October 14, 2005:
A Heritage for Our Time: the Continuation of Ottoman Music Concert
November 9, 2005
“Saudi Arabia in Transition: Political Reform, Social Change, and the Evolving US-Saudi Relationship”
A Panel Discussion with:
• Moderator: Dr. Khalid Al-Yahya, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University,Former Fellow, Harvard University
• “Of Minds and Men: Cultural Perceptions in Saudi American Relations”, Dr. Saleh A. Al-Mani, Professor of Political Science; Dean, College of Administrative Sciences, King Saud University
• “Extremism & Terrorism in Islamic Societies: Why and How to Fight Them With Reference to the Saudi Case,” Dr. Othman Y. Al Rawaf, Former member of Majlis Ashura, Professor of Political Science at King Saud University, Consultant, Ministry of Higher Education
• “Media, and Social Changes in Saudi Arabia,” Dr. Ibrahim Al Beayeyz Assistant Professor, Mass Communications Department, King Saud University
• “The Issue of Reform in Saudi-U.S Relation,” Dr. Assad Saleh Al-Shamlan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Institute of Diplomatic Studies
• “Women's Education and Change in Saudi Arabia,” Dr. Maimonah D. F. Kareem Deputy Dean for Student Affairs, Girl’s College of Education
• Discussants: Dr. Adel A. Al-Abdulkarim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, King Saud University; Dr. Siham A El Kuhaimi, Curriculum Director, Girl’s College of Education; Dr. Abdullah J. Al-Otaibi, Assistant Professor of Political Science King Saud University; Dr. Assad Saleh Al-Shamlan, Assistant Professor Political Science, Institute of Diplomatic Studies.
December 5, 2005
Film screening - "The Imam"
December 6, 2005
Sufi Rituals and Identities in Contemporary Syria
Dr. Paulo Pinto Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro
December 8, 2005
The Work of the Arab Education Forum
February 28, 2006
Islam in the West Cartoons Crisis Workshop
Sponsored by the Islam in the West Program
March 14, 2006
Old European Maps of Persia
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i, author of General Maps of Persia 1477-1925
March 16, 2006
"The Poem of the Cloak:" A 13th-century Spiritual Ode of Love to the Prophet Muhammad
Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Director, Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California
Co-Sponsored by:The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations (NELC) and The Harvard Divinity School
February 17, 2005
“Reportage, Art and Terrorism”
Lorraine Adams, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Washington Post; Author of acclaimed novel "Harbor"
May 2, 2005
“Schooling in the Arab World: An Educational Mismatch”
CMES Visiting Scholar, Serra Kirdar
May 9, 2005
“The Over-educated, Underutilized Arab Professional? A Cross-national Examination of Power, Knowledge and Culture in Arab Bureaucracies”
CMES Visiting Scholar, Dr. Khalid Al Yahya
May 10, 2005
“Losing Iraq”
David L. Phillips, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Preventive Action Council on Foreign Relations.
SPRING 2004
Monday, March 22nd, 5-7pm
"Conversation with Moufida Tlatli”
Moufida Tlatli, the most original and compelling female voice in Arab cinema is The Film Study Center's 2004 McMillan-Stewart Fellow in Distinguished Filmmaking. In conjunction with her visit to Harvard, the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WSG) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) are pleased to announce that Ms. Tlatli will join us at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies for conversation and a reception on Monday, March 22nd. Please join us. Prior to the reception at CMES, she will appear in person at screenings of two of her feature films at the Harvard Film Archive: Friday, March 19, 6pm Reception, 7pm screening of "The Season of Men (La Saison des hommes)"; and Saturday, March 20, 7pm screening of "The Silences of the Palace (Saimt el Qusur)".
Wednesday, April 21, 1:00 PM
Diasporic Arabism
A lecture in Arabic Prof. Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture, MITCMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Room 406
Monday, May 3, 2004, 2:00 - 6:30pm
A Special Day of Avariz: A Tribute to Inalcik Program
2:00-3:15: Mehmet Ipsirli, Professor, Fatih University: "Some Observations on the Scholastic Community in Ottoman Medrese and Society" 3:30-4:45: Engin Akarli, Professor, Brown University: "Public Benefit (Maslaha) in Ottoman legal practice (1730-1840)"5:00-6:15: Huricihan Islamoglu, Professor, Boganzici University: "Re-writing the 19th Century History of the Ottoman Empire: Law and the Ottoman Modern State"Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University
Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 2:00 PM
Turcology as a science and Turkey as a country: Some historical and personal remarks on this duality
Gilles Veinstein, Professeur au Collège de France Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard University
Saturday, May 8, 7:00PM
A Concert of Classical Arab Music
The Ensemble of the Harvard Middle East Music Study Group Under the direction of Bassam Saba In a program of ensemble pieces and solo improvisations by Mr. Saba
Bassam Saba, the prominent nay player and multi-instrumentalist, performs and records with some of the leading artists in contemporary Arab music such as Fairuz, Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, and Simon Shaheen and Qantara, and has recently performed with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble.
