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2024 Apr 23

Has harmony ceased after Dede Efendi? The Musical legacy of Avni Konuk (d. 1938) and Kenān Rifāi (d. 1950)

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Swedenborg Chapel, 50 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present a talk and live musical performance by

Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya, Ph.D.
Visiting Researcher, CMES, Harvard University; Faculty, Institute for Sufi Studies, Üsküdar University

Accompanied by Istanbul Meshk Ensemble:... Read more about Has harmony ceased after Dede Efendi? The Musical legacy of Avni Konuk (d. 1938) and Kenān Rifāi (d. 1950)

2024 Apr 26

The Ottoman Scientific Heritage: Past, Present, and Future

Fri - Sat, Apr 26 to Apr 27, 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Location: 

See locations below

In honor of the recent publication of the English edition of The Ottoman Scientific Heritage by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, translated by Maryam Patton, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and the Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation are hosting a two-day symposium on April 26-27, 2024 at Harvard University.... Read more about The Ottoman Scientific Heritage: Past, Present, and Future

2024 Apr 17

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ethno-Religious Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Adana Massacres of 1909

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Rm 201, 6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Hrant Dink Memorial CMES Fund, The Mashtots Chair of Armenian Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations present

Bedross Der Matossian
Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln... Read more about Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ethno-Religious Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Case of the Adana Massacres of 1909

2024 Mar 18

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

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

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies' Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series present

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

A book talk by C. Ceyhun Arslan, Koç University, in conversation with William Granara, Research Professor of Arabic, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University... Read more about The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

2024 Feb 15

Listening to the voices of Ottoman Armenians: “Either save us from this misery, or order our death” ("Ya derdimize derman, ya katlimize ferman")

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

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

CMES presents the annual CMES Hrant Dink Memorial lecturer

PD Dr. Talin Suciyan
Associate Professor (Privat Dozentin) of Turkish Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich... Read more about Listening to the voices of Ottoman Armenians: “Either save us from this misery, or order our death” ("Ya derdimize derman, ya katlimize ferman")

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