The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Ridha Moumni
Tunisia Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies... Read more about Modernism and Political Modernity: Tunisian Art in the Time of Bourguiba (1957-1979)

The Committee on Medieval Studies presents

Samuel England
Associate Professor of Arabic, University of Wisconsin-Madison... Read more about Arabic Classes and Classics in the Opera House

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund is pleased to present a talk and Karagöz puppet show featuring

Sona Tatoyan, stage & film actress, writer, and activist, and Ayhan Hülagü, journalist, actor, artist, and puppet master.

CMES welcomes Syrian-Armenian-American actress Sona Tatoyan as she presents her Armenian grandfather’s hand-made Karagöz shadow puppets,... Read more about Trauma, Magic, Love: Being In Aleppo with Karagöz Puppets, My Ancestors and the Spirit of Osman Kavala

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents the film

Haytarma (2013)... Read more about Film screening: Haytarma (2013)

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a screening and discussion with filmmaker

Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
Assistant Professor of Cinematic Arts, University of Iowa; first prize winner at 2013 Cannes Film Festival

A screening of two short films, "When the Kid Was a Kid" and "Needle", followed by a Q&A with the director... Read more about Film Screening & Discussion with Director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

SoArt (Social Art) is an organization that brings together Young Iranian artists, and the way they share their vision of social change through art. Works from 50 Iranian artists will be on display May 3-August 27 in the CGIS South Concourse....

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund presents a panel discussion on Armenian Studies featuring

Christina Maranci, Tufts University
David Zakarian, Oxford University
Marie-Aude Baronian,...