North Africa

2024 Feb 21

New Histories of Algeria: A Book Panel

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

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

The CMES New Works in Middle East Studies series presents

New Histories of Algeria: A Book Panel with

Muriam Haleh Davis, Associate Professor, History, UC Santa Cruz; and author of Markets of Civilization: Racial Capitalism and Islam in Algeria, and

Sara Rahnama, Assistant Professor, History & Geography, Morgan State University; and author of The Future is Feminist: Women and Social Change in Interwar Algeria

Discussant: Myriam Amri, PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies, CMES, Harvard University
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Harvard Students Launch Fundraisers for Morocco Earthquake Relief

September 15, 2023

Harvard students and affiliates raised more than $19,000 in donations through fundraisers for disaster relief following a deadly earthquake that hit Morocco last Friday. The earthquake, which struck near Marrakesh, Morocco, is one of the deadliest to hit the country in decades, with a death toll approaching 3,000 victims, mostly in rural areas. Read more about these fundraising efforts in the...

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Earthquake impact in Douar Agadir Jamaa, Tizi N'Test commune, Taroudant Province. September 2023

Support for Earthquake Relief Efforts in Morocco

September 14, 2023

On September 8, a massive earthquake struck the Marrakesh–Safi region of Morocco, the largest recorded in the country's history and the deadliest since 1960. CMES mourns the thousands of lives lost in this disaster. Local and international rescue and relief efforts are underway. A group of prominent Moroccan scholars in the United States have set up a GoFundMe to raise funds for relief efforts and are working with local NGOs and community leaders to ensure all funds make the biggest, most direct impact to support families.

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 Apr 04

Racial Transitions: Islam, Transitional Justice, and Morocco’s (Re)Africanization

1:30pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

On Zoom; registration info below

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present

Brahim El Guabli
Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College

This talk will take place online; please register in advance on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3ZNWCdV... Read more about Racial Transitions: Islam, Transitional Justice, and Morocco’s (Re)Africanization

2023 Apr 13

A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

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

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Malika Zeghal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and  Civilization at Harvard University

Discussant: Kristen A. Stilt, Professor of Law and also Faculty Director of the Animal Law & Policy Program and Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School... Read more about A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies

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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