CMES is pleased to present the 2019 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture 
with

Herbert C. Kelman
Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics Emeritus, Harvard University

Please note: This event has been CANCELLED, due to unforeseen circumstances. It will be rescheduled.... Read more about **CANCELLED** A Conversation with Herbert Kelman: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as a Clash of National Identities: A Path to Reconciliation

The CMES Middle East Forum Lecture Series presents

Chuck Freilich
Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School & Former Deputy National Security Advisor, Israel... Read more about The Two-State Solution: The Only Viable Option

The CMES Middle East Forum presents

Alexandra Senfft
Award-winning German journalist and author specializing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the aftermath of the Holocaust in Germany... Read more about Germany and Israel: Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar, and the Middle East Initiative (HKS) present

Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom; Strategic Affairs Advisor to the President of the Palestinian National Authority and State of Palestine

Please note: this Middle East Seminar will take place on a Tuesday at 4:00pm at the Harvard Kennedy School

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Amb. Zomlot will deliver this lecture via video conference.... Read more about Palestine in the Era of Trump: A New Strategy for Political Change

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Michael R. Fischbach
Professor of History, Randolph-Macon College... Read more about Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color

The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution and the CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Herbert C. Kelman
Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics Emeritus, Harvard University... Read more about Reflections on a lifetime effort to bring peace to the Middle East: An Interview with Herbert C. Kelman

CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Nadya Hajj
Assistant Professor, Peace and Justice Studies Department, Wellesley College... Read more about Rebuilding Vibrant Communities Among Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Societal Reconstruction Amid Intractable Conflict

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

S. Michael Lynk
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; Associate Professor of Law, Western University, London, Ontario

Please note the new start time: 4:30pm.... Read more about International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Israel Still a Lawful Occupier?

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Salim Tamari
Shawwaf Visiting Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Birzeit University, and Senior Fellow and Research Associate, Institute for Palestine Studies... Read more about The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University present

Ian Black
Visiting senior fellow, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics;  former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper; author of Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017... Read more about Contested Past, Uncertain Future: Enemies and Neighbors in Palestine and Israel

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

S. Michael Lynk
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; Associate Professor of Law, Western University, London, Ontario

This event has been cancelled.
... Read more about CANCELLED: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Israel Still a Lawful Occupier?