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2024 Mar 18

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

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

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies' Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series present

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

A book talk by C. Ceyhun Arslan, Koç University, in conversation with William Granara, Research Professor of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University... Read more about The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

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Amid Violence in the Middle East, Palestinian American Poet Shares Work at Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies

October 25, 2023

Lisa Suhair Majaj — an author and scholar of Arab American Literature — shared a collection of her poems at a Tuesday event at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Majaj, who was born in America and grew up in Jordan, shared 17 of her poems chronicling her life as a Palestinian American. Speaking to an audience of more than 30 people, she acknowledged the difficulty of the subject matter amidst the violence unfolding in Israel and Palestine....

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2023 Oct 02

Politics of Fiction and Translation: "The Last Pomegranate Tree" - A conversation with Kurdish novelist Bachtyar Ali, his translator Kareem Abdulrahman

12:15pm

Location: 

Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Mahindra Re-thinking Translation seminar presents

Politics of Fiction and Translation: The Last Pomegranate Tree - A conversation with Kurdish novelist Bachtyar Ali, his translator Kareem Abdulrahman... Read more about Politics of Fiction and Translation: "The Last Pomegranate Tree" - A conversation with Kurdish novelist Bachtyar Ali, his translator Kareem Abdulrahman

2023 Oct 24

Writing as a Diasporan Palestinian: Poems and Reflections

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

The CMES Middle East Forum and the HDS Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative are pleased to present

Dr. Lisa Suhair MajajLisa Majaj
Award-winning Poet and Author

Note: This talk will also take place on Zoom; please register in advance on Zoom here: https://bit.ly/3ZTeuoT​​​​​​​.... Read more about Writing as a Diasporan Palestinian: Poems and Reflections

2023 Apr 27

Unveiling the Woman/Nation Paradigm in Ahlem Mustaghanimi’s 'Memory in the Flesh'

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Online; Zoom registration info below

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Nejet Mchala
Professor Emeritus of English and Critical Theory, The Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis, University of Carthage, Tunisia

This talk will take place online; please register on Zoom in advance: https://bit.ly/40o5wz6.... Read more about Unveiling the Woman/Nation Paradigm in Ahlem Mustaghanimi’s 'Memory in the Flesh'

2023 May 03

Conceptual Metaphors in Abulqâsem Echảbĭ’s “The Will to Life”: A Cognitive Semantics Approach

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Sondes Hamdi
English Associate Professor, Carthage University, Tunis

This event will take place on Zoom; please register in advance here: https://bit.ly/3Z1Xwmg.... Read more about Conceptual Metaphors in Abulqâsem Echảbĭ’s “The Will to Life”: A Cognitive Semantics Approach

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