History

2019 Feb 25

States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

7:30pm to 8:30pm

Location:

Gund Hall, Rm 109, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The MEdiNA Student Group, Harvard Graduate School of Design presents

Léopold Lambert Leopold Lambert
Architect, writer, and founding editor of The Funambulist Magazine... Read more about States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

Byzantine Studies Initiative

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Byzantine Studies Research Center (BSRC) at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul have been awarded a three-year research grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a joint initiative providing enhanced and extended opportunities for teaching and research on the Byzantine Empire, placed in the larger context of the medieval Eastern Mediterranean world, with a strong focus on cross-cultural contacts and comparative perspectives.

One of the primary goals of the collaboration is to contribute to the development of the newly...

2019 Apr 24

Germany and Israel: Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location:

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

The CMES Middle East Forum presents

Alexandra Senfft
Award-winning German journalist and author specializing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the aftermath of the Holocaust in Germany... Read more about Germany and Israel: Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship

2019 Feb 06

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Michael R. Fischbach
Professor of History, Randolph-Macon College... Read more about Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

Profile: Ellen Stockert

December 21, 2018

Ellen Stockert is a second-year student in the AM in Middle Eastern Studies program.... Read more about Profile: Ellen Stockert

An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

December 20, 2018

On a rainy October evening, the Memorial Church of Harvard University was packed with a crowd who had gathered to hear Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, present a talk on matters that time and time again have gripped the human conscious and societal anxiety: time, immortality, and, of course, vampires.... Read more about An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

Video: “If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”: The Use and Abuse of Jewish Memory

May 4, 2018

Brian Klug, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, St. Benet's Hall, University of Oxford, delivers the 2018 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture.... Read more about Video: “If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”: The Use and Abuse of Jewish Memory

Video: Hilda's Unanswered Question: What about the Palestinian Refugees?

May 14, 2010

Susan Akram, Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Law, delivers the 2010 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture.... Read more about Video: Hilda's Unanswered Question: What about the Palestinian Refugees?

2019 Mar 27

The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Carol Solomon Haddad ceux qui restent
2017-19 Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University... Read more about The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

2019 Jan 30

The Written Word Under Pressure: Namık Kemal (1840-1888) and The Beginnings of Modern Turkish Prose

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents

Emrah Pelvanoglu Namik Kemal
PhD, Department of Turkish Language and Literature Teaching, Yeditepe University, Istanbul... Read more about The Written Word Under Pressure: Namık Kemal (1840-1888) and The Beginnings of Modern Turkish Prose

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Byzantine Studies

December 5, 2018

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies

Deadline to apply: January 31, 2019

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University invites scholars to submit applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in the area of Byzantine studies. The call for applications is open to scholars in the Humanities or Social Sciences who have received their PhD within the last five years. The fellowship extends for 12 months, from approximately September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. The successful candidate will reside in the greater...

2019 Mar 14

The Transformation of Saudi Arabia and the Geopolitics of the Middle East

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studes and Director of the Institute for Transregional Studies and the Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University... Read more about The Transformation of Saudi Arabia and the Geopolitics of the Middle East

2019 Jan 31

China's Participation in Middle East Security Affairs: A New Model?

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Degang Sun
Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 2018-19; Professor and Deputy Director, Middle East Institute, Shanghai International Studies University... Read more about China's Participation in Middle East Security Affairs: A New Model?

2018 Nov 13

Reorganizing the Middle East, 1912-1948

(All day)

Location:

Center for European Studies, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University presents a conference

British soldiers, WWI Reorganizing the Middle East, 1912-1948... Read more about Reorganizing the Middle East, 1912-1948

2018 Dec 03

How to Read Armenian (Art)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

The 2018-19 CMES Armenian Studies Lecture Series presents

Christina Maranci Armenian illustrated manuscript
Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art and Architectural History, Tufts University... Read more about How to Read Armenian (Art)

History

States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum

Location:

Byzantine Studies Initiative

Germany and Israel: Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship

Location:

Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

Location:

Profile: Ellen Stockert

An Otherworldly Evening of 17th-Century Myth and 21st-Century Music

Video: “If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”: The Use and Abuse of Jewish Memory

Video: Hilda's Unanswered Question: What about the Palestinian Refugees?

The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

Location:

The Written Word Under Pressure: Namık Kemal (1840-1888) and The Beginnings of Modern Turkish Prose

Location:

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Byzantine Studies

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies

The Transformation of Saudi Arabia and the Geopolitics of the Middle East

Location:

China's Participation in Middle East Security Affairs: A New Model?

Location:

Reorganizing the Middle East, 1912-1948

Location:

How to Read Armenian (Art)

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