The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Rocco Rante
Archaeologist, Louvre Museum

This talk focuses on the dynamics of human occupations ensuing from water needs in the area of the Zerafšan delta. The recent geo-archaeological...

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Khaled Fahmy
Shawwaf Visiting Professor of Modern Middle East History, CMES; Professor of History, American University in Cairo

Khaled Fahmy is the Shawwaf Visiting Professor of Modern Middle Eastern Studies at...

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Seth Anziska
Assistant Professor, University College London; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Taub Center, New York University, 2016-2017

Dr. Anziska’s research is focused on the international history of...

In conjunction with an exhibition of her work, the CMES Middle East Forum presents a lecture and gallery talk with

Helen Zughaib
Artist

Helen Zughaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon, living mostly in the Middle East and Europe before coming...

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents

Jack Shenker
Journalist; author, The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

Khaled Fahmy...

The Office of Vice Provost for International Affairs, the Harvard International Office and the HLS Immigration and Refugee Clinic present

Executive Order Reaction - Town Hall Meeting

Members of the Harvard community who are affected by the orders, or who believe they may be affected, as well as other interested members of the Harvard community, are welcome to attend.  Please pass the word to all affected.

Hosted by Vice Provost Mark Elliott and the Office of the Vice Provost for...

Race, Representation, and Museums Lecture Series 

Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University

The official Chinese view of China’s history and national identity has been transformed in recent decades from a tale of revolutionary class struggle into a story of ancient and unbroken national and imperial glory. This shift can be discerned in both new and restored Chinese museums and memorial sites commemorating recent and past heroes. Magnus Fiskesjö will discuss the current boom in China’s “culture...

Speaker: 

Petra Moser, Associate Professor of, Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University.

Contact:

Gia Petrakis
gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu

Chairs:

Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
 
Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University...

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Speaker:

Justin Reeves, Postdoctoral Fellow, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University.

Moderator:

...

Economic History Workshop

Speaker: 

Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Gia Petrakis
gpetrakis@fas.harvard.edu
Chairs:

Eric Chaney, Faculty Associate. Assistant...

International Economics Workshop

A. Kerem Cosar, Associate Professor, University of Virginia

Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Contact: 

Cynthia Gomez 
Cgomez@fas.harvard.edu
Chairs:

Pol Antràs...

The Weatherhead Center invites you to its annual conference featuring senior thesis research presentations by its Undergraduate Associates. For full details, including the agenda and presentation abstracts, please visit the conference website at http://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/undergraduate_thesis.

Contact:

Clare Putnam
cputnam@wcfia.harvard.edu
(617) 495-9899

The Weatherhead Center invites you to its annual conference featuring senior thesis research presentations by its Undergraduate Associates. For full details, including the agenda and presentation abstracts, please visit the conference website at http://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/undergraduate_thesis.

Contact:

Clare Putnam
cputnam@wcfia.harvard.edu
(617) 495-9899

Turkey in the Modern World

Speaker:

Umit Kurt, Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

Chairs:

Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Faculty Associate. Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine,...

Thurs. October 26 (from 5-7 pm)
Fri. October 27 (9 am-5:30pm)

Conference: The Invention of Byzantine Studies in Early Modern Europe, Harvard University 26–27 October

A two-day international conference on the development of Byzantine scholarship in early modern Europe. The conference will feature a keynote address by Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and a range of papers on the art historical, historiographical, ethnographic...