Past Events

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Sep 30: Workshop on Arabic & Islamic Studies: John Zaleski
September 30, 2015
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5:30PM - 7:30PM EDT
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Semitic Museum 201
In Person
Discussion of a pre-circulated paper by John Zaleski. This Wednesday, Sept. 30, we will discuss a paper by John Zaleski called "There is No Monasticism in Islam": The Place of Rahbaniyyah and Celibacy in Ninth-Century Baghdadi Sufism (see below for...

Apr 27: NELC / Classics Seminar Series: Giusto Traina
April 27, 2015
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4:00PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Harvard Semitic Museum 201
In Person
Giusto Traina, Professor of Roman history in the Université Paris-Sorbonne and Senior Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France "Framing a marginal country in the Classical oikoumene: the case of Armenia in Strabo's Geography" Monday, April 27, 4:00...

Apr 16-17: Conference: The Thousand and One Nights
Apr. 16 - Apr 17, 2015
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12:00AM - 12:00AM EDT
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CGIS South (Apr 16) and William James Hall (Apr 17)
In Person
"The Thousand and One Nights: Sources, Transformations, and Relationship with Literature, the Arts and the Sciences" The Center for Middle Eastern Studies & Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) are pleased to present a...

Mar 06: Today's Middle East and Israel's Elections: What is at Stake?
March 6, 2015
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3:00PM - 4:30PM EST
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Emerson Hall 105, Harvard Yard
In Person
"Today's Middle East and Israel's Elections: What is at Stake?" Harvard Hillel's Second Riesman Forum on Politics and Policy with Ambassador Dennis Ross Friday, March 6th @ 3pm Emerson 105 Priority seating for Harvard ID holders Ambassador Dennis Ross -...

Mar 03: Yiddish Lecture Series: Samuel Spinner
March 3, 2015
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EST
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Harvard Semitic Museum 201
In Person
Yiddish Lecture Series Samuel Spinner, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yiddish Studies Department of German & Romance Languages & Literatures, The Johns Hopkins University Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Tea Time (event for NELC and CompLit graduate students): 2-3pm in Dana...

Feb 23 Yiddish Lecture Series: Naomi Seidman
February 23, 2015
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5:00PM - 7:00PM EST
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6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA. Room 201
In Person
Yiddish Lecture Series: Naomi Seidman Monday, February 23, 2015, Tea Time: 2-3pm in Dana-Palmer House Meeting Room, 16 Quincy Street Lecture: 5:00pm, Harvard Semitic Museum, Room 201 Naomi Seidman, Koret Professor of Jewish Culture and Director of the...

Feb 17: Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop
February 17, 2015
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Kresge Room, Barker Center
In Person
I'm pleased to announce that the Middle East Beyond Borders workshop will meet next Tuesday, February 17th, from 6-7:30 in the Kresge room. We will read and discuss Professor Kristen Stilt's paper "Constitutional Animals", abstract below. Professor Stilt...

Oct 06: Job talk - Persianist: Nasrin Askari (University of British Columbia)
October 6, 2014
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University presents: The Medieval Reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma: The Ardashīr Cycle as a Mirror for Princes Nasrin Askari Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of...

Sep 29: Job talk - Persianist: Daniel Sheffield (Princeton University)
September 29, 2014
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizationsat Harvard University presents: "On Translation and Toleration: Ā ẕ ar Kayv ā n and Universal Civility in the Early Modern Persianate World" Daniel Sheffield Link-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow...