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« April 12, 2007 - May 12, 2007 »
 
04 / 12
DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC FINANCE IN PAKISTAN
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Portrait of a Giving Community: Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora
Start: 5:15 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Adrift on the Nile
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Dreaming in Palestine or 'Bahlam Fi Falastine' :: Youth Video Screenings and Birthright Re-plugged :: Photo Exhibit
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
04 / 13
America and the Arab States: What can we learn from each other?
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:45 pm
The Global Impact of Islamic Finance: Industry Overview and Implications
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Alice Rothchild :: Broken Promises, Broken Dreams
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The Axis of Evil
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
04 / 14
Film Screening of "Waiting" with Talk by Nadia Yaqub and Brunch at Café Algiers
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Financing the Poor: Towards an Islamic Micro-Finance
Start: 12:00 pm
Modern Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architecture
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm
04 / 15
Society of Arab Students Dinner Table
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
SUFI MUSIC FROM TURKEY & INDIA
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
04 / 16
There's food in Egypt! It is floating down the river': Notes on Judeo-Spanish Belle-lettres and the Medieval 'Coplas de Yosef'
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 5:30 pm
The American, Israeli, and Palestinian Triangle
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Films From Iran: Baran
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
rami khalifé & kinan azmeh in Sonic Dialogues
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
04 / 17
National Security Decision Making and Strategy in Israel
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Citizens Under Suspician: Muslims in America after 9/11
Start: 6:15 pm
End: 7:30 pm
04 / 18
Combating the Muslim Brotherhood: The Future of Political Reform in Egypt
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Fractured Alliance? The United States, Turkey, and the Future of Transatlantic Relations
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The Arab View of the United States: Implications for the 2008 Political Landscape
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
This Is Not a Religious Experience: Muslims in the West and the Specter of Extermination
Start: 5:15 pm
End: 7:15 pm
Islam and Europe: Body, Space, and Memory
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
04 / 19
Iraq's Identity Politics: Where is it Headed?
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Al Karnak
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Talk by Massachusetts Secretary of Homeland Security Ms. Juliette Kayyem
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Imaginary Intimations: Food and Nostalgia Among Lebanese Immigrants
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
A Reading by Etgar Keret
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
04 / 20
Perspectives from North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers on Ottoman Territory, 1550-1750
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Security Imperatives, Natural Resources, and Human Development in Developing Countries: Impossible Trinity?
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
04 / 21
04 / 22
04 / 23
Politics and Soft Power of U.S., British, and French Universities in the Middle East
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 1:45 pm
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Turkey's Domestic and International Challenges on the Eve of Elections
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
New England Missionaries as Precursors to Soft Power and High Culture
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
04 / 24
Master Class with Samir Khalaf: "Sexuality, Urbanism, Violence and Identity"
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
04 / 25
The Gendering of Death in Kitab al-Iqd al-Farid
Start: 12:00 pm
The Beglik Sheep Tax Collection System: Ottoman Centralization and the Rise of a Bulgarian Proto-national Bourgeoisie in 19th ce
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
 
The Challenge of the Middle East to Constitutional Theory
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Films From Iran: The Willow Tree
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
THE WILLOW TREE
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
04 / 26
Iraqi Perspectives on the Role of Religion in Iraq
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:15 pm
Basmïls and Qïpchaqs: Some Unexplored Elements in the Shaping of the Peoples of Medieval Eurasia
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Israel, Palestine and the U.S.: Moving towards Peace?
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Yacoubian Building (film screening)
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
An improbable journey: From feudalism debates to nationalism studies
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Veiled Humor: An Evening of Comedy and Discussion
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Muslim-American Comedy and Panel Discussion
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
04 / 27
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
04 / 28
04 / 29
04 / 30
Household Formation Patterns and Human Capital Investments: Turkish Immigrants in Europe
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
05 / 1
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
Start: 3:00 pm
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
Ambassador of Israel to the UN, Ambassador Dan Gillerman
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Islamic Extremism and Women Parliamentarians: A Voice from Pakistan
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 6:00 pm
2007 CMES Spring Reception
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
On Dignity and Dissent: Reflections on Palestine by a Child of Survivors
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
On Dignity and Dissent: Reflections on Palestine by a Child of Survivors
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
05 / 2
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
Total BLISS: Peace Building and Education in Turkey
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
STEPPING STONES TO PEACE OR OBSTACLES TO OPPORTUNITY
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
05 / 3
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
Unhappy Marriage, failed divorce: Historical Marxism and nationalism
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
A Journey Downriver: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and "the Tribes" of Syria and Iraq
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Who's Who in Islamic Feminism? A Brief Review of American Muslim Writings on Islamic Law and Women's Rights
Start: 5:15 pm
End: 7:00 pm
In Search of the Historical Rumi
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
05 / 4
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
Gallery Talk on "Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions" Exhibit
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Israel and Palestine:Peace-Building Through Education
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
05 / 5
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
05 / 6
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
05 / 7
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
The Current Health Crisis in Iraq: A Teach-In
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
On May 7, 2007 the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University held a teach-in on the current health crisis in Iraq. The teach-in brought together doctors, anthropologists, journalists and others to exchange perspectives. The main goals were to provide information and to develop scholarly and activist networks for further collaboration on this crucial topic.
Welcoming Remarks
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 12:30 pm
Session One: Dimensions of the Crisis (Panel Discussion)
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Status, Gender, Privacy. The Transformation of Domestic Culture in the Beirut House, 1860-1930
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Post-Communist crossroads for neo-nationalists and universalists
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
05 / 8
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
05 / 9
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
The Aftermath of the War in Lebanon: Israeli perspectives
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Early Turkish Migration to the United States, 1900-1930
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Metaphors of EU Enlargement:Deepening as a State Building and Widening as a Neo-Medieval Empire
Start: 1:30 pm
Dr. Ahmet Evin
Professor, and
Executive Board member, Istanbul Policy Center
Sabanci University
The Newly Discovered Judeo-Persian Letter
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
05 / 10
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
FROM GENEVA TO RIYADH: CONSTRUCTING A PEACE PROCESS THAT DELIVERS
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
A book reading and signing with Evelyn Shakir
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
05 / 11
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
05 / 12
Exhibition: “Proclamations of Immortality: Rumi’s Works in Modern Editions”
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2007 - 3:00pm
End: 08/18/2007 - 8:00pm
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