History

2020 Feb 19

Modernism and Political Modernity: Tunisian Art in the Time of Bourguiba (1957-1979)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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)

2019 Nov 12

Jerusalem: City of the Book

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Common Rm, Center for Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA

The Center for the Study of World Religions & CMES present

Benjamin Balint, writer based in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem: City of the Book

Merav Mack, Research fellow, Truman Institute for Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem... Read more about Jerusalem: City of the Book

2019 Nov 07

The "Deals" of the Century From Balfour to Trump: The Political Economy of Failure and New Palestinian Responses

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES Middle East Forum presents

Karam Dana
Associate Professor of Middle East Politics and Islamic Studies, University of Washington Bothell... Read more about The "Deals" of the Century From Balfour to Trump: The Political Economy of Failure and New Palestinian Responses

Video: 'Trauma, Magic, Love': a tribute to Osman Kavala on his birthday

October 2, 2019

On September 16, CMES welcomed Syrian-Armenian-American stage and film actress Sona Tatoyan and artist and puppet master Ayhan Hülagü to speak about finding her Armenian grandfather's Karagöz puppets in the abandoned family home in Aleppo, Syria. Ayhan then presented some of Sona's family's puppets in a short puppet show to close the event. For more on Sona and Ayhan and the event: https://bit.ly/2potIVR.

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2019 Oct 15

'The Baghdad Clock': A Book Talk with the Author and Translator

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

The Baghdad Clock cover Shahad Al Rawi, author of The Baghdad Clock, short-listed for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), and

Luke Leafgren, translator The Baghdad Clock... Read more about 'The Baghdad Clock': A Book Talk with the Author and Translator

2019 Oct 09

A Contemporary Sufi Tradition: The case of the Late Ottoman Elite and Sufi Sheikh Ken'ân Rifâî

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Location:

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents

Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya
Lecturer, Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University, Istanbul... Read more about A Contemporary Sufi Tradition: The case of the Late Ottoman Elite and Sufi Sheikh Ken'ân Rifâî

2019 Nov 06

Arabic Classes and Classics in the Opera House

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Committee on Medieval Studies presents

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

2019 Sep 16

Trauma, Magic, Love: Being In Aleppo with Karagöz Puppets, My Ancestors and the Spirit of Osman Kavala

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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

Reflecting on the Many Faces of Mecca, the Lived City

June 28, 2019

“Mecca is lived, experienced, and documented differently by different people,” began Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor of History at Harvard and author of the forthcoming “Archive Wars: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Politics of History in Saudi Arabia,” in her keynote address to the colloquium Mecca: The Lived City, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in May.

Mecca is characterized by plurality. In two days of lectures, speakers drew on academic, professional, and personal experiences to explore disparate visions of Mecca. The city’s social,...

Roger Owen, My Mentor and My Friend

August 1, 2019

It is impossible to sum up the life of Professor Roger Owen in a few paragraphs; even Roger found it difficult to edit his life in his wonderful memoir. I will focus on being his student and then his friend, and how he taught me how to pass forward his special brand of mentoring.

As a graduate student working on the history of Egypt and Sudan, I made my pilgrimage to Oxford to see Roger and Albert Hourani and receive their wisdom on my project. Albert enjoyed its potential but Roger told me in no uncertain terms that it was too big and would be very difficult (I would like to...

2019 Sep 26