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2017 Mar 20

al Bustani's Arabic Encyclopedia (1870s-1880s) and the Global Production of Knowledge in the Late Ottoman Levant

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, Lower Level Library, Harvard Yard, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History presents

Ilham Khuri Makdisi
Associate Professor, Northeastern University

Commentator: Leila Fawaz, Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese & Eastern Mediteranean Studies, Tufts University
Graduate student commentator: Joan Chaker, PhD Candidate in History Read more about al Bustani's Arabic Encyclopedia (1870s-1880s) and the Global Production of Knowledge in the Late Ottoman Levant

2017 Mar 08

Why the Turkish Model Failed

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

The WCFIA/CMES Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World presents

Mustafa AkyolMustafa Akyol
Senior Visiting Fellow at the Freedom Project, Wellesley College; Guest Opinion Writer, New York Times and Al-Monitor.com Read more about Why the Turkish Model Failed

2017 Mar 01

Democratic Transition and the Rising Tide of Majoritarianism: Comparing the Cases of Greece and Turkey

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

The WCFIA/CMES Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World presents

Ioannis Grigoriadis
Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University; 2016-2017 IPC-Stiftung Mercator Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik-SWP) in Berlin; Stanley J. Seeger Research Fellow at Princeton University Read more about Democratic Transition and the Rising Tide of Majoritarianism: Comparing the Cases of Greece and Turkey

2017 Feb 28

Governing the Family through Religion: Family and Religious Counseling Bureaus and the Politics of the Family in the New Turkey

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

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

CMES and the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World present

Hikmet Kocamaner
Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Please note: this talk takes place on a Tuesday at 4 pm at CMES, Rm 102 Read more about Governing the Family through Religion: Family and Religious Counseling Bureaus and the Politics of the Family in the New Turkey

Helen Zughaib Migrations

The Everyday Dignity of Helen Zughaib’s Refugees

February 9, 2017

Lebanese-American artist Helen Zughaib's work is on display this month at CGIS, under the auspices of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Her paintings have been displayed widely in public collections, at the White House, the Library of Congress, and elsewhere; they often lend themselves to diplomatic optimism, even as they depict people in desperate situations: fleeing catastrophe in Syria, leaving home to emigrate to America, selling tiny items in the street to feed their families. Read a review of the exhibition and of Zughaib's accompanying artist talk in Read more about The Everyday Dignity of Helen Zughaib’s Refugees

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