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Racial Transitions: Islam, Transitional Justice, and Morocco’s (Re)Africanization

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Brahim El Guabli Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College This talk will take place online; please register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3ZNWCdV...

A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

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The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents Malika Zeghal Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at Harvard University Discussant: Kristen A. Stilt...

Desire, the Poetics of Divorce, and the Laws of Remarriage in Iraqi Kurdistan

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The Department of Anthropology and CMES are pleased to present Andrew Bush Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College Andrew Bush is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College. He was previously a Visiting Fellow at...

Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria: Resources and Support

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The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has been leading Harvard's response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Together with the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, HHI has assembled information about what the University and members of...

Crusade, Captivity, and Wonder: Johannes Schiltberger's Traveler Tales

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CMES and the Committee on Medieval Studies present the Annual Joint Lecture in Medieval Middle Eastern Studies featuring Paul M. Cobb Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania In...

National Reconciliation in Algeria (1999-2020): Deradicalization and Strategies of Disengagement from Violent Extremism

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CMES is pleased to present a virtual talk with Djallil Lounnas Associate Professor of International Relations at Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco Register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3Irx5jB Over 40,000 foreign fighters joined Syria-Iraq...

Message from President Bacow Regarding the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

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With the permission of Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow, we are sharing the message he sent to the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director on Wednesday, February 15. Dear Cemal, Please know that I, like so many others, have been watching...

Arabic Language & the World of Interpreting: A Window of Opportunities

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Yosra Amraoui Associate Professor at the High Institute of Languages of Tunis; Hazem Ben-Gacem Postdoctoral Fellow, CMES Yosra Amraoui is a Tunisian post-doc fellow at CMES; she holds a PhD in...

Book talk: "In the Shadow of the Prophet" by Roy P. Mottahedeh

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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program & CMES are pleased to present Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Research Professor of History, with Professors Khaled El-Rouayheb (NELC) and Cemal Kafadar (CMES). Professor Mottahedeh will discuss his new book...

The ‘Ulamā’s Tradition: Reconceptualizing and Editing Turāth in Modern Egypt

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CMES, NELC and the Alwaleed Bin Talal Program at Harvard University present Mary Elston Alwaleed Bin Talal Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Mary Elston is an interdisciplinary scholar of Islam who examines politics, religion, and conceptual change...