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On behalf of the faculty and staff of CMES, I would like to welcome you to our community.  Through our academic, research, and outreach programs and events, CMES fosters understanding of historical and contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.  We hope to see you at our events and that you will find CMES a lasting resource in the future.
Cemal Kafadar, Director 
News at CMES
Activities of CMES Community at 2009 MESA Annual Meeting
Members of our community will participate in over 40 panels during the four-day conference. ...
CMES in the Media: Islam in the West Lecture featured in the Harvard Crimson
Homeland Insecurity: The Arab-American Experience after 9/11, a lecture sponsored by CMES's Islam...
CMES in the Media: Jocelyne Cesari in Religion Dispatches
An article by Jocelyne Cesari was publishedin the August 28th, 2009 issue of Religion Dispatches. ...
Spotlight
Hilda B. Silverman
CMES is pleased to announce the The Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture on Israel/Palestine, an annual lectureship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli studies, Palestinian and Arab studies, and Holocaust studies.
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