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Adam Mestyan

Person

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...

Remembering Baber Johansen, Renowned Scholar of Islamic Law at Harvard Divinity School

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Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Studies Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, passed away in late January 2026. Johansen’s scholarship transformed the study of Islamic jurisprudence...

Lina Chawaf

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With a career spanning over three decades to give voice to voiceless especially women, I’ve had the privilege of working across TV, radio, and print media since 1992. I’ve created hundreds of TV commercials and numerous clips for UNICEF, and I’ve been...

The Taliban Courts in Afghanistan, Waging War by Law

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Adam Baczko Research Associate Professor, CNRS, SciencesPo Discussant : Thomas Barfield, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University I am a Research Fellow at the CNRS, based at the CERI (Sciences Po). I...

Laura Anne Thompson

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Laura Anne Thompson is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of Islam in North Africa and of religion more broadly in the Mediterranean region. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Boston University. She was previously a...

We Charge Genocide: The Potential and Limits of International Law

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Noura Erakat Human Rights Attorney and Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Rutgers University **Open to Harvard ID holders only** Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Associate Professor at...

Book talk: "The United Nations and the Question of Palestine"

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The Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School presents Ardi Imseis Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Canada Join us as Professor Ardi Imseis discusses his new book on Palestine at the United Nations. Based on primary...

Refuge and Resistance: A Conversation with Anne Irfan

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Join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University for a conversation between the Palestine Program‘s inaugural fellow, Sawsan Abdulrahim, and Anne Irfan, to discuss her recent book Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the...

Examining Iran’s Domestic and Foreign Relations: From Achievements and Limitations of the Protest Movement to the Saudi-Iranian Agreement

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The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar is pleased to present Trita Parsi Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Fatemeh Haghighatjoo CEO, Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy and former member of the Iranian Parliament...

Understanding Mehir through the Ottoman Realm

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Sema Keleş Yıldız Faculty Member, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Turkey Marriage transactions have attracted the interest of many researchers from different fields for several decades. These...