Alreem Alghafri is a master’s student in Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University. Her research interests focus on the political economy of the Gulf and the region’s transition toward knowledge economies in a post-oil future, particularly through...
Randi Hendricks is an AM candidate in Regional Studies–Middle East at Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Her research focuses on identity, language, and political change in North Africa, with particular interests in contemporary North...
On leave for the 2026-27 academic year.
Research interests: Modern Middle Eastern History (Ottoman and Post-Ottoman); Social and Cultural History; Historical Anthropology; Empire/Law
Mestyan is on sabbatical leave during 2026-27. During this period, he is a...
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...