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Religion, Revolution and Constitution: The Case of Tunisia

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Yadh Ben Achour is a Tunisian constitutionalist specializing in Islamic political theory. He hails from a theological background, as Ben Achour’s father is the late Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour, a great religious figure in Tunisia who held the position of...

The Embodiment of Protest: Hunger Strikes, Human Rights, and the Health of Palestinian Political Prisoners

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The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative, Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School and the Middle East Forum, Center for Middle Eastern Studies are pleased to present Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan Physician...

Messianic Zionism: Before and After October 7th

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Rachel Z. Feldman Cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College Rachel Z. Feldman is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. She...

The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies

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Muslim societies are largely absent from the study of religion and politics in the social sciences, despite the fact that scholarly literature often presumes that religion exercises a colossal influence on social, political, and economic outcomes in...

Monuments, Memory, and Minorities: A Case Study of Turkey

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Elizabeth Prodromou Faculty Director, Initiative on Religion, Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Register in advance: https://bit.ly/31iNCkN. Please note: this event...

Fall 2013 Middle East-related courses at Harvard

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CMES is pleased to announce that the Fall 2013 Harvard Middle East–related course list is now available. Please click here to download. This list includes a wide variety of courses related to the Middle East from across Harvard, as well as MIT and the...

Ibn ʿAsākir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Many Legacies: Sunnī Revivalist, Jihād Advocate, & Syrian 'Nationalist'

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The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and CMES present Suleiman Ali Mourad Professor of Religion, Smith College Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3LLr7ee​​​​​​​ Suleiman Ali Mourad is a...

Islamic legalities across the longue durée: A preliminary historical epistemology of Islamic law

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The Harvard Law and Religion Lecture Series presents Anver Emon Professor of Law and History; Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law; Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Anver M. Emon...

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence and Roadblocks to Political Expression - Book Event with Amahl Bishara

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Please join us for lunch and a discussion about Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence and Roadblocks to Political Expression, a new book from Amahl A. Bishara, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University Moderator/Respondent: R aef Zreik, Religion...

Unpacking Israel's Current Political Landscape

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Lihi Ben Shitrit Henry and Marilyn Taub Associate Professor of Israel Studies; Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; and Director, Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University Lihi Ben...

Laura Anne Thompson

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Laura Anne Thompson is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of Islam in North Africa and of religion more broadly in the Mediterranean region. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Boston University. She was previously a...

Jocelyne Cesari weighs in on the veil in France discussion on CNN’s AC360 blog

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Jocelyne Cesari, CMES Associate and Director of the Islam in the West Program, points out the contradictions and barriers to better relations with Muslims in France in “A French fair-veil, sans happy ending.” From her extensive work on Muslim communities...