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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Dr. Max Gallien Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK Discussant: Dr. Chantal Berman, Harvard Academy Scholar; and Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University...

The Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS) presents a workshop and conference on the Political Economy of the Muslim World Organizing committee: Melani Cammet (Harvard), Asim Khwaja (Harvard), Timur Kuran (Duke), and...

In honor of the recent publication of the English edition of The Ottoman Scientific Heritage by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, translated by Maryam Patton, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation...

This in-person event is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Civil Discourse Initiative and is open to Harvard ID holders. It will be livestreamed and available for viewing on the WCFIA YouTube Channel. The panel will focus on how leading social...

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund, The Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations present Bedross Der Matossian Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Contact: nelc...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Leyla Kayhan Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University, Istanbul This talk is an introduction to the author's recent research for her new book on divorce practices in Istanbul 1750-1840, illuminating women's...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Dr. Handan Karakas Demir Visiting Fellow, Center for MIddle Eastern Studies, Harvard University This talk delves into the auditory dimensions of place attachment in the pre-modern Ottoman context. It explores...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Dr. Anas Soufan Artist, Architect & Heritage Specialist; Affiliation: CMES, GSD, Harvard + NABNI-H, France The Ancient City of Aleppo was inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1986. From 2012 to 2017, it...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Hasan Hüseyin Güneş Associate Professor of Ottoman History, Department of History, University of Bartın This talk will focus on rāfiḍī refutations in the Ottoman Empire. Conflict and polemics between Sunni...