Cancelled: The Traditional Arab City and Urban Modernization in the 19th and 20th centuries
November 18, 2008, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 7th Floor
Speaker: André Raymond, Professor Emeritus, Université de Provence, France
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Islamism in the Shadow of al-Qaeda
November 19, 2008, 5:30PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 7th Floor
Speaker: François Burgat, Director, Institut Français du Proche-Orient (IFPO)
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Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration: Iran and the Middle East
March 5-6, 2009
Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University, Medford Campus
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Amahl Bishara, Ayesha Jalal, Beatrice Manz,Ina Baghdiantz McCabe: “Orientalism Then and Now” (October 30, 2008). Read the Summary >

Iris Abraham, Erin Clancy, Emre Kayhan, Dahlia Shaham: "What is the Impact of the US Presidential Elections on the Middle East?" (October 21, 2008). Read the Summary >

Jean-Pierre Filiu: "Messianic Movements in Contemporary Islam" (October 15, 2008). Read the Summary >

Stanley Hoffmann: "Reflections on the Middle East in World Affairs" (October 8, 2008). Read the Summary | Watch the Video

Ambassador Charles F. Dunbar: "Is Petroleum the Mainspring of U.S. Policy in the Middle East?" The Fares Center Forum on U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy. (October 1, 2008). Read the Summary >

Ambassador George Lane: "When are U.S. Military Interventions in the Middle East Useful?" The Fares Center Forum on U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy. (September 23, 2008). Read the Summary >

Andrea B. Rugh: "The Resurgence of Tribalism in the Middle East and the Implications for Democracy" (September 17, 2008). Read the Summary | Watch the Video

"The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next after Iraq?" (March 27-28, 2008). Learn more