# Center for Middle Eastern Studies ## Congratulations 2025-26 CMES Graduates! CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating students in our AM and joint PhD programs. [Read more about the graduates chevron\_right](/news/2026/05/congratulations-2025-26-cmes-graduates) ![CMES commencement reception, May 2025](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-05/Commence-2026.jpg?h=086edd03&itok=Czu-0zp2) [ More upcoming events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/upcoming) --- ## News [### Congratulations, 2025-26 CMES Graduates! ](/news/2026/05/congratulations-2025-26-cmes-graduates) May 29, 2026 CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating students in our AM and joint PhD programs. AM Graduates Arda Aslan Ida Beckett—Thesis: "'They Burnt My Beloved as If He Were Wood': The Origins, Treatment, and Entangled Characters of Coffee and... ![CMES commencement reception, May 2025](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Commence-2026.jpg?itok=xHrDiYj-) [### Professor Walid Khalidi: A Reflection ](/news/2026/05/professor-walid-khalidi-reflection) May 29, 2026 On March 8, 2026, Walid Khalidi died at the age of 100, and with his death we have lost one of the foremost scholars of modern Middle Eastern history. Throughout his century of life—and for over 80 consistent years of work—Professor Khalidi, who was a... ![Walid Khalidi, left](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Walid-Khalidi_2.jpg?itok=62JBfp_X) [### Call for "Historical Truth" in Our Narrative of Nazi Defeat ](/news/2026/04/call-historical-truth-our-narrative-nazi-defeat) April 29, 2026 On April 23, Jochen Hellbeck, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, delivered the 2026 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In a revisionist history of WWII, Hellbeck argues that it was not the... ![Jochen Hellbeck](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/hellbeck.jpeg?itok=0_gqVUnf) [ More news arrow\_circle\_right ](/news) ## Recent Books by Faculty & Alumni Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_advisor1%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_publicationauthor%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=ris) ### 2025 [### Provoking the Territory: Bernard Khoury ](/publication/provoking-territory-bernard-khoury)Book The third installment in the Dongola Architecture Series, Provoking the Territory: Bernard Khoury, explores the provocative and often polarizing practice of Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury through an intimate lens rooted in Beirut. As with previous... MK Harb ![Provoking the Territory: Bernard Khoury](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-09/Provoking-the-Territory-Cover.jpg?itok=tr1ccwnE) [### Landscape Is...! Essays on the Meaning of Landscape ](/publications/landscape-essays-meaning-landscape)Book *Landscape Is...!* examines the implicit biases and received meanings of landscape. Following on from the previous publication *Is Landscape…?* which examined the plural and promiscuous identities of the landscape idea, this companion volume reflects upon the... Gareth Doherty, Charles Waldheim ![Landscape Is cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/cmes/files/landscape-is-cover.jpg?h=4d36dc76&itok=2gjAQsxw) [### Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design ](/publication/landscape-fieldwork-how-engaging-world-can-change-design)Book Landscape architecture is at a crossroads. The ability to draw upon interdisciplinary perspectives and generate insights from the combined vantage points of design, environmental studies, and the social sciences puts it in a prime position to address the... Gareth Doherty ![Landscape Fieldwork book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-06/Landscape-Fieldwork.jpg?itok=WCjt9j02) [ View All Recent Publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications) ## Recent Dissertations & Theses Download 4 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1630341&content_filter%5B1%5D=1630336&content_filter%5B2%5D=1629621&content_filter%5B3%5D=1630331&&format=ris) ### 2024 Çakmakcı, Eda. “[Mediterraneanizing Turkey: Gateways to Regional Agrarian Transformation](/publications/mediterraneanizing-turkey-gateways-regional-agrarian-transformation)”. *History and MES*. Harvard University, 2024. Çakmakcı, Eda. “[Mediterraneanizing Turkey: Gateways to Regional Agrarian Transformation](/publications/mediterraneanizing-turkey-gateways-regional-agrarian-transformation)”. *History and MES*. Harvard University, 2024. