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2005 – 2006

October 24, 2005
“Shari'a and Siyasa: the Development of Egyptian Law in the Nineteenth Century”
Khaled Fahmy, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Department at New York University.

2004 - 2005

March 2, 2005
“The Public and the Private in Middle East Culture”
Professor Sami Zubaida, Professor Emeritus of London University

FALL 2002

Saturday, October 12th, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
"Iraq Today and Tomorrow" 
A discussion Andrew Parasaliti, Office of Senator Chuck Hagel, Washington, DC Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, London; author of "A History of Iraq" (2000) Roger Owen, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Harvard Hall, Room 104

Tuesday, October 15th, 4:00-6:00 PM
"Iraqi Kurdistan: 2002"
Faleh Jabar, Research Fellow at School of Politics and Sociology, University of London Recently returned from a six-month stay in Kurdistan CMES, College House, 1430 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th floor

Thursday, October 17th, 5:00-7:00 PM
General discussion on Iraq 
Faleh Jabar, Research Fellow at School of Politics and Sociology, University of London 
Author of "Ayatollahs, Sufis and Ideologues: State, Religion and Social Movements in Iraq" (2002)

SPRING 2002

Tuesday, April 9th, 4:30 PM
"Extremists, Militants or Mujahidin: Identifying Rebels in Colonial Syria, 1925-26"
Professor Michael Provence, Southern Methodist University, Texas
Coolidge Hall, Room 510

Tuesday, April 23rd, 4:00 PM
"Egypt: The Political Generation of 1919"
Dr. James Whidden, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Coolidge Hall, Room 510

Friday, May 31st, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
"Algeria After 9/11"
Round Table Speakers include: Amine Khene, Jocelyne Cesari, Naoufel Brahimi & others