2021-22

2022 Mar 11

"I Put My Fear for You above My Fear of You": The Role of Emotions in Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The Harvard University Association for Global Political Thought and CMES present

Han Hsien Liew
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Arizona State University

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2022 Mar 23

Learning Arabic Backwards: Was It Absolutely Frightening?

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Online (Zoom registration info below)

CMES is pleased to present the 2022 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with

Michael Cooperson
Professor of Arabic, University of California, Los Angeles

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3GVY4Bc

Information about the second lecture in this two-part series can be found here: https://bit.ly/3toGwbU.

Please note: This lecture will be online via Zoom, and everyone wishing to attend should register using the link above. Limited in-person seating for Harvard students and faculty may become available. If so, Harvard students and faculty who have registered will be notified of the campus location for the talk. This process will be by invitation only.... Read more about Learning Arabic Backwards: Was It Absolutely Frightening?

2022 Mar 21

Rethinking Arabic Literary History

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Online (Zoom registration info below)

CMES is pleased to present the 2022 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with

Michael Cooperson
Professor of Arabic, University of California, Los Angeles

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/368RNFq

Information about the second lecture in this two-part series can be found here: https://bit.ly/347scw4​​​​​​​.

Please note: This lecture will be online via Zoom, and everyone wishing to attend should register using the link above. Limited in-person seating for Harvard students and faculty may become available. If so, Harvard students and faculty who have registered will be notified of the campus location for the talk. This process will be by invitation-only.... Read more about Rethinking Arabic Literary History

2022 Apr 21

From Policy to Practice: A Critical Review of United States Government Stabilization Efforts in Syria

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The CMES & WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Michelle Bradford
International Development Professional & Former Team Leader for multi-donor funded stabilization programming in Syria, US Department of State and UK Department for International Development

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2022 Feb 24

The Kurds, Imperial Dynamics, and Inter-Imperial Spaces (12th-19th Centuries)

11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series presents

Hamit Bozarslan
Director of Studies, Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Please note: the 1st hour of this talk (10-11am) will be the launch of The Cambridge History of the Kurds with the editors, including Prof Bozarslan.

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2022 Feb 24

Book launch & panel discussion: "The Cambridge History of the Kurds"

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series presents the launch of 

The Cambridge History of the Kurds with editors

Hamit Bozarslan (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Cengiz Güneş (The Open University, Milton Keynes), and Veli Yadirgi (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

Please note: the Editors will speak for the 1st hour of this event. From 11am-12pm, Hamit Bozarslan will give a talk entitled, The Kurds, Imperial Dynamics, and Inter-Imperial Spaces (12th-19th Centuries); click here for more information.

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2022 Feb 07

The Oldest Guard: Landowners, Local Memory, and the Making of the Zionist Settler Past

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Liora Halperin
Associate Professor of International Studies and History and Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Endowed Chair in Israel Studies, University of Washington

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2022 Mar 10

The Fractured Iraqi Community: Rethinking Development

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Martha MyersMartha Myers
International and Humanitarian Development Assistance Professional & Former Chief of Party, Iraqi Durable Communities and Economic Opportunity Project, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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2022 Apr 07

Can Russia Manage its New Role in the Middle East?

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Carol R. Saivetz, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, MIT Security Studies Program; Research Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University

Discussant: Mark N. Katz, Ph.D., Professor of Government and Politics, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

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2022 Feb 24

The Political Economy of Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Benefit or Detriment?

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration info below)

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Asher Orkaby, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar, Transregional Institute, Princeton University

Discussant: Afrah Nasser, Yemen Researcher, Human Rights Watch

** PLEASE NOTE: this talk will now take place from 2-3:30pm ET **

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