CMES News

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.

CMES in the Media: Lenore Martin in Middle East Progress

cmes_admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:12:58 -0400

Lenore Martin examines recent actions by the Constitutional Court in Turkey.

CMES in the Media: Outreach Event Featured in Harvard Crimson

cmes_admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:52:06 -0400

Celebrating Nowruz was the subject of an article in the Harvard Crimson. Jaclyn Michael and Paul Beran are quoted in the news item.

Activities of CMES Community at MESA Annual Meeting

heide_woelfel — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:30:16 -0500

Don't miss MESA 2007 panels featuring members of the CMES community

CMES in the Media: New book from Islam in the West featured in Globe

cmes_admin — Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:43:48 -0500

Jocelyne Cesari is interviewed about her recent publication.

CMES in the Media: Lenore Martin in Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:18:10 -0400

Lenore Martin discusses the relationship between Turkey, Iraqi Kurds, and the U.S. in the Globe

CMES in the Media: The Outreach Center in the Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:47:46 -0400

Paul Beran featured in article about the Groton Public Library's Islam symposium.

CMES in the Media: Roger Owen on Iraq in Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:13:02 -0400

Roger Owen offers his view on American policy and the complexities of sectarian forces in Iraq in the September 28, 2007 edition of the Boston Globe. Read the full op-ed here: Chaos and unity in a fragmented Iraq on boston.com

Outreach Center Water Exercise Used In Anti-Poverty Education

cmes_admin — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:48:10 -0400

A popular water exercise developed by the Outreach Center is being used to highlight water issues in the Middle East region. Islamic Relief, a global anti-poverty NGO, included the activity in the latest issue of their Partnership magazine to highlight the importance of water sources and the problems of water scarcity.

Harvard Gazette Remembers Muhsin Mahdi

cmes_admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:32:56 -0400

Muhsin Mahdi was remembered in the September 13 issue of the Harvard Gazette.

CMES in the Media: Roger Owen in The Nation

cmes_admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:51:23 -0400

Roger Owen reviews Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East by Juan Cole in the September 24, 2007 issue of The Nation. Read his full review here: "The Uninvited Guest" on thenation.com

CMES in the Media: Roger Owen in Boston Globe

cmes_admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:55:49 -0400

CMES faculty member Roger Owen penned an op-ed piece for the Boston Globe in May. Titled "Back to the Endgame in Iraq," read the editorial here:

Roger Owen on boston.com

CMES Receives Grant from MacArthur Foundation

cmes_admin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:54:24 -0400

Muslims after 9/11: Political Participation and Civic Engagement was awarded a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the political and civic integration of Muslims in the United States and Europe in the post-9/11 environment.

Muhsin Mahdi, former director of CMES, dies

cmes_admin — Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:44:01 -0400

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is greatly saddened by news of the passing of our esteemed colleague, Muhsin Mahdi.

Volume 7 of the Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review Now Available

cmes_admin — Fri, 4 May 2007 11:08:04 -0400

CMES is proud to announce the publication of the latest volume of HMEIR.

Alumnus Richard Foltz has Two Books Translated

cmes_admin — Fri, 4 May 2007 10:40:00 -0400

Richard Foltz's (CMES, 1996) book, Religions of the Silk Road, has recently been published in Turkish (Ipek Yolu Dinleri, Istanbul: Medrese Yayinlari, 2006) and in Persian (Dinha-ye Jadeh-ye Abrisham, Tehran: Entesharat-e Fararavan, 2007).

Congratulations to our CASA fellows for the 2007-2008 academic year!

hannah_louise_clark — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:58:48 -0400

CMES and the Arabic program at Harvard are delighted to congratulate three students of Arabic who recently took the entrance exam for the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), Egypt, and were awarded full-year and summer fellowships.

Hrant Dink Memorial Concert Feb. 16

cmes_admin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:25:59 -0500

On Friday, February 16 Armenian-Turkish musician Arto Tunçboyac‡yan will perform a concert in honor of slain Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink.