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Crusade, Captivity, and Wonder: Johannes Schiltberger's Traveler Tales

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CMES and the Committee on Medieval Studies present the Annual Joint Lecture in Medieval Middle Eastern Studies featuring Paul M. Cobb Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania In...

Book talk: "In the Shadow of the Prophet" by Roy P. Mottahedeh

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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program & CMES are pleased to present Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Research Professor of History, with Professors Khaled El-Rouayheb (NELC) and Cemal Kafadar (CMES). Professor Mottahedeh will discuss his new book...

Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran’s Women-Led Protests in Context

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The Harvard Radcliffe Institute presents Hannah Darabi Artist and photographer Naghmeh Sohrabi Charles (Corky) Goodman Chair in Middle East History, Brandeis University Throughout history, Iranian women have participated in national uprisings. In 2022...

The Arab and Muslim Evolution of "Deviance" in Homosexuality

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In the Middle East, today’s understanding of gay relationships as abnormal or unnatural relies on concepts invented less than a century ago. In an essay in New Lines magazine, CMES Visiting Fellow Sultan Alamer, a political science doctoral student at...

Christina Maranci

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Christina Maranci grew up in a diasporan Armenian family in Westport, Connecticut. She earned a BA in art history at Vassar, and an MA and PhD at Princeton in the Department of Art and Archaeology. Her work explores the art and culture of Armenia in all...

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

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The WCFIA Project on Shi'ism & Global Affairs presents its Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unite in Transnational Shi'a Islam Register in advance: bit.ly/shia-symposium-reg A historic symposium series bringing together diverse voices from...

Social scientist, scholar Herbert C. Kelman, 94

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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...

A Tribute to Herbert C. Kelman

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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. Professor Kelman’s career began in 1947, when he graduated magna cum laude from Brooklyn College and...

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

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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 Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3LLr7ee Suleiman Ali Mourad is a...

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

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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 Please pre-register to receive the Zoom link, paper, and any further updates: Sign up for this...