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The US-Turkey-Iran Triangle: The Challenges Ahead

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Aykan Erdemir, PhD Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Harvard University PhD in Middle Eastern Studies and Social Anthropology Dr. Aykan Erdemir is a former member of the Turkish Parliament...

CANCELLED: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Israel Still a Lawful Occupier?

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents S. Michael Lynk United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; Associate Professor of Law, Western University, London, Ontario This event has...

Iran in 2018: Between Regional Hegemony and Domestic Unrest

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Payam Mohseni Iran Project Director, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Co-sponsor: Iran Project, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Contact: Liz Flanagan

Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture

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The CMES Director's Series presents Eric Calderwood Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Illinois Eric Calderwood is the author of Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture (Harvard University Press, April...

Gibb lecture: The Historian and the City Between Ibn Khaldun and al-Maqrizi

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CMES presents the 2018 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series with Nasser Rabbat Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT This lecture addresses the writing on the city at an especially critical...

Gibb lecture: Designing Transcendence: Light in Islamic Architecture

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CMES is pleased to present the 2018 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lecture Series speaker Nasser Rabbat Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT Please note the lecture's new time: 5:00-7:00 pm Light has...

The Middle East: Articulating a Way Forward

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents HE Ambassador Dina Kawar Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States; former Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations Her Excellency Dina...

CANCELLED: Turkey under Erdogan: Implications for US policies

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The CMES Middle East Forum & the Institut des Amériques (New England) present Soner Cagaptay Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute Please note: this event has been cancelled. Soner Cagaptay is the...

The Importance of Middle Eastern Archaeology to Middle Eastern History

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Rocco Rante Researcher-Archaeologist, Louvre Museum, Paris An expert on the archaeology & history of Iranian cultural regions, Rocco Rante received his PhD in Archaeology and the History of Islamic Art at the...

Who Rules Iraq? Iraq's Political Transition Since 2003

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Muhamed Almaliky Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Director, Iraqi American Institute Contact: Liz Flanagan

A Play within a Play, Khurma, 1918 -- Riyadh, 2015: Abd al-Aziz, Salman, Succession, and Censorship

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The CMES Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents Benjamin Braude Associate Professor, Department of History, Boston College; Research Associate, Department of Religion, Smith College In March 2015 the Islamic University of Al-Imam Muhammad bin...

**LOCATION CHANGE** Symposium in Honor of Professor Herbert C. Kelman

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CMES and the WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar present a Symposium in Honor of Professor Herbert C. Kelman with featured speakers Dr. Naomi Chazan Can Israel Reach an Agreement with the Palestinians? Retrospective and Prospective Reflections Dr. Chazan is...