Traveling as far as Tokyo, Japan and Venice, Italy to impart their expertise, CMES faculty members have been active participants in recent conferences and workshops on the Middle East.  

Ali Asani
"Wherever You Turn Is the Face of God"
Conference: The Face of God in Islam and Eastern Orthodox Christianity
March 13, 2009: Harvard Divinity School

"Gender in the Muslim World"
Workshop for high school teachers, organized by Primary Source and University of Massachusetts, Boston
March 4, 2009

Upcoming events
Faculty Lecturer for Middle East World Leaders Symposium, presented by Harvard Alumni Association
March 19–April 3, 2009: 15-day event in the Gulf

"Thinking about Islam: Going Beyond the Headlines"
Harvard Alumni Association two-part lecture
April 27 and May 4, 2009: Sever Hall, Harvard Yard

Bill Granara
"What Does It Mean to Be an Arabist," keynote speech
Conference: Language Education and Resource Network (LEARN): Arabic Culture and Language Studies: Toward Greater Expertise
Feb 19–20, 2009: U.S. Naval Academy

Wolfhart Heinrichs
"Modes of Existence of the Poetry in the Arabian Nights"
Conference: 219th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society
March 13–16, 2009: Albuquerque, NM

Susan Kahn
"Reproduction and Artificial Procreation in Judaism"
Conference: Strategies of Negotiation by Muslim and Jewish Women in the Field of Family Law and Sexuality
March 2–4, 2009: University of Venice, Italy

E. Roger Owen
Chaired "Café Riche: Reflections on 100 Years of a Modern Egyptian History"
Conference: MESA Annual Meeting
November 22–25, 2008: Washington D.C.

"The Study of the Arab World in Western Universities," keynote address
Conference: The Study of the Arab World in Western Universities
December 22–25, 2008: London School of Oriental and African Sudies (for Arab League Economic, Social and Cultural Organization)

"Critical Middle East Studies"
March 20, 2009: British Academy, London

Sara Roy
"Learning from the Holocaust and the Palestinian-Jewish Conflict"
Seminar: In Search of New Universalities—A Dialogue between the Post-Holocaust and Post-Colonial Generations
March 4, 2009: University of Toyko, Japan