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Lorenzo Bondioli

Assistant Professor of History
On leave for the 2025-26 academic year. Lorenzo Bondioli's work investigates the political economy of medieval Islamic empires, aiming to lay bare the antagonistic symbiosis between the merchant and ruling classes, and the ever-embattled entanglement of...
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Nicholas John Boylston

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
On leave for the 2025-26 academic year Nicholas Boylston is a scholar of classical Persian literature and Persianate Islam. His research focuses on themes of diversity and unity in the writings of Sufis, philosophers and litterateurs from the Persianate...
Nicholas Boylston

Rosie Bsheer

Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of History
On leave fall 2025. Rosie Bsheer is a historian of the modern Middle East. Her teaching and research interests center on Arab intellectual and social movements, petro-capitalism and state formation, and the production of historical knowledge and...
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Hamed Bukhamseen

CMES Student Affiliate
Doctor of Design candidate, Graduate School of Design
Hamed Bukhamseen is an architect whose research is concerned with the developmental projects undertaken by sovereign wealth funds and their socio-political impact within their host nations. Previously, he has worked as an architect in Germany, Japan, and...
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Melani Cammett

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government
Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
On leave for the 2025-26 academic year. Melani Cammett is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Her research explores...
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Ezgi Canpolat

Visiting Scholar
AI for Social Good and Social Dimensions of Climate Lead, World Bank
Resident Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center
Ezgi Canpolat is a globally recognized anthropologist and innovation leader architecting climate solutions and AI for social good at scale. She was recently selected for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency among 105 global thought...
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Fernando Casamayor Molina

PhD Candidate in History of Art and Architecture and Middle East Studies
Fernando Casamayor Molina is a PhD student in the History of Art and Architecture and Middle Eastern Studies. He specializes in architectural archaeology, urbanism, and inequality in the early Islamic period, particularly in the Middle East. He earned his...
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Steven Caton

Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Since the beginning of his career, Caton has been a specialist of Arabic and the Middle East, with an emphasis on Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula. His earliest work was in anthropological linguistics and poetics which culminated in his first book, Peaks...
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Lina Chawaf

Fellow
Fellow at Grubstreet, Memoire Generator
Visitor Fellow, Tufts University
With a career spanning over three decades to give voice to voiceless especially women, I’ve had the privilege of working across TV, radio, and print media since 1992. I’ve created hundreds of TV commercials and numerous clips for UNICEF, and I’ve been...
Lina Chawaf

Karen Daley

Financial Associate
Karen received a BS in Accounting from Salem State University and began her accounting career at Star Market Company. While raising her three sons, Karen worked part time as a tax accountant for a small payroll company. Karen also has a strong interest in...
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Emma Dench

Dean of the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
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Majid Dohan

PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies
Majid Dohan