2015 Apr 06 Fanonian Nonviolence: After the African Spring 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Anthony AlessandriniAnthony Alessandrini is an associate professor of English at Kingsborough Community College-City University of New York,... Read more about Fanonian Nonviolence: After the African Spring
2015 Mar 31 Planning Beirut: For the War Yet to Come 5:00pm to 6:30pm Location: CMES, Room 102, Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 01238The CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Hiba Bou AkarAssistant Professor of Urban Planning and Middle Eastern Studies, Hampshire College... Read more about Planning Beirut: For the War Yet to Come
2015 Mar 30 CANCELLED: Rough Waters: the Gulf Cooperation Council's Security Challenges at Home and Abroad 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Thomas DeGeorgesAssistant Professor, International Studies and Gulf Studies, American University of Sharjah... Read more about CANCELLED: Rough Waters: the Gulf Cooperation Council's Security Challenges at Home and Abroad
2015 Feb 23 The Impossibility of the Rhetoric of Partition in Zionist Literature 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Hannan HeverJacob & Hilda Blaustein Prof of Hebrew Language & Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, Yale University... Read more about The Impossibility of the Rhetoric of Partition in Zionist Literature
2014 Oct 30 Aversion to Food: Shidyaq’s Critique of the Enlightenment in 1850’s England 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series presents Tarek El-ArissAssociate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin... Read more about Aversion to Food: Shidyaq’s Critique of the Enlightenment in 1850’s England
2014 Dec 03 Orientalism and the Apocalypse 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series presents Mohammed SharafuddinProfessor of English and Comparative Literature, Sana'a University, Yemen... Read more about Orientalism and the Apocalypse
2014 Oct 06 Topics in the Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Mental Disorder and the Body 12:00pm to 2:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Nicola CarpentieriResearch Associate at the University of Manchester, UK... Read more about Topics in the Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Mental Disorder and the Body
2014 Nov 13 From Arab "Spring" to Arab "Chaos": Can Gulf States Stabilize the Arab World? 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Amine JaouiFellow, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.... Read more about From Arab "Spring" to Arab "Chaos": Can Gulf States Stabilize the Arab World?
2014 Nov 20 Toward a Comparative History of the Modern Mediterranean 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA The CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Edmund ("Terry") Burke IIIProfessor Emeritus of History and Founder (former Director), Center for World History, University of California, Santa Cruz... Read more about Toward a Comparative History of the Modern Mediterranean
2014 May 01 The Politics of Secular Pilgrimage: Paul-Emile Botta's Red Sea Expedition, 1836-1839 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA Sahar BazzazAssociate Professor, Department of History, College of the Holy Cross... Read more about The Politics of Secular Pilgrimage: Paul-Emile Botta's Red Sea Expedition, 1836-1839
2014 Mar 04 The History of Syrian Revolt: Structural Causes and Dynamics 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present Bassam HaddadDirector, Middle East Studies Program, Associate Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University... Read more about The History of Syrian Revolt: Structural Causes and Dynamics
2015 Feb 12 The Hidden Light of Objects (book talk) 4:00pm to 6:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MAThe CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Mai Al-NakibAssociate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, Graduate Program in Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies, College of Arts, Kuwait University... Read more about The Hidden Light of Objects (book talk)
2014 Feb 28 The Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Best Can the World Respond? 3:00pm to 5:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present Philippe FarguesDirector, Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy... Read more about The Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Best Can the World Respond?
2013 Dec 06 Public Workers, Private Properties: Slaves in the Topography of 19th century Egypt 3:00pm to 5:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present Eve M. Troutt PowellProfessor of History and Africana Studies; Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania... Read more about Public Workers, Private Properties: Slaves in the Topography of 19th century Egypt
2013 Nov 07 The Sectarian Crisis in the Contemporary Middle East: An Ottoman Perspective 5:00pm to 7:00pm Location: CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Director's Lecture Series is pleased to present Bruce MastersJohn E. Andrus Professor of History, History Department, Wesleyan University... Read more about The Sectarian Crisis in the Contemporary Middle East: An Ottoman Perspective