Film & Visual Art

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Assyrian Foundation of America, and the Naby Frye Assyrian Fund for Culture are pleased to present Mira Xenia Schwerda Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art 2023-2024; IASH Fellow 2022-2023 This...

The Naby Frye Assyrian Fund for Culture, the Assyrian Foundation of America, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, are pleased to present the exhibit Assyrians from Persia (Iran) to the United States, 1887-1923: Assyrian Education...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present an Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Dr. Muhammad Habib Calligraphy gives a soul to words. Come and join us to learn about the art of the written word and different styles of calligraphy in the...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Women in Iran: An Evening of Films by Rakhshan Banietemad with Naghmeh Sohrabi Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and the Director for Research at the Crown Center for...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present an exhibit of Arabic Calligraphy, featuring the students of Dr. Muhammad Habib Please join CMES as we celebrate the work of our students. CMES/NELC Preceptor in Arabic Dr. Muhammad Habib studied...

In Afghanistan and Iran, members of ethnic, religious, linguistic, and sexual minorities face discrimination daily in all spheres of life. This includes economic marginalization, denial of cultural rights, language rights, religious freedom, freedom of...

Opening Reception: Friday, June 10, 5 – 8 pm, CGIS Knafel, Fisher Family Commons Through the work of more than 30 artists from Iran and Afghanistan, From Voices Unheard questions what role the artist plays in social change. From the mimetic to the...

The Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative and the CMES Middle East Forum are pleased to present Salem Al-Qudwa, RCPI Fellow and Architect in conversation with Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern...

The CMES Director's Series presents Emily Jane O'Dell Associate Professor, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, People's Republic of China Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3m0YXzm. Please note that this event will begin at 12pm Eastern Daylight...