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09 / 18
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Correct time: 4:30 to 6:30pm M.I.T.Emile Bustani Middle East SeminarFall 2007PresentsDR. IBRAHIM A. WARDEAdjunct Professor of International BusinessFletcher School, Tufts UniversityContributor to Le Monde diplomatiqueAuthor of The Price of Fear: The Truth behind the Financial War on TerrorE51-345 (Bowen Hall)70 Memorial Drive
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09 / 19
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Seminar on Modern TurkeyCenter for Middle Eastern StudiesCemal Kafadar and Lenore G. MartinCo-ChairsInvite you to our first Seminar of the Fall 2007 SemesterWednesday, September 19th from 4:30-6pm"What Foreign Policy for Turkey in the Wake of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections?"Ambassador Altay CengizerDirector General for Policy Planning, Turkish Foreign Ministry 2006-7 and Special Adviser to the then Foreign Minister GulFellow Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
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09 / 20
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WCFIA/CMESMiddle East SeminarLenore G. Martin, Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairsPresents
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09 / 23
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 09/23/2007 - 10:00am
End: 09/24/2007 - 5:00pm
The first in a series of international programs to commemorate the GoldenJubilee of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan is arriving in theNortheastern USA later this month. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture'sHistoric Cities Programme traveling exhibition will be in WashingtonDC on September 22nd and 23rd from 10am-5pm at the American Instituteof Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20006-5292. Theexhibit will be in Richmond, Virginia the following week. Admissionis free.The exhibit, which features interactive displays, will showcase major
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09 / 24
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Start: 09/23/2007 - 10:00am
End: 09/24/2007 - 5:00pm
The first in a series of international programs to commemorate the GoldenJubilee of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan is arriving in theNortheastern USA later this month. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture'sHistoric Cities Programme traveling exhibition will be in WashingtonDC on September 22nd and 23rd from 10am-5pm at the American Instituteof Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20006-5292. Theexhibit will be in Richmond, Virginia the following week. Admissionis free.The exhibit, which features interactive displays, will showcase major
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09 / 25
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Professors Melani Cammett and Quinn Mecham, Fellows at the HarvardAcademy for International and Area Studies will facilitate a student-runMiddle East Politics Workshop for Government graduate students interested instudying the Middle East.The Middle East Politics Workshop will give graduate students an opportunityto present, refine, and discuss Middle East-related research orresearch-in-progress in a forum of other students and faculty interested inregional politics.An organizational meeting for all those interested in presenting or
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Currently lecturer in the Ghazali Imams Training Institute of the Great Mosque in Paris, Dr. Lochon has extensive experience in cross-cultural dialogue. He has held teaching posts throughout the Middle East and served as cultural attaché in Syria and Sudan. Dr. Lochon writes on language, society, and the co-existence of Muslims and Christians in the Middle East.
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09 / 26
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Join CMES students, faculty, and visitors for coffee, bagels, and muffins everyWednesday morning from 9:30 AM until noon! Don't miss our weekly coffee mornings. All are welcome.WHAT: BAGELS, COFFEE, AND MUFFINSWHERE: CMES - 38 KIRKLAND STREETWHEN: EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
Start: 4:00 pm
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The Middle East ForumRoger Owen and Sara Roy, Co-chairsCenter for Middle Eastern StudiesHarvard University38 Kirkland Street1st Floor Reception LoungeWednesday, 4-6 pm(NOTE: New day and time)September 26, 2007The Struggle over Political Order in EgyptDr. Yoram MeitalChairman, The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, Ben-Gurion Universi
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Join the CMES community to meet and reconnect in the Reading Room at the Harvard Faculty ClubRefreshments will be servedWe look forward to seeing you there! By invitation only please
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09 / 27
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 2:00 pm
BELFER CENTER'S INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM "Demography and Security: The Case of Israel" a brown bag seminar with Monica Duffy Toft Associate Professor of Public Policy Faculty Affiliate, International Security ProgramDate: Thursday, September 27
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09 / 29
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09 / 30
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10 / 2
Start: 6:30 pm
Start: 10/02/2007 - 6:30pm
End: 10/03/2007 - 8:30pm
The BOSTON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL comes to HARVARD LAW SCHOOL for four
screenings on Oct 2 and Oct 3.
All screenings are FREE, open to all, and in LANGDELL SOUTH.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Graduate Film Studies Workshop is starting up again this semester, and all graduate students doing work in or related to film studies are welcome to attend the first meeting, on Tuesday, October 2, at 7pm. The meeting will be in the Nebel Room, Barker Center 359.During this meeting, we will have introductions, address organizational matters, and discuss what direction we would like the workshop to take over the course of the year. We will also discuss a short reading (tba), which will be circulated well before the meeting.
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10 / 3
End: 8:30 pm
Start: 10/02/2007 - 6:30pm
End: 10/03/2007 - 8:30pm
The BOSTON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL comes to HARVARD LAW SCHOOL for four
screenings on Oct 2 and Oct 3.
