Film & Visual Art

2019 Apr 26

Film Screening & Discussion with Director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Rm 020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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

Anahita GhazvinizadehAnahita 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

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Photo Gallery: 2017-18 Harvard College International Photo Contest

August 13, 2018

CMES awarded a first prize and two honorable mentions in the 2017–18 Harvard College International Photo Contest for photos taken in the Middle East region. All photos were from students’ internships, language study, and travel in the summer of 2017. First place went to Portia Berry-Kilby ('20), a NELC concentrator, focusing on Arabic and the Modern Middle East. The photo was taken while she attended Yale's Summer Study Abroad program in Morocco where she studied Arabic for the summer with the...

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2017 Nov 28

Gallery Talk: Qajar Lacquer as a Medium of Exchange

12:30pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Harvard Art Museums present a gallery talk led by

Mary McWilliamsMirror Case with Flowers and Birds
Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museums

Gallery talks are free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.... Read more about Gallery Talk: Qajar Lacquer as a Medium of Exchange

2017 Nov 02

Gallery Talk: Fluid Forms and Mobile Figures—Lacquer in 19th-Century Iran

12:30pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard Art Museums present a gallery talk led by

Mary McWilliamsRectangular Mirror Case with Flowers, Butterfly, and Sleeping Bird
Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museums

Gallery talks are free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.... Read more about Gallery Talk: Fluid Forms and Mobile Figures—Lacquer in 19th-Century Iran

HAM qajar album

Mobile Images from 19th-Century Iran

October 13, 2017

A rare album of artists’ drawings, preparatory sketches, and more helped shape a Harvard Art Museums exhibition about art in 19th-century Iran, co-curated by McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, and CMES Steering Committee member David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History and chair of the Department of History of Art and Architecture. Read more about the exhibition and related publications in HAM's...

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