#  CMES announces Middle East & Islam Summer Series 

 





July 11, 2011

 

 

The CMES Outreach Center, in collaboration with the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program is sponsoring a series of four introductory brown bag seminars on the Middle East and Islam:

*Wednesday, July 13th*  
**[A Future of Yemen? Assessing a worsening economic situation, the political stalemate, and the question of partition or secession](/event/future-yemen-assessing-worsening-economic-situation-political-stalemate%E2%80%A8-and-question)**  
Steve Caton, Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies in the Department of Anthropology  
Location: Weil Town Hall, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Belfer Building, Ground Floor

*Thursday, July 21st*  
**[The Arab Spring and its Energy Implications](/event/arab-spring-and-its-energy-implications-how-changes-middle-east-might-affect-global)**  
Meghan O’Sullivan, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School  
Location: Faculty Dining Room, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Littauer Building, 1st Floor

*Thursday, July 28th*  
**[Will Egypt Be the Next Iran?](/event/will-egypt-be-next-iran)**  
Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School  
Location: Faculty Dining Room, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Littauer Building, 1st Floor

*Thursday, August 11th*  
**Ramadan: Culture and Cuisine of the Muslim Middle East**  
Cooking demonstration by Samira’s Homemade and talk by Nuri Friedlander, Harvard Muslim Chaplain and Harvard PhD candidate in Study of Religion. Food will be provided.  
Location: Center for Middle East Studies, Room 102, 38 Kirkland Street

All events run from 12:00pm to 1:00pm and are open to the public. Please note that events are held in different locations.

*Homepage image of Sana'a, Yemen by* [*Ammar Abd Rabbo*](http://www.flickr.com/photos/byammar/4329231147)*.*



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ CMES News ](/news-type/cmes-news)
- [ Arabian Peninsula ](/research-region/arabian-peninsula)
- [ North Africa ](/research-region/north-africa)
 
 

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