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Book talk: "The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran"

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Harvard Iranian Students Association present Zackery M. Heern Assistant Professor, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Department of History, Idaho State University After the talk (5:45-6:15), Professor Heern...

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

How the US Turned Iraq into Iran’s Client State: The Unintended Consequences of a Myopic Foreign Policy

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Henry Munson Professor of Anthropology Emeritus and Cooperating Professor, School of Policy & International Affairs, University of Maine; author, Islam and Revolution in the Middle East Rescheduled from April...

CMES in the Media: Lenore Martin in Boston Globe

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Lenore Martin discusses the relationship between Turkey, Iraqi Kurds, and the United States in the August 30, 2007 edition of the Boston Globe. Read the full op-ed The Missing Player in Gulf Security on boston.com. By Lenore G. Martin | August 30, 2007...

CMES Associate, Lenore Martin, publishes piece in Washington Post

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Lenore Martin, a Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard, recently published an article entitled "Turkey's Iraq Problem" in The Washington Post. The article begins:...

City of Black Gold: Oil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk

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Kirkuk is Iraq's most multilingual city, for millennia home to a diverse population. It was also where, in 1927, a foreign company first struck oil in Iraq. Over the following decades, Kirkuk became the heart of Iraq's booming petroleum industry. City of...

Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Joseph Sassoon Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Joseph Sassoon is currently a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College...

Through the Lens: Iraq at War

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Andrea Bruce Documentary Photographer with NOOR Images and 2015-2016 Nieman Foundation Fellow, Harvard University Contact: Liz Flanagan

News from Iraq Becomes More, Deliberately, Personal and More Difficult to Interpret

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By Roger Owen America’s long academic summer vacations are usually quiet times for writing and reflection with little disturbing news from the national or international arena. So it was this year too at Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies with our...

Sectarian Politics and State Formation in Iraq

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The Middle East Seminar is pleased to present Harith Al-Qarawee Fellow, the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University Contact: Lenore Martin Sponsors: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Constitutionalism in Modern Iraq, 1839-1958

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The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

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The Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School is pleased to present A conversation on ISIS with Deborah Amos, NPR International Correspondent, and Professor Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School. The discussion will be moderated by ILSP Co-Director...