History

2019 Mar 13

Rethinking Recruited Children: Body Politics of the Devshirme System in the Ottoman Empire

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location:

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

The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series presents

Gulay Yilmaz
Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; Associate Professor of Ottoman History, Department of History, Akdeniz University... Read more about Rethinking Recruited Children: Body Politics of the Devshirme System in the Ottoman Empire

2019 Apr 16

China and the Middle East in the 21st Century

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Location:

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

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a panel of scholars on China and the Middle East

map of China & Middle East Ezra F. Vogel (傅高义), Harvard University
Robert S. Ross (陆伯彬), Boston College
Bruce Rutherford, Colgate University
Degang Sun, Shanghai International Studies University... Read more about China and the Middle East in the 21st Century

2019 Apr 04

Undesired Bodies: Figures of Continuity and Discontinuity in the Mediterranean of Lady Montagu

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

CMES is pleased to present the 2019 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series speaker

Jocelyne Dakhlia sultan's harem
Director of Studies, Center for Historical Research, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
... Read more about Undesired Bodies: Figures of Continuity and Discontinuity in the Mediterranean of Lady Montagu

2019 Apr 02

The Sultanic Harem in Movement: State Logic and Feminine Mobility in Morocco (1500-1800)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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

CMES is pleased to present the 2019 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series speaker

Jocelyne Dakhlia Frau in Morocco
Director of Studies, Center for Historical Research, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)... Read more about The Sultanic Harem in Movement: State Logic and Feminine Mobility in Morocco (1500-1800)

2019 Mar 28

City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location:

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

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies presents

Roy P. Mottahedeh
Gurney Research Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University... Read more about City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries

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.... Read more about Byzantine Studies Initiative

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

Q&A with Ellen Stockert

December 21, 2018

Ellen Stockert is a second-year student in the AM in Middle Eastern Studies program.... Read more about Q&A with 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

GA4 Tracking code

History

Rethinking Recruited Children: Body Politics of the Devshirme System in the Ottoman Empire

Location:

China and the Middle East in the 21st Century

Location:

Undesired Bodies: Figures of Continuity and Discontinuity in the Mediterranean of Lady Montagu

Location:

The Sultanic Harem in Movement: State Logic and Feminine Mobility in Morocco (1500-1800)

Location:

City and Countryside as Understood in Medieval Arabic-Persian Dictionaries

Location:

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:

Q&A with 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:

Pages

Filter By

f07d380a4b6356935df6093a138a29b0

50b77f2e236c59a3d94ef4bd633a1f79