I set out this summer to begin dissertation fieldwork on the question of Coptic Orthodox Christian encounters with the miraculous in Egypt, an endeavor funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Although I used the summer funds I received from CMES to buy a digital camera and a digital audio recorder, I provide here a summary of the questions I had going into the field and a reflection on the work that I have begun to do.
The following is an account of my journey to Tangier last summer, where I aimed to find my grandmother's unmarked gravesite and erect a tombstone for her. She had travelled there with terminal diabetes, and died before I was born. No family member had attended her funeral, and no one had visited her grave since. I had been in Morocco for a 6 week language program at the Arabic Language Institute of Fez, and I embarked on my spiritual mission 3 days before leaving the country.
Tom de Georges, PhD '06 in History, reviews a recent workshop organized by Susan G. Miller (Harvard) and Katherine E. Hoffman (Northwestern) on historical and current aspects of Berber studies.
Lisa Bernasek, a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, researches against the clock in the Musée de l'Homme archives and reflects on the changes ahead for France's ethnographic collections from North Africa.
Rachel Goshgarian, a PhD candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, tells the story of her and her father's quest to find the medieval Armenian monastery of Surp Nerses.
I set out this summer to begin dissertation fieldwork on the question of Coptic Orthodox Christian encounters with the miraculous in Egypt, an endeavor funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Although I used the summer funds I received from CMES to buy a digital camera and a digital audio recorder, I provide here a summary of the questions I had going into the field and a reflection on the work that I have begun to do. 
he following is an account of my journey to Tangier last summer, where I aimed to find my grandmother's unmarked gravesite and erect a tombstone for her. She had travelled there with terminal diabetes, and died before I was born. No family member had attended her funeral, and no one had visited her grave since. I had been in Morocco for a 6 week language program at the Arabic Language Institute of Fez, and I embarked on my spiritual mission 3 days before leaving the country. 
Tom de Georges, PhD '06 in History, reviews a recent workshop organized by Susan G. Miller (Harvard) and Katherine E. Hoffman (Northwestern) on historical and current aspects of Berber studies.
Mark Farha, a PhD candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, reports on the final stage of his dissertation research.
Lisa Bernasek, a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, researches against the clock in the Musée de l'Homme archives and reflects on the changes ahead for France's ethnographic collections from North Africa.
Darryl Li, a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, writes about his recent experiences in Gaza.
Rachel Goshgarian, a PhD candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, tells the story of her and her father's quest to find the medieval Armenian monastery of Surp Nerses.
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