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2021 Apr 09

Yesterday is not Gone: Memories of Slavery in Zanzibar & Oman in Memoirs, Fiction & Film

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (Zoom registration link below)

The CMES Director's Series presents

Emily Jane O'DellEmily O'Dell
Associate Professor, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, People's Republic of China

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3m0YXzm.

Please note that this event will begin at 12pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Yesterday is not Gone: Memories of Slavery in Zanzibar & Oman in Memoirs, Fiction & Film

2021 Apr 22

Translating the World: Contemporary Poetry from Saudi Arabia

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (Zoom registration link below)

The Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents

Moneera al-GhadeerMoneera al-Ghadeer
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Culture, Riyadh

with a reading by poet Dr. Fowziyah A. Abukhalid

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2020 Oct 02

The Ascendant Field: Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature

(All day)

Location: 

Online webinar (RSVP link below)

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC), the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) present the workshop

Ascendant Field posterThe Ascendant Field
Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature

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Mediterranean Cousins: Tunisia and Italy on Opposite Shores

February 21, 2020

In October 2019, CMES Director William Granara spent part of his sabbatical year convening the first international symposium organized by the Tunisia Office of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Mediterranean Cousins: Tunisia and Italy on Opposite Shores, designed to examine kinship, exchanges, and divides between Tunisia and Italy across time.... Read more about Mediterranean Cousins: Tunisia and Italy on Opposite Shores

Tell This in My Memory, Eve Troutt Powell

Readings on Race and Slavery with Specific Relevance for Middle East Studies

July 7, 2020

Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor of History, and Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, both core faculty members of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, recommend the following books on race and slavery that have special relevance for Middle East studies. For information on locating books at a library near you, visit www.worldcat.org...

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William Granara on the Ottoman History Podcast

William Granara on the Ottoman History Podcast

February 27, 2020
During the 9th century, Arab armies from North Africa conquered Sicily, leading to four centuries of Muslim history on the island, which is now part of Italy. Sicily during that period has often been portrayed as an interfaith utopia where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived side by side, giving rise to a cultural synthesis, but as CMES Director William Granara explains, the reality was more complex. In "Muslim Sicily and Its Legacies... Read more about William Granara on the Ottoman History Podcast
2020 Mar 12

**CANCELLED** Alexander in the Graveyard: Persianate Humanism in Literature, Painting, and Architecture

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

The Mahindra Humanities Center Persian and Persianate Studies Seminar presents

Owen T.A. CornwallOwen Cornwall
Tufts University

Please note: due to University precautions surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 2019) outbreak, this lecture has been **CANCELLED** ... Read more about **CANCELLED** Alexander in the Graveyard: Persianate Humanism in Literature, Painting, and Architecture

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Harvard Librarian Puts This War Crime on the Map

February 21, 2020

In 1992, when he read about the burning of the National Library of Bosnia-Herzegovina, András Riedlmayer, bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Harvard Fine Arts Library, knew it was an attack on more than physical objects. It was what he later testified to being “cultural heritage destruction”: intentional and unnecessary destruction of sites and records that act as a community’s collective memory. Read about his years of research into this cultural destruction and his expert testimony against Serbian nationalist Slobodan Milosevic during the International Criminal...

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2020 Apr 14

**POSTPONED** Rescued from Rubble: Founding the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Lamont Library, Forum Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Harvard Scholars at Risk Program presents

Mosab Abu TohaMosab Abu Toha
Visiting poet and scholar, Harvard University Scholars at Risk Program, hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature; visiting librarian-in-residence, Houghton Library

POSTPONED: Due to University precautions surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 2019) outbreak, we have postponed this lecture. The organizers hope to reschedule the lecture and will announce that as soon as they are able.

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