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Adam Mestyan

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Research interests: Modern Middle Eastern History (Ottoman and Post-Ottoman); Social and Cultural History; Historical Anthropology; Empire/Law

Adam Mestyan is a historian of the modern Middle East and the Ford Foundation Professor of Middle Eastern Studies...

CMES Disaster Studies Initiative Spring 2026 Colloquium

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The CMES Disaster Studies Initiative presents Spring 2026 Colloquium The Disaster Studies Initiative was founded by Cemal Kafadar in response to a series of highly destructive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February, 2023. The initiative...

An Interview with Gareth Doherty: Fieldwork, Borders, and the Landscape of Understanding

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“Landscape architecture is at a crossroads,” writes CMES Faculty Affiliate and Director of Graduate Studies Gareth Doherty in the introduction to his recent book, Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design (2025). Even as digital tools...

Human Rights Claims, Denial, and the Challenge of Conspiracism: Insights from Israel and Northern Ireland

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Ron Dudai Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University and Visiting Fellow, Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen’s University Belfast Co...

Peter Der Manuelian

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Peter Der Manuelian is the Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology and holds a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He is also director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East...

Lina Chawaf

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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...

Messianic Zionism: Before and After October 7th

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Rachel Z. Feldman Cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College Rachel Z. Feldman is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. She...

Book talk: "Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture"

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Matan Kaminer Lecturer in Business and Society, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London Henry and Marilyn Taub Associate Professor of Israel Studies; Skirball Department of Hebrew...

Disaster Analytics, Hermeneutics, Poetics and Pedagogies: Building Disaster Studies, Remooring Academia

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The Disaster Studies Initiative at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Kim Fortun Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine Kim Fortun is a Professor in the University of California Irvine (UCI)...

Disasters in and of the Middle East: Event, Place, Intensity (Day 2)

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The Disaster Studies Initiative at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a conference Disasters in and of the Middle East: Event, Place, Intensity Foregrounding the Middle East and North Africa in scholarly discourse on disasters, the Disaster...