Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy & Herbert C. Kelman, Co-Chairs. Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
The Middle East Seminar meets Thursdays, 4:00–6:00 p.m., in the Bowie-Vernon Room (K262) at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1737 Cambridge St., unless otherwise indicated.
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- Middle East Seminar
- Date: September 16, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"American Policy and Afghan Realities: Problems and Prospects"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Barfield, Thomas
Professor of Anthropology, Boston University.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: October 14, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Do We Have a Chance for Peace this Time?"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Pines-Paz, Ophir
Resident, Fellow, Institute of Politics, JFK School of Government, Harvard University. Former Israeli Minister and Member of Parliament.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: October 28, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"New Rules of the Game: Common Ground Between Israel and Hamas"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Aronson, Geoffrey
Director, Foundation for Middle East Peace. Editor, Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: October 29, 2010
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K354
- This is open to the public.
"Muslim Attitudes to Jews and Israel"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Ma'oz, Moshe
Former Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center; Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Emeritus; Former Director, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World
- Date: November 4, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey, the U.S. and the Middle East"
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Seminar, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Martin, Lenore G.
- Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of
Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel
College.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: November 4, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey, the U.S. and the Middle East"
Co-sponsored by the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Martin, Lenore G.
- Associate. Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of
Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel
College.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: November 18, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Iran: Discourses of Repression and Reform"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Bakhash, Shaul
Clarence Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: February 3, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Toward a One-Country/Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Exercise in Strategic Optimism"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Speakers
- Kelman, Herbert C.
- Faculty Associate (emeritus). Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: February 17, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, WCFIA, Bowie-Vernon Room (K-262)
- This is open to the public.
“Prospects for Peace in the Middle East: A Syrian Perspective”
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Moustapha, Imad
Syrian Ambassador to the United States.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: March 4, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S050
- This is open to the public.
"Comparing the Middle East in 2011 and Europe in 1989: Nonviolence and Democratic Strategy"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Mallat, Chibli
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Visiting Professor of Islamic Legal Studies, Harvard Law School. Former presidential candidate, Lebanon.
- Middle East Seminar*
- Date: March 25, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S050
- This is open to the public.
"Are the Ottomans Coming Back? Turkey and the New Middle East"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
(*Please note special Friday date and CGIS South location.)
- Speakers
- Tamari, Salim
Visiting Arcapita Professor, Columbia University Middle East Institute. Director, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, and Professor of Sociology, Birzeit University.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: April 7, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"From Diyarbakir to Dohuk: The Political Limits of Kurdish Nationalism"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and by the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World.
- Speakers
- Marcus, Aliza
Author, "Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence."
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: April 21, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Is the Islamist Moment Over? The View from Egypt"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Masoud, Tarek
- Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: April 28, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Is an Equitable Resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict Feasible? The 'Geneva Initiative' Approach"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Shuval, Hillel
Advisor to the Geneva Initiative on Water Issues; Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
- Middle East Seminar
- Date: May 5, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"The Muslim Brotherhood: A Force for Moderation and Stability?"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Speakers
- Abu Sway, Mustafa
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Islamic Studies, Graduate Program in Contemporary Islamic Studies, College of Arts, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem.
