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2023 Mar 01

National Reconciliation in Algeria (1999-2020): Deradicalization and Strategies of Disengagement from Violent Extremism

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Online only; Zoom registration info below

CMES is pleased to present a virtual talk with

Djallil Lounnas
Associate Professor of International Relations at Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

Register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3Irx5jB
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2022 Nov 29

Beyond Nationality: Belonging and Empire in Ottoman North Africa

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138; and on Zoom

The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series is pleased to present

Youssef Ben Ismail
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia Society of Fellows

This event will take place in-person at CMES and on Zoom; please register in advance for Zoom: https://bit.ly/3EuEZH8... Read more about Beyond Nationality: Belonging and Empire in Ottoman North Africa

2022 Nov 15

A Politics of Radical Care: Writing Women into the History of the Egyptian Human Rights Movement

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

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

The CMES Middle East Forum is pleased to present

Lucia Sorbera
Senior Lecturer and Chair, Arabic Language and Cultures, The University of Sydney, Australia; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY

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2022 Dec 01

The Responsibility to Protect and What it Means: The Case of Libya and Syria (on Zoom only)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, and Zoom; registration info below

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Basileus Zeno
Sessional Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, York University

Discussant: Rami Khouri, Director of Global Engagement and Senior Public Policy Fellow, American University of Beirut; and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School 

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3hOyHds​​​​​​​
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At the El-Zitouna Mosque in the Medina of Tunis

In the Shadow of History: A Summer in Tunisia

August 15, 2022

In the summer of 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies’ five-week Arabic language program in Tunis made its long-awaited return. Led for a fifth time by the Gordon Gray Research Professor of Arabic and outgoing CMES Director William Granara, the program synthesized modern Tunisian history, literature, and culture through various texts dating from the early-twentieth-century pre-Independence period to the contemporary, post-Revolution setting. Nicolas Pantelick ’24, a joint NELC and government concentrator pursuing a concurrent AM degree...

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2022 Sep 08

Democratic Backsliding in Tunisia

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Sharan Grewal
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, College of William and Mary

Discussant: William Granara, Research Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment, Harvard University... Read more about Democratic Backsliding in Tunisia

2022 Jun 30

60 Years After Independence: What Has Algeria Become?

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online (registration information below)

CMES and CMES Tunisia are pleased to present

60 Years After Independence: What Has Algeria Become?

Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University

Slim Othmani, President of CARE Algeria; President of MEF Tunisia

Zahia Smail Salhi, Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Manchester

Register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3zZ1Idx

As Algeria celebrates 60 years of independence on 5th July, this webinar panel explores the key political, social, economic, and demographic changes that have transformed the largest country in Africa and the Arab world... Read more about 60 Years After Independence: What Has Algeria Become?

Sihem Lamine with Yo-Yo Ma

Q&A with CMES Tunisia’s Sihem Lamine

May 9, 2022

Sihem Lamine is the Administrative and Program Manager of the Tunisia Office of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Prior to officially joining CMES, Sihem worked as a consultant for CMES and Harvard Global Research and Support Services and played a major role in the transformation of the office space in Tunis from an empty shell to a functional and beautiful multi-purpose facility. For over six years she has been welcoming students, faculty, and visitors to the office, the city of Tunis, and the country of Tunisia, facilitating research projects, organizing public events, and generally helping visitors navigate and enjoy the resources and opportunities that Tunisia has to offer.... Read more about Q&A with CMES Tunisia’s Sihem Lamine

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