The Harvard Middle East Cultural Association (HMECA) invites you to the

HMECA Annual Book Sale

Stop by CMES to support HMECA and add some books and journal issues to your collection ($1-$3 each)!... Read more about Annual HMECA Book Sale

CMES and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School are pleased to present a discussion with

Mohammed Alyahya, Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute
Kirsten Fontenrose, President of Red Six International; Former Senior Director for the Gulf, National Security Council, The White House
Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, The International Institute for Strategic Studies
Nikolay A. Kozhanov, Research Associate Professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University; Non-Resident Scholar, Economics and Energy Program, Middle East Institute
Karen E. Young, PhD, Senior Fellow, Director of the Program on Economics and Energy, Middle East Institute

Adel Hamaizia (moderator), Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3Ke9GBj (required)... Read more about The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis on the MENA Region

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sigalit Gal
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3xD1pUI... Read more about From Dictatorship to COVID: Intergenerational Trauma Among Argentinian Israelis

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Book Talk Series presents

William E. Granara (Harvard) on his recent publication Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland (2021)

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only due to COVID-19 restrictions. Register here: https://bit.ly/3uSUG7p.... Read more about Book talk: A Medieval Life in Circumstances

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Khansa Ben Tarjem
Ph.D. candidate, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3jbw2YX

Please note: the start time of this talk has been changed to 2pm ET.... Read more about Policing and Political Development in Tunisia: Origin and Evolution

Advocates, MELSA, CMES and the WLA International Committee present

Omar Alshogre
Human Rights advocate

Moderated by Professor Ioannis Kalpouzos

RSVP in advance: https://bit.ly/3DFvaFv
... Read more about Secret Prisons in Syria: A Conversation with Omar Alshogre

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Burcu Kütükçüoğlu
Visiting Scholar, CMES; Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University; Part-time Instructor, Boston Architectural College

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3tUklvR​​​​​​​... Read more about Contemporary Architecture and the Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean: A Critical Look at the Case of Anatolia

The Arab Caucus at HKS and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies present

Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi
Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Research Centre for Political Action, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Register in advance: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J6MJLJX-Rcy1GRqxq-uXlA

Welcome address: Professor William Granara, Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Moderator: Mohamed Haddad, Master of Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University... Read more about Morocco: Deciphering Political Parties and Protesting

The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series is pleased to present

Cevat Dargın
Postgraduate research associate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3wPzvEA​​​​​​​... Read more about Rebellion as Myth in State Making and State Evasion: The Case of Dersim Across Ottoman Empire and The Republic of Turkey (1878-1938)

CMES and the CMES Middle East Foruem are pleased to present

Ahmad Mohammadpour  
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminology, Troy University, and
 
Dilan Okcuoglu
M. Barzani Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer, Global Kurdish Studies, School of International Service, American University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3NeVU3X... Read more about De-development, Political Violence, and Informal Control: The Kurds in Iran and Turkey

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sultan Alamer
Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; PhD Candidate in the Political Science Department, George Washington University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3qwqIU1​​​​​​​... Read more about Abhá Conference and Tā’if Treaty: Saudi-Yemeni Border and the Construction of the Ismaili Minority

The Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative and the CMES Middle East Forum are pleased to present

Salem Al-Qudwa, RCPI Fellow and Architect in conversation with Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3Hfb30P... Read more about The Troubled Everyday in/of Gaza: Restoring Agency and Creative Possibility

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and CMES present

Suleiman Ali Mourad
Professor of Religion, Smith College

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3LLr7ee​​​​​​​... Read more about Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Many Legacies: Sunnī Revivalist, Jihād Advocate, & Syrian 'Nationalist'

The Harvard University Association for Global Political Thought and CMES present

Han Hsien Liew
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Arizona State University

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... Read more about "I Put My Fear for You above My Fear of You": The Role of Emotions in Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought

The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series presents

Faisal Husain
Assistant Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3vcrdWv​​​​​​​... Read more about The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Kurdish History