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://search.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/mediterraneanizing-turkey-gateways-regional/docview/3168133453/se-2?accountid=11311) Greenhouse tomato farming has arrived in Antalya at the same time as its ancient Roman sites are revived in what has become cast as the quintessential Mediterranean city of Turkey. Becoming a major off season vegetable production center with a new... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://search.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/mediterraneanizing-turkey-gateways-regional/docview/3168133453/se-2?accountid=11311) Abu-Hussein, Tarek. “[Worlds Apart in the Ottoman World: Islamic Education in Bilād Al-Shām and Bilād Al-Rūm 1530-1650](/publications/worlds-apart-ottoman-world-islamic-education-bil%C4%81d-al-sh%C4%81m-and-bil%C4%81d-al-r%C5%ABm-1530)”. *History and MES*. Harvard University, 2024. Abu-Hussein, Tarek. “[Worlds Apart in the Ottoman World: Islamic Education in Bilād Al-Shām and Bilād Al-Rūm 1530-1650](/publications/worlds-apart-ottoman-world-islamic-education-bil%C4%81d-al-sh%C4%81m-and-bil%C4%81d-al-r%C5%ABm-1530)”. *History and MES*. Harvard University, 2024. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37379799) This study explores significant aspects of the history of Islamic higher education in the central Ottoman lands (Bilād al-Rūm) and Greater Syria (Bilād al-Shām) during the approximate period 1530-1650. Two general themes constitute the greatest part of... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37379799) Patton, Maryam. “[Guarding Against Heedlessness: Time and Temporality Among the Early Ottomans](/publications/guarding-against-heedlessness-time-and-temporality-among-early-ottomans)”. *History and MES*. Patton, Maryam. “[Guarding Against Heedlessness: Time and Temporality Among the Early Ottomans](/publications/guarding-against-heedlessness-time-and-temporality-among-early-ottomans)”. *History and MES*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/dissertations-theses/guarding-against-heedlessness-time-temporality/docview/3168206523/se-2?accountid=11311) This dissertation explores the multifaceted nature of early Ottoman temporal culture, arguing against its characterization as a monolithic entity. Temporal culture here refers to the system of practices, beliefs, and attitudes through which Ottomans... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/dissertations-theses/guarding-against-heedlessness-time-temporality/docview/3168206523/se-2?accountid=11311) Tersmette, Keye. “[Marginal Inclusion: The Omani Border Towns Outside Oman](/publications/marginal-inclusion-omani-border-towns-outside-oman)”. *Anthropology and MES*. Tersmette, Keye. “[Marginal Inclusion: The Omani Border Towns Outside Oman](/publications/marginal-inclusion-omani-border-towns-outside-oman)”. *Anthropology and MES*. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37379868) Oman’s borderlands with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are beset with curiosities. At a time when the Omani state has been pursuing policy to incorporate peripheral, non-coastal regions into the Sultanate of Oman’s national territory, inhabitants of the... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37379868) [ More recent publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications) ### Quick Links - [AM Program](/am-program) - [PhD Programs](/phd-programs) - [Center for Arabic Study Abroad](/casa) - [CMES Tunisia Office](https://cmestunisia.fas.harvard.edu) - [Faculty Directory ](/people/faculty) - [Visiting Researcher Program](/vr-program) - [Alumni Information](/alumni) - [Harvard Worldwide](https://worldwide.harvard.edu) ### Connect with CMES - [Subscribe to the Mideast List](/mideast-list) - [Sign up for weekly emails](http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=hr86i8dab&p=oi&m=1103648189991) - [Like us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HarvardCMES) - [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/harvardcmes) - [Join our LinkedIn group](http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Harvard-Center-Middle-Eastern-Studies-5040292/about) - [Contact us](/contact) - [Attend a CMES event](/event-calendar) ## Facebook