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03 / 27
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Start: 03/27/2008 - 3:00pm
End: 03/28/2008 - 5:00pm
We are pleased to invite you to attend a conference entitled “The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next After Iraq”. The conference will be held at the Cabot Intercultural Center at Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA on Thursday, March 27 (starting at 3:00 pm) and all day on Friday, March 28, 2008.
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03 / 28
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 03/27/2008 - 3:00pm
End: 03/28/2008 - 5:00pm
We are pleased to invite you to attend a conference entitled “The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next After Iraq”. The conference will be held at the Cabot Intercultural Center at Tufts University, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA on Thursday, March 27 (starting at 3:00 pm) and all day on Friday, March 28, 2008.
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03 / 29
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm
News headlines in January once more brought the Gaza Strip to the fore of international thought as governments and agencies expressed concern over the mounting humanitarian crisis stirring behind, and through, the walls surrounding the Palestinian coastal strip. How do these concerns relate to the lives of people there? What part does the Gaza Strip play in the discussions about final status issues of the Israel-Palestinian conflict? How does violence both from the Gaza Strip on Israel and from Israel on the Gaza Strip impact the life of people in both areas?
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03 / 30
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03 / 31
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04 / 1
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Zainah
Anwar is the recently retired Executive Director of Sisters in Islam.
It is widely regarded as one of the most successful women’s advocacy
groups in the Islamic world. A grassroots Malaysian organization formed
in 1988, it promotes women’s rights and challenges discrimination
against women. They run a legal clinic, legal literary programs, public
awareness programs, and perform research in law reform. She is
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04 / 2
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Sohbet-i Osmaniye presents
a conversation with
Michael Winter
Professor Emeritus of the history of the Middle East,
Tel Aviv University,
and Visiting Scholar at CMES
"Kadis in Damascus under the Mamluks and
the Ottomans: an outline for a comparative study"
Wednesday, April 2, 4:30-6
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Dr. John Shoeberlein, Lecturer, Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Anthropology.
This is the last of the five part series on Islam-in-Context. Register by emailing cmesoc@fas.harvard.edu
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04 / 3
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
SCOTT LASENSKY
Acting Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace
Iraq, Its Neighbors, and the United States: Competition, Crisis, and the Reordering of Power
SEMINAR CANCELED. TO BE RESECHEDULED.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
CMES Middle East Forum presents...
Dr. Yoav Di-Capua, Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas,
Austin.
From the Archive to the Public and Back: A
Historiographical Journey through 20th Century Egypt
Time: 4pm–6pm
Location: CMES, 38 Kirkland Street, room 102
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04 / 4
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04 / 5
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04 / 6
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04 / 7
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04 / 8
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04 / 9
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Dr. Beshara Doumani, a visiting fellow at Radcliffe, will be speaking as part of the Spring 2008 Director's Series.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Middle Eastern Film Series: Divine Intervention (2002, Palestine / 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 polticial realities and young love.
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04 / 10
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Marc Sageman, a forensic psychiatrist, is a government counterterrorism
consultant. He is a former foreign
service officer who was based in Islamabad from
1987 to 1989, where he worked closely with Afghanistan’s mujahedin. He is the author of Understanding Terror
Networks and Leaderless Jihad.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM
Spring 2008
Roger Owen and Sara Roy, Co-Chairs
Married to Another Man: Examining Options for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Ghada Karmi, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
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04 / 11
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04 / 12
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04 / 13
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04 / 14
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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04 / 15
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04 / 16
Start: 9:30 am
End: 12:00 pm
Still looking to meet and mingle with CMES students and faculty? Like free food?
The Harvard GSAS Middle Eastern Cultural Association (HMECA) invites you to
Qahwe, Baga'il wa Mufafin
Join CMES students, faculty, and visitors for coffee, bagels, and muffins every Wednesday
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Dr. Ellis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, will be speaking on "Egypt in Search of Political Community. In Theory." as part of the Spring 2008 CMES Director's Series.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM
Spring 2008
Roger Owen and Sara Roy, Co-Chairs
From Greater Israel to Global Israel:The Jewish State's Last Chance for Democracy—and Peace
Bernard Avishai, Contributing Editor, Harvard Business Review and author The Hebrew Republic (forthcoming Harcourt)
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04 / 17
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
ASHER SUSSER
Director for External Affairs, Dayan Center for Middle East Studies, Tel Aviv University;
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 04/17/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/19/2008 - 7:00pm
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04 / 18
(all day)
Start: 04/17/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/19/2008 - 7:00pm
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Dr. Pourjavady is a leading scholar on Persian-Islamic mystical and philosophical manuscripts
He will talk about the idea of "Hatif" in Persian literature and show how hatif was thought of as a real being in early Islamic literature and then gradually became simply a litrary device.
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04 / 19
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 04/17/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/19/2008 - 7:00pm
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04 / 20
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04 / 21
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
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04 / 22
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04 / 23
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04 / 24
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Mathias Rohe holds the Chair for Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law/University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. Additionally, he has a secondary office as judge at the Court of Appeal of Nürnberg. His research focuses on the fields of modern Islamic law (including economic law), the legal status of Islam in Germany and Europe and German and international banking, credit and securities law.
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04 / 25
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04 / 26
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