The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Zehra Tulin Degirmenci
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies... Read more about Signs of Sound in Constantinople: Cultural memory and intertextuality in neumatic music notations

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present a talk and live musical performance by

Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher, CMES, Harvard University; Faculty, Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University

Accompanied by Istanbul Meshk Ensemble:... Read more about Has harmony ceased after Dede Efendi? The Musical legacy of Avni Konuk (d. 1938) and Kenān Rifāi (d. 1950)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Burhan Sönmez
Novelist and President of PEN International... Read more about Writing to Survive

The Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS) presents a workshop and conference on the Political Economy of the Muslim World

Organizing committee: Melani Cammet (Harvard), Asim Khwaja (Harvard), Timur Kuran (Duke), and Tarek Masoud (Harvard)

Program: View PDF... Read more about Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies: Annual Conference on Political Economy of the Muslim World

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required as seating is limited. Please submit one registration form per person. REGISTER. (Doors will open at 6:30pm.)

Religion and Public Life’s Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at Harvard Divinity School presents the U.S. premiere of "Lyd". "Lyd" is an award-winning, sci-fi documentary that tells the story of a 5,000-year-old bustling Palestinian city that once connected Palestine to the world, until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. The film follows the rise and fall of the city, tracing what "Lyd" once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.... Read more about Film Screening: US Premiere of "Lyd" and Discussion with the Filmmakers

In honor of the recent publication of the English edition of The Ottoman Scientific Heritage by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, translated by Maryam Patton, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation are hosting a two-day symposium on April 26-27, 2024 at Harvard University.... Read more about The Ottoman Scientific Heritage: Past, Present, and Future

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Dr. Safouan Azouzi
Designer, Design Researcher & Commons Specialist; Affiliation: CMES, GSD, Harvard... Read more about Processes of Dispossession, the Imminent Collapse of Tunisian Oases (and what can we do about it)

Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights on Tuesday April 30 at 11am EST for a conversation about the starvation of civilians in the Gaza Strip. According to the Human Rights Watch, Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, and using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza which is a war crime according to international law.

Register here.... Read more about A Looming Famine: Starvation in Gaza

This in-person event is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Civil Discourse Initiative and is open to Harvard ID holders. It will be livestreamed and available for viewing on the WCFIA YouTube Channel.

The panel will focus on how leading social scientists conceptualize, measure, and study key forms of prejudice in the US context, focusing specifically on antisemitism and Islamophobia. The event will bring together top scholars who are at the forefront of studying these important and pernicious phenomena using rigorous, evidence-based data, methods, and sources. 

Speakers
Jeffrey Kopstein, Director, Center for Jewish Studies; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. 

Nazita Lajevardi, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University.

Kassra A.R. Oskooii, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware. 

Sabine von Mering, Director, Center for German and European Studies; Professor of German and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University. 

Chair
Eric Beerbohm, Professor of Government; Director, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.

Moderator
Melani Cammett, Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.... Read more about Pernicious Prejudice: Scholarly Approaches to Antisemitism and Islamophobia

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund, The Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations present

Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln... Read more about Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ethno-Religious Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Adana Massacres of 1909

The HDS Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative presents a book talk with

Fida Jiryis
Palestinian writer and editor

Moderator: Sara Roy, Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Register on Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FeU54zjpSW6hyHwATgp35Q#/registration... Read more about Book talk: "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home"

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Leyla Kayhan
Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University, Istanbul... Read more about Divorce in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Legal Complexities, Women's Agency, and Negotiated Settlements

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Selen Erdoğan, Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Dr. Handan Karakas Demir
Visiting Fellow, Center for MIddle Eastern Studies, Harvard University... Read more about Hearing the Unseen: Mapping Auditory Boundaries of the Ottoman Soundscape through Investigation of Murder Cases