The CMES & WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Michelle Bradford
International Development Professional & Former Team Leader for multi-donor funded stabilization programming in Syria, US Department of State and UK Department for International Development

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3imzbVl​​​​​​​... Read more about From Policy to Practice: A Critical Review of United States Government Stabilization Efforts in Syria

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Martha Myers
International and Humanitarian Development Assistance Professional & Former Chief of Party, Iraqi Durable Communities and Economic Opportunity Project, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Register in advance:  https://bit.ly/3t2ih3h​​​​​​​​​​​​​​... Read more about The Fractured Iraqi Community: Rethinking Development

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Carol R. Saivetz, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, MIT Security Studies Program; Research Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University

Discussant: Mark N. Katz, Ph.D., Professor of Government and Politics, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3u5Livx​​​​​​​... Read more about Can Russia Manage its New Role in the Middle East?

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Asher Orkaby, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar, Transregional Institute, Princeton University

Discussant: Afrah Nasser, Yemen Researcher, Human Rights Watch

** PLEASE NOTE: this talk will now take place from 2-3:30pm ET **

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3rRpK5Q... Read more about The Political Economy of Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Benefit or Detriment?

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Frederic Wehrey, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3tVTmAw​​​​​​​... Read more about What Went Wrong in Libya? Foreign Meddling and Local Agency in Libya's Civil Wars

CMES & WCFIA present the Middle East Seminar with

Nicholas Danforth, Ph.D.
Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy  (ELIAMEP)

Discussant: Dr. Jesse Howell, Academic Programs Manager and Associate Director of the MA Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/338W9Lz... Read more about Misunderstanding Mid-Century Turkey: Ottomania, Academia and the rise of Erdogan

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Carmen Geha
Visiting Fellow, Weatherhead Center For International Affairs, Harvard University; Associate Professor of Public Administration, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration; Founding Member, Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership (CIBL) for Women, American University of Beirut

Discussant: Rami G. Khouri, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Director of Global Engagement and Adjunct Visiting Professor of Journalism, American University of Beirut

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/2YcKTLU​​​​​​​... Read more about Implosion and Collapse: Lebanese Women in Revolution, Civil Resistance, and Reconstruction

The Harvard Asia Center's Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series presents

Panelists: 
Shirin Jaafari, Reporter, The World, USA
Shubhanga Pandey, Chief Editor, Himal Southasian, Sri Lanka
Nasim Zehra, Senior Anchor, Analyst & Executive Producer, Channel 24, Pakistan

Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik, and Yunli Lou Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center, Harvard University

To attend, register here: https://tinyurl.com/dm2k9e5v... Read more about Implications: Regional Perspectives on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Kristin Fabbe
Jakurski Family Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

Discussant: Andrew O'Donohue, PhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/2XVdXa6... Read more about The Politics of ‘Enemies within’: Collusion, Subversion and Loyalty Signaling by Religious Groups in Erdogan’s Turkey

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Janine Di Giovanni
Multi-award winning journalist and author; Senior Fellow and Professor, Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Please note the date change: this event will now be held on October 28.

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3EgXVrT... Read more about DATE CHANGE to 10/28: The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Department of History, Columbia University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3AbqPat... Read more about The Latest Chapter in the Hundred Years War on Palestine

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Glenn Robinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Discussant: Peter Krause, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3sGglwK
... Read more about Global Jihad and Movements of Rage

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Eric Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

Discussant: Muhamed Almaliky, M.D., Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Director, Iraqi American Institute; Physician, University of Pennsylvania Health System

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

... Read more about Kleptocracy, Militias and the October Revolution: the Iraqi State Between Sectarianism and Democracy

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen
Visiting Faculty, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University

This event is part of a two-speaker talk with Nazan Bedirhanoglu (Wellesley) on higher education in Turkey.

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

Please note: this event will begin at 12:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Rethinking the Relationship between Neoliberalism, Corporate Welfare and Cronyism: Lessons from Turkey

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Leila Fawaz
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School and Department of History at Tufts University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3caLpy1.

Please note that this event will begin at 4:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, please double-check the time difference.

(Note: this event was originally scheduled for March 4)... Read more about France and Britain: Their Colonial Footprint in the Middle East