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The Eloquent Tyrant: Speech and Empire in Umayyad Iraq under al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī, 694-714

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The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program presents Pamela Klasova Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago RSVP: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5v96yaO9S5y03BA Co-sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern...

Arrested Development: The US-Iran War in Historical Perspective

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Nader Hashemi, Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University...

The Ravaging of Arab Statehood and the Renewal of Resistance: Lessons from Jordan and Lebanon

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Rami Khouri Internationally r ecognized Journalist, media analyst, and author; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington, DC, and Founding Director and Distinguished Public Policy Fellow (Issam Fares...

From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language

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The Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar presents Jack Tannous Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies, Department of History, Princeton University Bio: I am interested in the cultural history of the eastern Mediterranean...

The End of Prophecy and the Seal of the Prophets

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Early Islam and Late Antique Judaism

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The Harvard Divinity School presents A conference exploring the connections between early Islam and Late Antique Judaism, featuring scholars working at the intersection of rabbinic Judaism, the Qur'an, and early Islam to reflect on the interactions...

Call for "Historical Truth" in Our Narrative of Nazi Defeat

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On April 23, Jochen Hellbeck, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, delivered the 2026 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In a revisionist history of WWII, Hellbeck argues that it was not the...

Garod (Longing): A Film Screening and Discussion with Onur Günay and Cemal Kafadar

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CMES presents Onur Günay is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work moves across political and medical anthropology, critical theory, Middle Eastern studies, and visual ethnography. He is currently Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate...

Adam Mestyan

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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...

CMES Disaster Studies Initiative Spring 2026 Colloquium

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The CMES Disaster Studies Initiative presents Spring 2026 Colloquium The Disaster Studies Initiative was founded by Cemal Kafadar in response to a series of highly destructive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February, 2023. The initiative...