The Mahindra Center Re-thinking Translation Seminar, the Department of Comparative Literature, and CMES present

Iman Mersal
Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta... Read more about Translating Iman Mersal’s "The Threshold"

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

The Longue Durée of Arabic Literature, a conference in celebration of William Granara... Read more about The "Longue Durée" of Arabic Literature, a conference in celebration of William Granara

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Book Talk Series presents

William E. Granara (Harvard) on his recent publication Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland (2021)

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only due to COVID-19 restrictions. Register here: https://bit.ly/3uSUG7p.... Read more about Book talk: A Medieval Life in Circumstances

CMES is pleased to present the 2022 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with

Michael Cooperson
Professor of Arabic, University of California, Los Angeles

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3GVY4Bc

Information about the second lecture in this two-part series can be found here: https://bit.ly/3toGwbU.

Please note: This lecture will be online via Zoom, and everyone wishing to attend should register using the link above. Limited in-person seating for Harvard students and faculty may become available. If so, Harvard students and faculty who have registered will be notified of the campus location for the talk. This process will be by invitation only.... Read more about Learning Arabic Backwards: Was It Absolutely Frightening?

CMES is pleased to present the 2022 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with

Michael Cooperson
Professor of Arabic, University of California, Los Angeles

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/368RNFq

Information about the second lecture in this two-part series can be found here: https://bit.ly/347scw4​​​​​​​.

Please note: This lecture will be online via Zoom, and everyone wishing to attend should register using the link above. Limited in-person seating for Harvard students and faculty may become available. If so, Harvard students and faculty who have registered will be notified of the campus location for the talk. This process will be by invitation-only.... Read more about Rethinking Arabic Literary History

The CMES Director's Series presents

Emily Jane 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

The Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents

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

with a reading by poet Dr. Fowziyah A. Abukhalid

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3fe9Zjn.

Please note: this event will begin at 12pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you live outside the US, double-check the time difference.... Read more about Translating the World: Contemporary Poetry from Saudi Arabia

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

The Ascendant Field
Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature

RSVP here: 
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... Read more about The Ascendant Field: Critical Engagements with Ottoman Arabic Literature