All screenings are FREE, open to all, and in LANGDELL SOUTH.
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean StudiesTufts UniversityInvites you to attend:Fares Center Lecture SeriesFall 2007Shai Feldman"The Middle East at 2008: Challenges for the U.S."Judy and Sidney Swartz Director's Chair of the Crown Center for MiddleEast Studies and Professor of Politics, Brandeis University5:30 pm - Cabot Intercultural Center, 7th FloorOpen to the Public Tufts University
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
MIT's Center for International Studies presents a Starr Forum on the book:
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Featuring a discussion with the authors John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Stephen Walt (Harvard University) with additional remarks by Bruce Riedel (Brookings Institution)
Wednesday, October 3
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center, MIT bldg. 32-123
For more information, contact starrforum@mit.edu
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10 / 4
Start: 12:15 pm
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Death and Taxes: A Rational Theory of Democratic Grand Strategy
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
WCFIA/CMES
Middle East Seminar
Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairs
Presents
HELGA BAUMGARTEN
DAAD Professor of Political Science, and head of the M.A. program Democracy
and Human Rights, Birzeit University, Palestine
On
Hamas and the Challenge of Democratic Transformation in Palestine
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Bio: Dr. Mandel is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and History at Brown University. She is currently writing a book entitled Beyond Antisemitism: Muslims and Jews in Contemporary France. Her scholarly expertise and interest include aspects of modern Jewish history, including history of the Holocaust, Zionism and the birth of the state of Israel, and history of American Jews.
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End: 8:30 pm
TURKISH FILMS
with English Subtitles
October 4, 6 pm
CGIS (1730 Cambridge Street) Tsai Auditorium (S010)
Hokkabaz / The Magician
2006
Screenplay: Cem Yilmaz
Directors: Cem Yilmaz & Ali Taner Baltaci
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10 / 9
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Pizza and soft drinks available at 5pm
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern
Studies
Description: Reda, who lives with his family in southern France, is about
to take his college entrance exams. One day he is told to drive his father
to Mecca to perform the Hajj. The journey is difficult because of the
distance, and due to the emotional and generational distance between him
and his father. Ultimately, the journey to Mecca is as impacting as the
arrival to the holy city.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Middle East Film Screening: "Le Grand Voyage"
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10 / 11
Start: 12:15 pm
End: 2:00 pm
BELFER CENTER'S INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM
"On Borders and [dis] Orders: The Effects of the International Norm of
'Border Fixity' (The Case of Lebanon)"
a brown bag seminar with
Boaz Atzili
Research Fellow, International Security Program
Date: Thursday, October 11
Time: 12:15 - 2:00 P.M. (Coffee and Tea Provided)
Place: Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come - first served basis. We
hope that you can join us.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
*The Dubai Initiative, *
*Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs *
*Presents *
*A Seminar with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Author of **Imperial Life in the
Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone *
*Date:* October 11, 2007
*Time:* 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
*Place:* Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
The Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is
proud to host a talk with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of *Imperial Life in
the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone * and National Editor of The
Washington Post.
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10 / 12
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
On Friday, October 12th at 3:00pm, hear Ian Klaus read from his
recently published memoir Elvis Is Titanic: Classroom Tales from
the Other Iraq at the Harvard Book Store. Klaus is a PhD candidate
in history. Details of the event can be found on the Harvard Book
Store's website at:
http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=1905
>From the publisher...
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10 / 13
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10 / 14
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
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10 / 15
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 4:00 pm
Start: 10/15/2007 - 4:00pm
End: 10/17/2007 - 6:00pm
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) proudly presents the 2007 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lectures October 15-17, 2007, by Professor Doctor Jürgen Paul, the Professor of Islamic Studies at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
Professor Paul will lecture on the topic of "Failed and ephemeral states in the medieval history of eastern Iran and Transoxiana". The lectures include:
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10 / 16
(all day)
Start: 10/15/2007 - 4:00pm
End: 10/17/2007 - 6:00pm
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) proudly presents the 2007 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lectures October 15-17, 2007, by Professor Doctor Jürgen Paul, the Professor of Islamic Studies at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
Professor Paul will lecture on the topic of "Failed and ephemeral states in the medieval history of eastern Iran and Transoxiana". The lectures include:
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM
Fall 2007
Roger Owen and Sara Roy, Co-Chairs
38 Kirkland Street
First floor Reception Lounge (102)
Cambridge, MA
Presents a lecture by
Jon Alterman
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
4-6pm
Jon Alterman is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Middle East
Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
Start: 7:30 pm
Start: 10/16/2007 - 7:30pm
End: 10/21/2007 - 10:00pm
