2021-22

2022 Apr 26

The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis on the MENA Region

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

CMES and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School are pleased to present a discussion with

Mohammed Alyahya, Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute
Kirsten Fontenrose, President of Red Six International; Former Senior Director for the Gulf, National Security Council, The White House
Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, The International Institute for Strategic Studies
Nikolay A. Kozhanov, Research Associate Professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; Non-Resident Scholar, Economics and Energy Program, Middle East Institute
Karen E. Young, PhD, Senior Fellow, Director of the Program on Economics and Energy, Middle East Institute

Adel Hamaizia (moderator), Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

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2022 May 12

From Dictatorship to COVID: Intergenerational Trauma Among Argentinian Israelis

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sigalit Gal
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

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2022 Apr 29

Book talk: A Medieval Life in Circumstances

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, Bowie-Vernon Room, 2nd floor (registration info below)

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Book Talk Series presents

William E. Granara (Harvard) on his recent publication Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland (2021)

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only due to COVID-19 restrictions. Register here: https://bit.ly/3uSUG7p.... Read more about Book talk: A Medieval Life in Circumstances

2022 Apr 12

Policing and Political Development in Tunisia: Origin and Evolution

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Khansa Ben Tarjem
Ph.D. candidate, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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Please note: the start time of this talk has been changed to 2pm ET.... Read more about Policing and Political Development in Tunisia: Origin and Evolution

2022 Apr 08

Contemporary Architecture and the Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean: A Critical Look at the Case of Anatolia

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration information coming soon)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Burcu KütükçüoğluMazı House by Nevzat Sayın
Visiting Scholar, CMES; Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University; Part-time Instructor, Boston Architectural College

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2022 Apr 05

Morocco: Deciphering Political Parties and Protesting

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

The Arab Caucus at HKS and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies present

Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi
Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Research Centre for Political Action, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Register in advance: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J6MJLJX-Rcy1GRqxq-uXlA

Welcome address: Professor William Granara, Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
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2022 Apr 22

Rebellion as Myth in State Making and State Evasion: The Case of Dersim Across Ottoman Empire and The Republic of Turkey (1878-1938)

10:30am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series is pleased to present

Cevat Dargın
Postgraduate research associate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

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2022 Apr 22

De-development, Political Violence, and Informal Control: The Kurds in Iran and Turkey

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

CMES and the CMES Middle East Forum are pleased to present

Ahmad MohammadpourDilan Okcuoglu  Dilan OkcuogluAhmad Mohammadpour
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology, Troy University, and
 
Dilan Okcuoglu
M. Barzani Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer, Global Kurdish Studies, School of International Service, American University

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2022 Apr 13

Abhá Conference and Tā’if Treaty: Saudi-Yemeni Border and the Construction of the Ismaili Minority

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Online (Zoom registration information below)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sultan AlamerSultan Alamer
Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; PhD Candidate in the Political Science Department, George Washington University

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2022 Mar 08

The Troubled Everyday in/of Gaza: Restoring Agency and Creative Possibility

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

The Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative and the CMES Middle East Forum are pleased to present

Salem Al-Qudwa, RCPI Fellow and Architect in conversation with Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard UniversitySalem Al Qudwa

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2022 Mar 24

Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Many Legacies: Sunnī Revivalist, Jihād Advocate, & Syrian 'Nationalist'

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and CMES present

Suleiman Ali Mourad
Professor of Religion, Smith College

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