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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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02 / 27 The Revival of Tribalism in the Gulf: What are the Implications?, Dr. Andrea Rugh Start: 12:30 pm End: 2:00 pm As part of the CMES Director's Series, Dr. Andrea Rugh will speak on the topic of 'The Revival of Tribalism in the Gulf: What are the Implications?' more info
02 / 28 France, the EU and Turkey: Perspective on Immigration Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:00 pm Riva Kastoryano is a senior research fellow at the CNRS and teaches at the Institute for Political Sciences (Sciences-Po--Paris). Her current work explores the meaning of community in relation to states, territory, and space. She is particularly interested in how the transnational uses of religion and ethnicity for political purposes in Europe and other democratic societies give rise to a "transnational nationalism," a new form of nationalism beyond state boundaries as well as a new expression of belonging and political engagement. Her books include Negotiating more info
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03 / 4 Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslim's Really Think. Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm more info
03 / 5 Islamic Theology, Sharia, and Human Rights Doctrine Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the leading authorities in Islamic law in the United States and Europe. He works with various human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights. more info Islam in Africa: Dr. Jacob Olupona, Harvard Divinity School Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:30 pm Part four of this five part series takes place on March 5th, 2008 and is led by Dr. Jacob Olupona, Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard Divinity School. 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 Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: Faith, Identity and Traditions of Muslims in Contemporary Africa by Professor Jacob Olupona Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:30 pm Islam in Context Series Light refreshments will be served. more info New Draft Constitution of Turkey Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Seminar on Modern Turkey Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University Cemal Kafadar and Lenore G. Martin co-chairs Invite you to The New Draft Constitution of Turkey Mir Dengir Mehmet Firat, Deputy Chairman of the AK Party Cuneyt Yuksel, Member of Turkish Parliament Noah Feldman, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School March 5, 2008 7PM Langdell South, Harvard Law School Open to the public more info
03 / 6 The Crisis of the Nation-State: Lebanon, Israel, Palestine Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm An event sponsored jointly by the Middle East Forum and the WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM Spring 2008 Roger Owen and Sara Roy, Co-Chairs WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar Herbert C. Kelman, Lenore G. Martin, and Sara Roy, Co-Chairs The Crisis of the Nation-State: Lebanon, Israel, Palestine by Nubar Hovsepian Associate Professor of Political Science, Chapman University more info French Secularism as 'Guarantor' of Women's Rights: Islam and Gender Politics in a Parisian banlieue Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Bio: Jennifer Selby is currently a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow with the Islam in the West program at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in 2007 (Religious Studies, McMaster University, Canada) examining secularism and gender politics in France. View Jennifer Selby's PowerPoint presentation. more info
03 / 7 Transatlantic relations and the integration of Muslims in Europe, specifically in the Netherlands Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm Speaker: Marietje Schaake. Marietje is an independent advisor on diversity, integration and Islam in the West. She is the 2007-2008 Residential Fellow at Netherlands Atlantic Association where she writes her forthcoming book. more info
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