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Photo Gallery: 2015-16 Harvard College International Photo Contest

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CMES awarded a first prize and three honorable mentions in the 2015–16 Harvard College International Photo Contest for photos taken in the Middle East region. Aubrey Stoddard (’17), studying history and government, received first prize for an image she...

Congratulations, 2015-16 CMES Graduates!

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CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating class of twelve students who earned a master's degree in Regional Studies—Middle East and its graduating PhD students. AM graduates and thesis titles Hind Al-Ansari Wadah Al Shugaa “The Race for the...

Under the same sun and guns, cold and drought: A Shared History of Famine, Scarcity and Survival in Ottoman Anatolia (1879-1881)

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The Sohbet-i Osmani Seminar Series presents Özge Ertem CMES Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow (2015-16) Contact: Liz Flanagan

Collapse of the Khwarazmshah Dynasty in Iran: Reasons and Consequences

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Maryam Kamali CMES Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow (2015-16) Contact: Liz Flanagan

The 'New Turkey' and Individual Freedoms: Is there Still Room for Coexistence?

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The Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World presents Cansu Çamlıbel Writer and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Hürriyet; 2015-16 Nieman Fellow, Harvard University Contact: Liz Flanagan

Episteme, Phronesis and Performance: Towards a Ritual History of Qizilbash-Alevi People

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The Sohbet-i Osmani Seminar Series presents Dr. Riza Yildirim Associate Professor, History, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara; 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar, Boston University Contact: Himmet Taskomur

POSTPONED: Episteme, Phronesis and Performance: Towards a Ritual History of Qizilbash-Alevi People

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The Sohbet-i Osmani Seminar Series presents Dr. Riza Yildirim Associate Professor, History, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara; 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar, Boston University This talk has been postponed until Friday, February 19. Contact...

Migration and Health Care Panel Discussion

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents a panel on migration and health care featuring Elizabeth H. Shlala, Saime Ozcurumez, and Lloy Wylie Obstacles to Securing the Right to Health Care for Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in the GCC Elizabeth H...

Through A Camera Obscura: Economic Science and the Emergence of the Market in Colonial Egypt

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The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Seminar presents Casey Primel Volkswagen Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, Harvard University Commentators: Roger Owen, AJ Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Harvard...

Durability: A History of the Future, 1869-1912

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The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Seminar presents Timothy Mitchell Professor, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University Professor Mitchell's talk will focus on Egypt 1869-1912, and construction of...

Writing the History of Ottoman Kurdistan from an Environmental Perspective

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The CMES New Horizons in Kurdish History Lecture Series presents Zozan Pehlivan Environmental historian, University of Minnesota Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3v5cahj​​​​​​​ Zozan Pehlivan is an environmental historian of the modern Middle East, the...

Book talk: "Satellite Ministries: The Rise of Christian Television in the Middle East"

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Febe Armanios Philip Battell and Sarah Frances Cowles Stewart Professor of History, Middlebury College Febe Armanios received her BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. Her research focuses on the...