HIGHS: Harvard International and Global History Seminar

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Date and Time

February 4, 2026
03:45PM - 05:45PM EST

Location

Robinson Hall, History Department Conference Room (125)

35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Real Estate in the Middle East? - Capitalist Territoriality and Imperial Statecraft in French Syria, 1918–1923

Speaker

  • Adam Mestyan, Faculty Associate. Ford Foundation Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

Comment

  • Charles Maier, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History (emeritus). Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Emeritus, Department of History, Harvard University.

Chairs

  • David R. Armitage, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Department of History; Chair, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University.
  • Erez Manela, Acting Center Director (2025–2026); Director, Graduate Student Programs; Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact

Erez Manela
manela@fas.harvard.edu

For more information, please visit the seminar website.

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