#  New Works in Middle East Studies 

 



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Chair: [Rosie Bsheer](/people/rosie-bsheer)

 

  [### Book talk "Verifying the Truth on Their Own Terms Ottoman Philosophical Culture and the Court Debate Between Zeyrek (d. 903/1497-98 \[?\]) and Ḫocazāde (d. 893/1488)"

 ](/event/book-talk-verifying-truth-their-own-terms-ottoman-philosophical-culture-and-court-debate?occ_id=0)February 29, 2024

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 4:30PM - 6:00PM EST 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu Faculty Fellow in Islamic History, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University Discussant: Maryam Patton, PhD Candidate in History and Middle East... 

 

 

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   [### CANCELLED Book talk "The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran"

 ](/event/book-talk-color-black-enslavement-and-erasure-iran?occ_id=0)March 6, 2024

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 5:00PM - 6:30PM EST 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Beeta Baghoolizadeh Associate Research Scholar, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has... 

 

 

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   [### Book talk "The Accidental Palace: The Making of Yıldız in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul"

 ](/event/book-talk-accidental-palace-making-yildiz-nineteenth-century-istanbul?occ_id=0)March 20, 2024

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 4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Deniz Türker Assistant Professor, Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Art History, Rutgers University Discussant: Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Associate Professor of History, Northeastern... 

 

 

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   [### Book talk: "The Kizilbash-Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics, and Community"

 ](/event/book-talk-kizilbash-alevis-ottoman-anatolia-sufism-politics-and-community-0?occ_id=0)April 4, 2024

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 4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Ayfer Karakaya-Stump Associate Professor, Department of History, College of William & Mary Winner of the 2020 SERMEISS Book Award for outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies, The... 

 

 

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   [### Book talk "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"

 ](/event/book-talk-media-masses-cassette-culture-modern-egypt?occ_id=0)April 10, 2024

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 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Andrew G. Simon Senior Lecturer, Middle Eastern Studies, Dartmouth College Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory... 

 

 

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   [### Book talk: "Unfinished Revolutions: Journeys through the Arab Twentieth Century"

 ](/event/book-talk-unfinished-revolutions-journeys-through-arab-twentieth-century?occ_id=0)April 17, 2024

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 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents Andrew Arsan Professor of Arab and Global History; Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge University Andrew Arsan is Professor of Arab and Global History in the Faculty of History, University of... 

 

 

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