CMES News

Activities of CMES Community at 2009 MESA Annual Meeting

colin_donovan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:49:18 -0500

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

cmes_admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:02:37 -0400

Homeland Insecurity: The Arab-American Experience after 9/11, a lecture sponsored by CMES's Islam in the West program, was the subject of an article in the September 22nd, 2009 edition of the Harvard Crimson. Read the full article at Post 9/11, Prof Talks on Hate Crimes.

CMES in the Media: Jocelyne Cesari in Religion Dispatches

cmes_admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:16:22 -0400

An article by Jocelyne Cesari was publishedin the August 28th, 2009 issue of Religion Dispatches.

CMES in the Media: Outreach Event Featured in the Harvard Gazette

cmes_admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:33:38 -0400

Oil and the Contemporary Globe: A Multi-Regional/Multi-Subject Study on the Modern World’s Foundation, an event co-sponsored by the Outreach Center, was the subject of an article in the September 3rd-15th, 2009 edition of the Harvard Gazette. Read the full article at Oil Workshop Illuminates Complex Issue for Teachers or download the full issue at Harvard Gazette Online.

The Middle East Related Course List for Fall 2009 is now available.

cmes_admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:05:53 -0400

A PDF of the Middle East Related Courses for Fall 2009 is now available.

CMES Students and Alumni find Success in the Academic World

cmes_admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:00:12 -0400

CMES students and alumni have been particularly successful in the academic job search. Others have recent accomplishments or will go on to further their studies.

CMES in the Media: CMES Alumni Reunion in the Colloquy

cmes_admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:46:13 -0400

The CMES Alumni Reunion held in April 2009 was featured in the Summer 2009 edition of the Colloquy Alumni Quarterly.

CMES in the Media: Jocelyne Cesari in the Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:56:42 -0400

Jocelyne Cesari was quoted in a Boston Globe piece gauging the reaction of Massachusetts Muslims to President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt.

CMES in the Media: Sara Roy in the Commencement Issue of the Crimson

cmes_admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:26:10 -0400

The Harvard Crimon Commencement issue featured a letter by CMES Associate Sara Roy.

Former CMES Associate Wins Literature Prize

cmes_admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:37:00 -0400

The Tamer Institute, founded by Munir Fasheh, recently won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

CMES Faculty Active Speakers This Spring

cmes_admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:50:24 -0400

Traveling as far as Tokyo, Japan and Venice, Italy to impart their expertise, CMES faculty members have been active participants in recent conferences and workshops on the Middle East.

CMES Reunion, April 3, 2009

Kristin_Brown — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:30:57 -0500

CMES faculty, staff, and affiliates warmly welcome alumni back to campus. The Center has been selected as the featured center for the 2009 GSAS Alumni Weekend.

CMES in the Media: Sara Roy in the Christian Science Monitor

cmes_admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:27:04 -0500

An op-ed titled "Israel's 'victories' in Gaza come at a steep price" was featured in the Christian Science Monitor

CMES in the Media: Sara Roy in London Review of Books

cmes_admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:12:28 -0500

Sara Roy's "If Gaza Falls..." was featured in the January 1, 2009 edition of the London Review of Book. In the piece, she outlines food,

CMES in the Media: CMES Event Featured in Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:40:28 -0500

An Islam in the West event "Will al-Qaida Self Destruct?" by Nelly
Lahoud was featured in the Boston Globe.

Activities of CMES Community at 2008 MESA Annual Meeting

vicky_gethers — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:49:51 -0500

Be sure to see CMES graduate students, faculty, alumni, visiting fellows, and past affiliates at this year's MESA Annual Meeting.

CMES in the Media: Jocelyne Cesari on Here and Now

cmes_admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:13:12 -0400

Jocelyne Cesari discusses Islam in the United States with Here and Now host Robin Young. The interview is in support of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Islam in the U.S.

CMES Affiliates Win Bok Center Awards

cmes_admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:34:23 -0400

The Bok Center awarded 11 CMES affiliates Certificates of Distinction in Teaching.

CMES in the Media: News of SSRC Grant in Gazette

cmes_admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:44:08 -0400

The Harvard Gazette features news of the SSRC grant.

CMES Wins SSRC Grant

cmes_admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:22:24 -0400

The grant will fund a project that encourages public discourse between academics and journalists on the Islam in Context.