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Nicholas John Boylston

boylston@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

On leave 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 world. He is currently...

Rosie Bsheer

rbsheer@fas.harvard.edu

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...

Hamed Bukhamseen

hbukhams@gsd.harvard.edu

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...

Teagan Cameron

tcameron@g.harvard.edu

PhD Candidate in History and Middle East Studies

Teagan entered the joint program in History and Middle Eastern Studies in 2024. Her research focusses on the Ottoman janissary corps and transformations in its social role and identity in the early modern period. More broadly, her research interests...

Melani Cammett

mcammett@g.harvard.edu

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...

Jordan Cannon

jordancannon@g.harvard.edu

PhD Candidate in History and Middle East Studies

Jordan Cannon is a PhD candidate in history and Middle Eastern studies. She holds a BA in history and Middle Eastern studies from Columbia University and specializes in the social, architectural, and political history of the early modern Ottoman Empire...

Fernando Casamayor Molina

fcasamayormolina@g.harvard.edu

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...

Steven Caton

caton@wjh.harvard.edu

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...

Ellie Cole

elliecole@g.harvard.edu

AM Candidate in Regional Studies—Middle East

Karen Daley

kdaley@fas.harvard.edu

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...