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2019 Feb 25

States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

7:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Gund Hall, Rm 109, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The MEdiNA Student Group, Harvard Graduate School of Design presents

Léopold Lambert Leopold Lambert
Architect, writer, and founding editor of The Funambulist Magazine... Read more about States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

2019 Feb 25

Ambiguity and Notation: Jewish Law and Legal Pluralism

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Harvard Law and Religion Lecture Series presents

Adam B. Seligman Adam Seligman
Professor of Religion and Research Associate at the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University... Read more about Ambiguity and Notation: Jewish Law and Legal Pluralism

2019 Feb 21

The Transregional Politics of Literary Language: Comparative Work across African and Asian Contexts

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

CGIS South, Rm S250, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Asia Center Seminar Series, CMES, and the Department of Comparative Literature present a panel on the politics of literary language with

Shaden Tageldin, University of Minnesota
Nergis Ertürk, Pennsylvania State University
Fallou Ngom, Boston University
Henk Maier, University of California Riverside, Emeritus... Read more about The Transregional Politics of Literary Language: Comparative Work across African and Asian Contexts

2019 Apr 09

Palestine in the Era of Trump: A New Strategy for Political Change

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

location TBA

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar, and the Middle East Initiative (HKS) present

Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot Husam Zomlot
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom; Strategic Affairs Advisor to the President of the Palestinian National Authority and State of Palestine... Read more about Palestine in the Era of Trump: A New Strategy for Political Change

2019 Feb 06

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Michael R. Fischbach
Professor of History, Randolph-Macon College... Read more about Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

December 20, 2018

On a rainy October evening, the Memorial Church of Harvard University was packed with a crowd who had gathered to hear Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, present a talk on matters that time and time again have gripped the human conscious and societal anxiety: time, immortality, and, of course, vampires.... Read more about An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

2019 Mar 27

The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Carol Solomon Haddad ceux qui restent
2017-19 Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University... Read more about The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

2018 Dec 03

How to Read Armenian (Art)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The 2018-19 CMES Armenian Studies Lecture Series presents

Christina Maranci Armenian illustrated manuscript
Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art and Architectural History, Tufts University... Read more about How to Read Armenian (Art)

2019 Mar 28

Ahead of Time: Exploring the Relationship Between Ancient and Modern Armenian Studies

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

to be announced (Harvard campus)

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund presents a panel discussion on Armenian Studies featuring

Mother Armenia
Christina Maranci (Tufts University)
Marie-Aude Baronian (University of Amsterdam)
Sylvia Alajaji (Franklin & Marshall College)
David Zakarian (Oxford University)... Read more about Ahead of Time: Exploring the Relationship Between Ancient and Modern Armenian Studies

2018 Nov 12

And God knows best: Scientific expertise, piety and Islamic legal opinions

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Harvard Law and Religion Lecture Series presents

Ahmed Ragab
Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion, Harvard Divinity School... Read more about And God knows best: Scientific expertise, piety and Islamic legal opinions

2018 Oct 23

Vampires, Ghouls, and Alexander the Two-Horned: An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

8:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:

The Memorial Church of Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present for Harvard Worldwide Week

6th-century Persian miniature of genies ("jinn"), helping Alexander build the Iron Wall Vampires, Ghouls, and Alexander the Two-Horned: An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music
Inspired by the Musings of Ottoman Traveler Evliya Çelebi

Note: This event is open to the public; no registration or tickets required. Seating is limited.... Read more about Vampires, Ghouls, and Alexander the Two-Horned: An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

2018 Oct 12

Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop (RSVP required)

11:30am to 5:00pm

Location:

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

The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
presents a workshop on

blue tiles Methods in Islamic Studies

Open to Harvard students and research fellows; RSVP required
... Read more about Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop (RSVP required)

2018 Nov 06

Conceptualizing Turkish Foreign Policy: Weak State-Emerging Middle Power

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Emre Çalışkan
Author (with Simon Waldman) of The 'New Turkey' and its Discontents

2018 Oct 11

Medieval Kashan: City of Scholars and Artisans

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, MA

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University presents the
2018–2019 AKPIA Lecture Series: A Forum for Islamic Art & Architecture with

Roy P. Mottahedeh
Gurney Professor of Islamic History Emeritus, Harvard University... Read more about Medieval Kashan: City of Scholars and Artisans

2018 Dec 05

Cancelled: The Dragoman’s Proposal: Creating a Road Network in the Early Modern Mediterranean

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location:

Barker Center 133, Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Migration and the Humanities presents

Jesse Howell
Post-doctoral fellow, Mahindra Humanities Center; Harvard PhD 2017 (CMES alum)

** This event has been cancelled; it will be rescheduled for Spring 2019. **

RSVP to Andrea Volpe to attend and to receive a copy of the paper in advance of the seminar: alvolpe@fas.harvard.edu.
Seating is limited.... Read more about Cancelled: The Dragoman’s Proposal: Creating a Road Network in the Early Modern Mediterranean

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States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

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Ambiguity and Notation: Jewish Law and Legal Pluralism

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The Transregional Politics of Literary Language: Comparative Work across African and Asian Contexts

Location:

Palestine in the Era of Trump: A New Strategy for Political Change

Location:

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

Location:

An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

Location:

How to Read Armenian (Art)

Location:

Ahead of Time: Exploring the Relationship Between Ancient and Modern Armenian Studies

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And God knows best: Scientific expertise, piety and Islamic legal opinions

Location:

Vampires, Ghouls, and Alexander the Two-Horned: An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

Location:

Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop (RSVP required)

Location:

Conceptualizing Turkish Foreign Policy: Weak State-Emerging Middle Power

Location:

Medieval Kashan: City of Scholars and Artisans

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Cancelled: The Dragoman’s Proposal: Creating a Road Network in the Early Modern Mediterranean

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