES, Room 208, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe Middle East Forum presents Akihiro SeitaDirector, Department of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)... Read more about Critical Issues Affecting the Health of Palestine Refugees: An Informal Discussion with Dr. Akihiro Seita
2015 Nov 05 H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Muhammad ʿAbduh's Metaphysics in Context (LOCATION CHANGE) 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Rm (S030), 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MACMES is pleased to present the 2015 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with Robert WisnovskyJames McGill Professor, Islamic philosophy and theology, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University... Read more about H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Muhammad ʿAbduh's Metaphysics in Context (LOCATION CHANGE)
2015 Nov 04 Kurdistan: The New Reality in the Middle East? (DATE CHANGE) 4:30pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138The WCFIA/CMES Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World and The Middle East Initiative present Bayan Sami Abdul RahmanRepresentative to the United States Government, Kurdish Regional Government... Read more about Kurdistan: The New Reality in the Middle East? (DATE CHANGE)
2015 Nov 04 The Politics of Participation: Palestinians and the Peel Commission, 1936-1937 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138The CMES Director's Series presents Laila ParsonsAssociate Professor, Department of History and Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University... Read more about The Politics of Participation: Palestinians and the Peel Commission, 1936-1937
2015 Nov 04 Film screening: Daughters of Anatolia 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MAThe Harvard Museums of Science & Culture present a screening of Daughters of Anatolia... Read more about Film screening: Daughters of Anatolia
2015 Nov 03 H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Avicenna and Avicennism 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS South Rm S030, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MACMES is pleased to present the 2015 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with Robert WisnovskyJames McGill Professor, Islamic philosophy and theology, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University... Read more about H.A.R. Gibb Lecture: Avicenna and Avicennism
2015 Nov 03 CMES Breakfast 8:45am to 11:00am Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA... Read more about CMES Breakfast
2015 Oct 28 Analyzing Turkish Foreign Policy in a Tumultuous Region (DATE CHANGE) 4:30pm to 6:00pm Location: CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, MA 02138The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World presents Meliha AltunisikProfessor of International Relations and Dean of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara... Read more about Analyzing Turkish Foreign Policy in a Tumultuous Region (DATE CHANGE)
Robert Wisnovsky