WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar

2024 Jan 22

Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Lower Level conference room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies presents

Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University; Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinatorlicy Center, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University

Atila Eralp, Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Member of the Mercator-Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) International Advisory Council (2019-2023), International Advisory Council

Fuat Keyman, Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University; Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Social Impact, Sabanci University; Director, Istanbul Policy Center, and

Andrew O'Donohue, Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

ChairLenore Martin, Professor of Political Science, Emmanuel College; Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Associate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University... Read more about Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order

2024 Mar 28

The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Making of the Modern Muslim State coverThe WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Malika Zeghal discusses her new book, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024)... Read more about The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

2024 Feb 08

Israel’s Third Transformation: Electoral Politics and the Future of the State

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University, and

Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies and Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School

**Open to Harvard ID holders only**... Read more about Israel’s Third Transformation: Electoral Politics and the Future of the State

2023 Nov 30

Living Together After ‘Ethnic’ Violence: Preliminary Insights from Bosnia and Lebanon

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Melani Cammett
Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and Director of the Weatherhead Center of International Affairs, Harvard University, and

Mashail Malik
Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University... Read more about Living Together After ‘Ethnic’ Violence: Preliminary Insights from Bosnia and Lebanon

2023 Oct 12

POSTPONED: The Israeli Protest Movement: Is 'Jewish and Democratic' Really Possible?”: A conversation with Professors Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Shaul Magid
Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard University, and

Derek Penslar
William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

This event has been postponed until further notice.... Read more about POSTPONED: The Israeli Protest Movement: Is 'Jewish and Democratic' Really Possible?”: A conversation with Professors Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar

2023 Oct 26

Iranian Nationalism and the Different Shades of Internal Colonialism: Kurds and Other non-Persian Minorities

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Ahmad Mohammadpour
Assistant Professor of of Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations, Dept. of Sociology, Bentley University and MESA Global Academy Scholar, 2020-2021

Discussant: Stanley I. Thangaraj, James E. Hayden Chair for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Social Justice, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Stonehill College
... Read more about Iranian Nationalism and the Different Shades of Internal Colonialism: Kurds and Other non-Persian Minorities

2023 May 11

Examining Iran’s Domestic and Foreign Relations: From Achievements and Limitations of the Protest Movement to the Saudi-Iranian Agreement

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Trita Parsi
Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and

Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
CEO, Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy and former member of the Iranian Parliament

DiscussantStephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University and author of All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

This talk will take place on Zoom; please register in advance: https://bit.ly/3GTkwgS.
... Read more about Examining Iran’s Domestic and Foreign Relations: From Achievements and Limitations of the Protest Movement to the Saudi-Iranian Agreement

2023 Apr 13

A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Malika Zeghal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and  Civilization at Harvard University

Discussant: Kristen A. Stilt, Professor of Law and also Faculty Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program and Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School... Read more about A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

2023 Mar 02

Elections, Electoral Integrity, and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Emre Toros, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, Dean, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Visiting Scholar, CMES Spring 2023

Discussant: Ali Çarkoğlu, Professor of Political Science at Koç University, Istanbul... Read more about Elections, Electoral Integrity, and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

2023 Mar 30

Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 
Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology-Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London

Discussant: M. Brinton Lykes, PhD, Professor of Community-Cultural Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College

... Read more about Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

2023 Feb 09

POSTPONED: Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology—Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London

Please note: this event has been postponed to March 30; details about March 30 can be found here: https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/jerusalem-examining-settler-colonialism-and-undoing-colonial-knowledge-production​​​​​​​​​​​​​​... Read more about POSTPONED: Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production

2023 Apr 27

DATE CHANGE: Decolonizing Israel: The Potential Contribution of the Palestinian Citizens

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar & the CMES Middle East Forum present

Nadim Rouhana
Professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Discussant: Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, and the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, Harvard Divinity School

Please note: this talk was originally scheduled for April 20.... Read more about DATE CHANGE: Decolonizing Israel: The Potential Contribution of the Palestinian Citizens

2023 Jan 26

Is Western Sahara More than a Desert? The Struggle for Sahrawi Freedom and the Implications for US foreign policy

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Principal, Common Forces LLC, and former President and CEO, TRANSAFRICA Forum

Discussant: Ardi Imseis, Assistant Professor of Law, Queen’s University and former Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Yemen... Read more about Is Western Sahara More than a Desert? The Struggle for Sahrawi Freedom and the Implications for US foreign policy

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