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A Cup as Complex as World

News

In a Q&A in the Harvard Gazette, CMES Director Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, untangles anti-gay, migrant labor, and geopolitical tensions days before the 2022 World Cup opens in Qatar, the first Arab country to host the...

Women in Iran: An Evening of Films by Rakhshan Banietemad

Events

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Women in Iran: An Evening of Films by Rakhshan Banietemad with Naghmeh Sohrabi Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and the Director for Research at the Crown Center for...

Tunisia vs France World Cup Match Watch Party!

Events

CMES, WIGH and the Department of Sociology invites you to join us for a Watch Party: Tunisia vs. France World Cup Match Join CMES, WIGH and Sociology to watch the Tunisia vs. France match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar with French author and former...

Arabic Calligraphy Exhibit, featuring the students of Dr. Muhammad Habib

Events

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present an exhibit of Arabic Calligraphy, featuring the students of Dr. Muhammad Habib Please join CMES as we celebrate the work of our students. CMES/NELC Preceptor in Arabic Dr. Muhammad Habib studied...

Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent

Events

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents Dr. Jillian Schwedler Professor of Political Science, City University of New York's Hunter College and CUNY's Graduate Center; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Crown Center, Brandeis University Discussant: Molly...

Book event: "Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization beyond Partition"

Events

The Harvard Divinity School Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative is pleased to welcome Leila Farsakh Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts, Boston Maha Nassar Associate Professor, Modern Middle East History, Islamic...

Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran’s Women-Led Protests in Context

Events

The Harvard Radcliffe Institute presents Hannah Darabi Artist and photographer Naghmeh Sohrabi Charles (Corky) Goodman Chair in Middle East History, Brandeis University Throughout history, Iranian women have participated in national uprisings. In 2022...

Beyond Nationality: Belonging and Empire in Ottoman North Africa

Events

The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series is pleased to present Youssef Ben Ismail Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia Society of Fellows This event will take place in-person at CMES and on Zoom; please register in advance for Zoom: https://bit.ly/3EuEZH8...

Colonial Cartography in Palestine-Israel and the Decolonising Potential of Counter-Maps

Events

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Zena Agha PhD Candidate, Newcastle University; Visiting Fellow, CMES This talk examines the geographical imaginaries of mapping practices in Palestine-Israel and the potential of counter-mapping...

Book talk: "White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity"

Events

CMES, WCFIA, WIGH and the Department of Sociology are pleased to present Lilian Thuram French author and former professional footballer What does it mean to be white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about...