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02 / 6 Islam in Context Lecture: Islam in the West Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:30 pm Part three of this five part series takes place on February 6th, 2008 and is led by Dr. Jocelyne Cesari, Director, Islam in the West Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University. This event will take place at the Harvard Center for Government and International Studies South Building [1730 Cambridge Street] in Cambridge, in Room 020 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. more info
02 / 7 Doumani on Palestine versus the Palestinians 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 BESHARA DOUMANI Associate Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley; Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. On Palestine versus the Palestinians Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University more info
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02 / 11 Desiring Arabs: Orientalism and Sexual Rights Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Joseph Massad is a professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History, Columbia University more info
02 / 12 Islamic Fundamentalism and Jihadi Terrorism in Europe: Differences and Affinities Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Listen to this lecture here: Farhad Khosrakhavar Talk more info
02 / 13 West Bank and Gaza Strip: Examining the Nature of Palestinian Decline by Dr. Sara Roy Start: 12:30 pm End: 2:00 pm Dr. Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, will be speaking about the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Examining the Nature of Palestinian Decline as part of the CMES Director's Lecture Series. more info Middle Eastern Film Series: Live and Become (2005, Israel) Start: 5:15 pm End: 7:30 pm Middle Eastern Film Series: Live and Become (2005, Israel) Please join the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Middle East Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government as our film series continues with a story of identity and young love. more info
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02 / 20 Talk: The Role of Context in Intergroup Leadership Among Women's Groups in Saudi Arabia" Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:00 pm The Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Middle East Initiative and the Dubai Initiative invite you to the lecture "Exploring the role of context in intergroup leadership among women's groups in Saudi Arabia" by Dr. May Al-Dabbagh Research Fellow, Dubai School of Government and the Dubai Initiative, Harvard's Kennedy School 4:30 - 6:00 PM Wednesday 20 February 2008 Room 102 more info The Conservative Form of Turkish Nationalism: Evolution of an Idea by Umut Uzer 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 our first Seminar of the 2008 Spring Semester "The Conservative Form of Turkish Nationalism: Evolution of an Idea" Umut Uzer, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Maryland University College and Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Center for Government and International Studies more info
02 / 21 The Politics of Democratization in Egypt by Dr. Emad Shahin Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 pm Dr. Emad Shahin, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University, will be speaking as part of the Spring 2008 CMES Director's Series. We look forward to his talk on The Politics of Democratization in Egypt. more info Radicalism and Militancy in Pakistan-Afghanistan and their Impact on the Arab World Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy & Herbert C. Kelman, Co-Chairs Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University HUSAIN HAQQANI Director, Center for International Relations, and Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University Radicalism and Militancy in Pakistan-Afghanistan and their Impact on the Arab World more info
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02 / 25 “BUILDING A SMART ECONOMY: THE EGYPTIAN EXPERIENCE” Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:30 pm M.I.T. Department of Economics and Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar Present DR. YOUSSEF BOUTROS-GHALI, PhD '80 Department of Economics MINISTER OF FINANCE OF EGYPT “BUILDING A SMART ECONOMY: THE EGYPTIAN EXPERIENCE” Monday, February 25, 2008 more info
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