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Funding for PhD Students

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GSAS Financial Aid Incoming CMES PhD students are guaranteed a financial aid package including grants covering tuition and living expenses in their first two years, tuition and living expenses in the form of assured eligibility for a Teaching Fellowship...

New book translated by CMES PhD student Julie Kleinman

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CMES PhD student Julie Kleinman (Anthropology & MES), translated Marc Abélès' book The Politics of Survival. Published in January 2010, the book is available from Duke University Press.

Essay for Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline by CMES PhD Student

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Yasmine Al-Saleh, a student in CMES’s joint PhD program in History of Art and Architecture & Middle East Studies, has written a thematic essay on “ Amulets and Talismans from the Islamic World” for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online Heilbrunn...

Professor Cemal Kafadar and CMES Phd student Aleksander Shopov discuss historic preservation efforts in Istanbul

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Harvard History PhD graduate Clare Gillis recently interviewed CMES PhD student Aleksander Shopov and Professor Cemal Kafadar for an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on efforts by scholars for historical preservation in Istanbul: Another...

PhD Programs

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Fall 2026 Admissions Update: Admissions to the joint PhD programs in Middle Eastern studies have been paused and will not be accepting applications for Fall 2026 The Center for Middle Eastern Studies offers three joint PhD programs with the departments of...

PhD Program in History and Middle Eastern Studies

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Fall 2026 Admissions Update: Admissions to the joint PhD programs in Middle Eastern studies have been paused and will not be accepting applications for Fall 2026 The joint program in History and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students interested...

PhD Program in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies

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Fall 2026 Admissions Update: Admissions to the joint PhD programs in Middle Eastern studies have been paused and will not be accepting applications for Fall 2026 The joint program in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students...

PhD Program in History of Art and Architecture and Middle Eastern Studies

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Fall 2026 Admissions Update: Admissions to the joint PhD programs in Middle Eastern studies have been paused and will not be accepting applications for Fall 2026 The joint program in History of Art and Architecture and Middle Eastern Studies is designed...

Hear from Students & Alumni

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CMES is home to approximately 50 graduate students in our AM and joint PhD programs. Our network of over 700 alumni have gone on to distinguished careers in academia, NGOs, business, government, journalism, and more. Meet a few of our students and alumni...

CMES congratulates our 2011 AM and PhD graduates

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Two students in CMES's joint History & Middle Eastern Studies PhD program graduated this year: Michael James Esdaile and Leonard Wood. Ten students graduated from the Master's in Regional Studies—Middle East program: Hunter Bandy, Zara Bohan, Steven...

CMES students and alumni find success in the academic world

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CMES students and alumni have been particularly successful in the academic job search. Others have recent accomplishments or will go on to further their studies. CMES alumni receiving degrees in 2007–2009 have been particularly successful in the academic...

Student Life

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CMES is a welcoming and collaborative environment. The distinguished faculty and unmatched resources of Harvard University provide an intellectual environment in which students can focus on the most compelling challenges of their chosen discipline. CMES...