"The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa”

Speaker:

Malika Zeghal, Faculty Associate. Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

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A Discussion:  “Israel’s Third Transformation: Electoral Politics and the Future of the State”
 

PLEASE NOTE: This event is open to Harvard ID holders only.
 

Speakers:

Derek Penslar, Faculty Associate. William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Department of History; Director, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University.

Shaul Magid, Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College; Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School.

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"Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order"

Speakers:

Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University; Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University.

Atila Eralp, Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Member of the Mercator-Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) International Advisory Council (2019-2023), International Advisory Council.

Fuat Keyman, Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University; Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Social Impact, Sabanci University; Director, Istanbul Policy Center.

Andrew O'Donohue, Graduate Student Affiliate. PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"War, Ambitions, and Actualities in the Energy Theater of the Middle East and Beyond"

Speaker:

Paul F Saba, International Energy Lawyer.... Read more about Middle East Seminar (In Person)

"Iranian Nationalism and the Different Shades of Internal Colonialism: Kurds and Other non-Persian Minorities"

Speaker:

Ahmad Mohammadpour, Assistant Professor of Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations, Department of Sociology, Bentley University; MESA Global Academy Scholar, 2020-2021.... Read more about Middle East Seminar (In Person)

“Living Together After ‘Ethnic’ Violence: Preliminary Insights from Bosnia and Lebanon”

Speakers:

Melani Cammett, Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Mashail Malik, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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Please note: This event has been postponed.

“The Israeli Protest Movement: Is 'Jewish and Democratic' Really Possible?”: A conversation with Dr. Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar

Speakers:

Shaul Magid, Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College; Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Harvard University.

Derek Penslar, Faculty Associate. William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Department of History; Director, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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"Examining Iran’s Domestic and Foreign Relations: From Achievements and Limitations of the Protest Movement to the Saudi-Iranian Agreement"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speakers:

Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, CEO, Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy; former member of the Iranian Parliament.

Discussant:

Stephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University; author, All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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"A Reappraisal of the Nineteenth Century Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia: The Making of the 1857 Security Pact and its Legacies"

Speaker:

Malika Zeghal, Faculty Associate. Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Kristen A. Stilt, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Animal Law & Policy; Director, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, Harvard Law School.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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“Decolonizing Israel: The Potential Contribution of the Palestinian Citizens”

Speaker:

Nadim Rouhana, Professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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“American Public Views Towards the Middle East: The Political Psychology of Racialization”

Speaker:

Karam Dana, Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research, University of Washington Bothell.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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“Elections, electoral integrity, and democracy in contemporary Turkey: Light at the end of the tunnel?”

Speaker:

Emre Toros, Professor of Political Science; Dean, Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Visiting Scholar (Spring 2023), Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Ali Çarkoğlu, Professor of Political Science, Koç University, Istanbul.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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"Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production"

Speaker:

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology—Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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“Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent”

Speaker:

Jillian Schwedler, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Crown Center, Brandeis University.

Discussant: 

Molly Hickey, Graduate Student Affiliate. PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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Please note: This event has been rescheduled for March 30, 2023.

"Jerusalem: Examining Settler Colonialism and Undoing Colonial Knowledge Production"

Speaker:

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Institute of Criminology—Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu

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