Auditorium, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge Free Admission - Open to the Public
Thursday, May 20, 2004, 7:30 PM
Living in Iraq Before, During and After Saddam
Dr. Saad Shakir Tawfiq, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad Jefferson Lab 250 Sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Society of Arab Students, and Department of Physics
Thursday, May 1, 2003
Film Screening and Discussion with Sarah Chayes
Life After War
The struggle to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan is seen through the eyes of Center for Middle Eastern Studies alumna and former NPR war correspondent Sarah Chayes. Quitting her job in mid-career because she "was compelled to do more than just report," Chayes returned to Afghanistan as a humanitarian after the events of September 11, 2001. Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger follows Chayes in this unique and sometimes harrowing documentary as she battles rugged conditions, struggles with limited resources and eventually must confront an Afghan warlord to rebuild a small village destroyed by U.S. bombs in the battle for Kandahar.
CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Room 406 4:00-6:00 PM (Film and Discussion) Co-sponsored with Afghans for Civil Society
Sunday, April 20, 2003
Symposium on the New Turkish Cinema
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard 1:00 to 6:00 PM
1:00 to 1:45 Films and Tears: Turkish Pathos,Fatih Özgüven,Istanbul Bilgi University 1:45 to 2:30 Turkish Cinema: Our Imaginary Homeland? Deniz Derman, Bahcesehir University 2:30 to 3:15 Panel Discussion moderated by Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, Harvard University, with all four Symposium presenters, and Turkish Directors, Zeki Demirkubuz and Buket Alakus. 3:15 to 3:30 Break 3:30 to 4:15 Reflections on Turkish Cinema of the 1990s Övgü Gökçe,Istanbul Bilgi University 4:15 to 5:00 Travelling to the Orient via Europe: Transnational Perspectives on Turkish Cinema Deniz Göktürk, University of California, Berkeley 5:00 to 6:00 Panel Discussion (see 2:30 panel for details) Detailed Symposium Program with Abstracts of Presentations
Organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University in cooperation with the 2nd Boston Turkish Film Festival. Free and Open to the Public
Thursday, February 20, 2003
An Exercise in Methods
Dr. Baber Johansen Doyen of Western Specialists in Islamic Law CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Room 406 5:15 PM
Thursday, February 6, 2003
Prevailing Against International Terrorism The War in Afghanistan Ambassador Victor Jackovich Senior Civilian Advisor, US Military Command in Afghanistan; Former Ambassador to Bosnia & Slovenia CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Room 406 4:00-5:30 PM
Sunday, February 9, 4:00PM
A Concert of Classical Arab Music
The Ensemble of the Harvard Middle East Music Study Group Under the direction of Bassam Saba
Bassam Saba, the prominent nay player and multi-instrumentalist, performs and records with some of the leading artists in contemporary Arab music such as Fairuz, Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, and Simon Shaheen and Qantara, and has recently performed with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble.
Auditorium, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge Free Admission - Open to the Public
Friday, October 11, 2002
The Rhinoceros: Between Fairy Tale and Natural History
Dr. Syrinx von Hees, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn; Visiting Scholar, CMES CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Room 406 12:00 Noon
Tuesday October 15, 8:00 pm
A Turkish Classical Music Concert
REHA and SELMA SAGBAS: Two virtuosi from Istanbul in a recital of Ottoman Turkish classical music Sponsored by the Harvard Department of Music, the Archive of World Music of the Harvard College Library, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Tuesday, February 5
Arab-Israeli Peace Talks: What Went Wrong
Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum Co-hosted with the Center for Jewish Studies Thompson Room, The Barker Center 4 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13
The Making of Usama bin Laden
An In-Depth Look at the Politics of Saudi Arabia Joseph Teitelbaum, Tel Aviv University Coolidge Hall, Room 510 12:30-2 p.m.
Friday, February 22
News From Kandahar/Qandahar
Ms. Sarah Chayes, Journalist Coolidge Hall, Room 510 12:00 Noon
Friday, March 21
Religion and Democracy in the Middle East
Bernard Lewis, Princeton UniversityCo-hosted with The Forum at the JFK School of Government
The Forum, Institute for Politics, JFK School of Government 6 p.m.
Wednesday, April 24
Harry Potter in the Gulf: Contemporary Islam and the Occult
Remke Kruk, Professor, Leiden University; Visiting Scholar, NELC, Harvard University Coolidge Hall, Room 14:00-6:00 PM
Friday, May 3
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Transformation of Persian Musicology
Azin Movahed, Yarshater Visiting Fellow; Professor of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran Coolidge Hall, Room 510 12:00 Noon
Thursday, May 23
Poetics of Islamic Historiography: Deconstructing
Tabari Boaz Shoshan, Associate Professor, Ben Gurion University, Israel; Visiting Scholar, CMES
A Theoretical And Practical Introduction To Ottoman/Turkish Music:
Six Lectures by Nilgun Dogrusoz, Assistant Professor, Turkish Music Conservatory, Istanbul Technical University Sema Vakf Fellow, CMES
October 30
Introduction: Modes (Makam) and Rhythmic Patterns (Usul)
November 6
Melodic Direction (Seyir) and Modulation (Geçki)
November 13
Improvisational Forms: Instrumental (Taksim) and Vocal (Gazel)
November 27
Turkish Suite (Fasil): Vocal/Song Forms (Sarki and Beste)
December 4
Instrumental Forms: Prelude (Pesrev) and Postlude (Sazsemai)
December 11
Sufi Music in Mevlevi Order
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