Religion

2022 May 09

Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam

Mon May 9 (All day) to Fri May 13 (All day)

Location:

Online; registration info below

The WCFIA Project on Shi'ism & Global Affairs presents its

Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unite in Transnational Shi'a Islam

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Social scientist, scholar Herbert C. Kelman, 94

March 4, 2022

Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Harvard and the director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1993-2003), died March 1 in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. He was 94. Read the full story in the Harvard Gazette.

A Tribute to Herbert C. Kelman

March 22, 2022

Herbert Chanoch Kelman passed away peacefully on March 1 at age 94. He was predeceased by his beloved wife and partner of 67 years, Rose Brousman Kelman.... Read more about A Tribute to Herbert C. Kelman

2022 Mar 24

Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Many Legacies: Sunnī Revivalist, Jihād Advocate, & Syrian 'Nationalist'

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location:

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The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and CMES present

Suleiman Ali Mourad
Professor of Religion, Smith College

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2022 Mar 11

"I Put My Fear for You above My Fear of You": The Role of Emotions in Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location:

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The Harvard University Association for Global Political Thought and CMES present

Han Hsien Liew
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Arizona State University

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2021 Oct 25

Islamic Socialism: Visions of Islamic Statehood and an Islamic International from the East

12:00pm

Location:

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The Association for Global Political Thought presents its Fall 2021 Seminar Series

Teren Sevea
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School

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2021 Oct 22

Leo Strauss and Islamic Philosophy

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location:

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The Association for Global Political Thought presents its Fall 2021 Seminar Series

Rasoul Namazi
Duke-University, Kunshan, China

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2021 Nov 08

Whither? The Jews as a Diaspora Nation

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location:

Online (Zoom registration info below)

CMES presents the 2021 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecturer

Daniel Boyarin
Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley

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2021 Nov 04

The Politics of ‘Enemies within’: Collusion, Subversion and Loyalty Signaling by Religious Groups in Erdogan’s Turkey

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Online (Zoom registration below)

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Kristin Fabbe
Jakurski Family Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

Discussant: Andrew O'Donohue, PhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

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2021 Oct 28

DATE CHANGE to 10/28: The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location:

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Janine Di Giovanni
Multi-award winning journalist and author; Senior Fellow and Professor, Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Please note the date change: this event will now be held on October 28.

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Matthew Utter

AM Candidate in Regional Studies—Middle East

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matthewutter@g.harvard.edu

Zhixi Liu

AM Candidate in Regional Studies—Middle East

Zhixi obtained her BA in Chinese philosophy from Shandong University, and completed her master’s in anthropology at the American University of Beirut...