CMES and Harvard Hillel will be hosting three special events on the 60th birthday of Israel, Yom Ha'atzmaut - THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008 - with Israel's world-renowned author and filmmaker, Etgar Keret:
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.: Screening of the Cannes Film Festival award-winning film "Jellyfish", presented by Etgar Keret, and followed by a discussion with him. This will take place in the Ben-Zion Gold Dining Hall at Harvard Hillel.
5:30 p.m.: Dinner and informal conversation with Etgar Keret in Rabb Hall.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Reading and discussion with Etgar Keret in Beren Hall.

Travelling To and In Safavid Iran (1550-1700): European and Iranian Perspectives

Water sustainability has become an urgent concern in the world today, arguably nowhere more so than in the Middle East but inother parts of the world as well. The goal of the conference is to bring together an inter-disciplinary group of scholars, at all stages of their careers, who are doing water-related research in these regionsand from historical as well as contemporary perspectives.

Water sustainability has become an urgent concern in the world today, arguably nowhere more so than in the Middle East but inother parts of the world as well. The goal of the conference is to bring together an inter-disciplinary group of scholars, at all stages of their careers, who are doing water-related research in these regionsand from historical as well as contemporary perspectives.