. . . a magnificent demonstration of the power of theatre to change
the terms of public debate. The monologues make visible - live, in real
time, in close physical proximity - women, emotions, and beliefs that
are hidden from the non-Muslim world." Thomas Sellar, Editor, Theater
The American Repertory Theatre is pleased to invite you to the New
England premiere of Dutch actress/writer/director Adelheid Roosen's The
Veiled Monologues. Scheduled for one week only, from Tuesday, October 16
through Sunday, October 21, performances will be held.at the A.R.T.'s
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10 / 17
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 10/15/2007 - 4:00pm
End: 10/17/2007 - 6:00pm
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) proudly presents the 2007 H.A.R. Gibb Arabic & Islamic Studies Lectures October 15-17, 2007, by Professor Doctor Jürgen Paul, the Professor of Islamic Studies at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
Professor Paul will lecture on the topic of "Failed and ephemeral states in the medieval history of eastern Iran and Transoxiana". The lectures include:
(all day)
Start: 10/16/2007 - 7:30pm
End: 10/21/2007 - 10:00pm
. . . a magnificent demonstration of the power of theatre to change
the terms of public debate. The monologues make visible - live, in real
time, in close physical proximity - women, emotions, and beliefs that
are hidden from the non-Muslim world." Thomas Sellar, Editor, Theater
The American Repertory Theatre is pleased to invite you to the New
England premiere of Dutch actress/writer/director Adelheid Roosen's The
Veiled Monologues. Scheduled for one week only, from Tuesday, October 16
through Sunday, October 21, performances will be held.at the A.R.T.'s
Start: 11:30 am
End: 2:00 pm
A panel discussion on The Report of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Task Force on Muslim American Civic and Political Engagement
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Jocelyne Dakhlia
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Public Islam in France Today
Discussant: Jocelyne Cesari
Director of the Islam in the West Program, Harvard University
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Seminar on Modern Turkey
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Cemal Kafadar and Lenore G. Martin
Co-Chairs
Invite you to a lecture on
"Turkish Secularism and Political Islam"
Dr. Omer Taspinar
Professor of National Security Strategy, U.S. National War College
Start: 6:15 pm
The Semitic Museum of Harvard University presents a lecture by Dr.
Mark Lehner, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Sperry Hall, Harvard
Divinity School, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, on Wednesday, October 17
at 7:00 pm. entitled "A Tale of Two Towns: 4,500-Year Old Urban
Footprints at Giza, Egypt," preceded by a reception at 6:15 at the
Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Call Dena Davis at
617-495-4631 for more information or write <davis4@fas.harvard.edu>.
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10 / 18
(all day)
Start: 10/16/2007 - 7:30pm
End: 10/21/2007 - 10:00pm
. . . a magnificent demonstration of the power of theatre to change
the terms of public debate. The monologues make visible - live, in real
time, in close physical proximity - women, emotions, and beliefs that
are hidden from the non-Muslim world." Thomas Sellar, Editor, Theater
The American Repertory Theatre is pleased to invite you to the New
England premiere of Dutch actress/writer/director Adelheid Roosen's The
Veiled Monologues. Scheduled for one week only, from Tuesday, October 16
through Sunday, October 21, performances will be held.at the A.R.T.'s
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
a talk presented by
Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush
October 18, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219
The Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush is a lecturer in Political Science at San Francisco
State University. Her PhD dissertation from the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at Tufts University examined the foreign relations of Saudi
Arabia and her native country Iran from the Gulf War to present. She has
worked as a translator for three Iranian presidents and Peace Nobel
Start: 12:00 pm
Conversations on Ottoman History
Sohbet-i Osmaniye
Jocelyne Dakhlia,
EHESS, Paris
"Must an entente be cordial? The Mediterranean Lingua Franca"
Oct 18 at 12 noon
CGIS, N262
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Dr. Naomi Chazan, the Head of the School of Government and Society
at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, former member of the Israeli
Knesset and a board member of the New Israel Fund, will speak on
“Assessing the US Role in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict”. The
event will take place at the Kennedy School of Government, in Room 275
of the Taubman Building. Refreshments will be served.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
WCFIA/CMES
Middle East Seminar
Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairs
Presents
HENRY SIEGMAN
Director, U.S./Middle East Project, Inc.; Research Professor, Sir
Joseph Hotung Middle East Program, School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London.
On
The International Middle East Peace Conference: Reaching a Successful
Resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Thursday, October 18, 2007
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Start: 4:15 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Please join The Center for Public Leadership
John F. Kennedy School of Government
and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies for:
Leading by Dividing: The Case of Greece and Turkey after 1922
Bruce Clark
International Security Editor, The Economist, and author of Twice A
Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Turkey and Greece
4:15 – 6 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2007
Lower Level Conference Room
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
Start: 5:30 pm
HARVARD
OTTOMAN AND TURKISH STUDIES
PROGRAM
proudly presents
TURKISH FILM
with English Subtitles
October 18; 5:30 pm
Boylston 110, Fong Auditorium
Iklimler / Climates
2006. Screenplay & Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
This Event is for Educational Purposes
All Harvard Affiliates are Welcome - Free of Charge
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