Director's Series

**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2024** The CMES Director's Series presents a book talk with Hayrettin Yücesoy Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (JIMES); Director of...

The CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Familial Undercurrents: Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran with Afsaneh Najmabadi Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard...

The CMES Director's Series presents Eve Troutt Powell Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Register here: https://bit.ly/2ZA6A5L. Eve M. Troutt Powell teaches the history of the modern Middle East and the...

The CMES Director's Series presents Emily Jane O'Dell Associate Professor, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, People's Republic of China Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3m0YXzm. Please note that this event will begin at 12pm Eastern Daylight...

The CMES Director's Series presents M'hamed Oualdi Professor of Modern History of the Maghrib, Sciences Po-Paris; and Principal Investigator of the European Reseach Council project "SlaveVoices" about slave testimonies in 19th century North Africa...

The CMES Director's Series presents Sarah DeMott, PhD Middle East, Near East and Judaica Library Liaison, Librarian for the Freshman Seminar, Harvard College Library Register: https://bit.ly/3iWVnmH​​​​​​​. (This talk was originally titled The Sicilian...

The CMES Director's Series presents Sa'ed Atshan Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College; Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Visiting Scholar in Middle Eastern Studies, Univ of California, Berkeley (2020-21), and...

The CMES Director's Series presents Charlotte Dennett Former Middle East reporter, investigative journalist, and attorney; co-author of Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil Register: https://bit...

The CMES Director's Series presents Gustavo Barbosa Associate Researcher, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro Discussant: Steven C. Caton (Harvard) Register: https://bit.ly/30AkENi. Gustavo Barbosa in an...

The CMES Director's Series presents Prof. Wafi Haj Majid Chairman of Arabic & Literature Department, Global University, Beirut Registration link: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tlz46tMQQeGR2KsdVgYSlg Abstract: The concept of linguistic...