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Beyond Nationality: Belonging and Empire in Ottoman North Africa

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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...

The Making of the Modern Muslim State. Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Malika Zeghal discusses her new book, The...

Representation and the Republic: North African Art and Material Culture in Paris

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North African art and material culture -- textiles, pottery, jewelry and other objects -- have been exhibited and sold in France since the nineteenth century. Today these objects are central to both state-run museum projects and to projects of self...

Muslim Princes and Catholic Sisters: Missionaries in 19th-Century North Africa

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The Moroccan Studies Forum is pleased to present Julia Clancy Smit h Professor of History, University of Arizona Contact: Liz Flanagan Sponsor(s): The Moroccan Studies Program

First Do No Harm: A Critique of the International Counternarcotics Regime in North Africa and the Sahel

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Struggle, Competition and Chaos in the Contemporary Arab Middle East and North Africa

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CMES is pleased to present Roger Owen, AJ Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Department of History, as he leads a discussion on the chaos in the MENA region, with a focus on the process of events since the Arab Uprisings of 2011. Contact...

The Diaspora and the Cemetery: Migration and the Development of Berber Consciousness from North Africa to Europe and Back

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Video of this event coming soon. The Center for European Studies & the Center for Middle Eastern Studies are pleased to present Paul Silverstein Associate Professor of Anthropology, Reed College Paul A. Silverstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology...

An Economic Interpretation of Revolutions: On the Effects of Capital Accumulation on Institutional Change and Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa

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Texts, Knowledge, and Practice: The Meaning of Scholarship in Muslim Africa

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Conference co-chairs Professor Ousmane Kane and PhD Candidate Matthew Steele present Texts, Knowledge, and Practice: The Meaning of Scholarship in Muslim Africa Sitting at the intersection of African, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Islam in Africa...

Women and Ottoman households in Colonial Tunisia (1880s-1920s)

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The CMES Director's Series presents M'hamed Oualdi Professor of Modern History of the Maghrib, Sciences Po-Paris; and Principal Investigator of the European Reseach Council project "SlaveVoices" about slave testimonies in 19th century North Africa...

The Disappeared, the Silenced, and the Invisible: Art and the Transformation of Society in Morocco

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Carol Solomon 2017-19 Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Art historian and curator, Carol Solomon is a 2017-2019 Visiting Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies...

Harvard Opens New International Office in Tunisia

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Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies opened its first field office in Tunisia last Tuesday in an effort to expand Harvard’s global presence and provide resources for scholarship in the Middle East and North Africa region. Read more in the Harvard...