Diplomacy and International Politics

A seminar with Seth Anziska, Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations at University College London, on his recent book, Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo (Princeton University Press, 2018).

Moderated by Yael Berda, Gerard Weinstock Visiting Lecturer in Sociology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

A seminar with James Verini, Contributing Writer at the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic, on his forthcoming book, They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate (W.W. Norton  & Company, 2019).

Berend Diekmann and Hans-Helmut Kotz will examine the main conflicts in EU-US trade relations during the Trump Administration by focusing on their background and possibilities, as well as prospects for cooperative solutions. The seminar will be chaired by Karl Kaiser and a light lunch will be served at 12:00pm.

Location: Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall 

Co-sponsors: Center for European Studies and European Union Study Group

A seminar with Andrew March, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and MEI Non-resident Fellow on his recent book The Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought from Harvard University Press.

Reception to follow.

Co-sponsored by the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program and the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

Join the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and the Asia Center for a roundtable about "The Transatlantic Alliance in an increasingly non “Atlantic” world" with panelists Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Harvard University; Maria Adele Carrai, KU Leuven/Harvard University; Adam S. Posen, President, Peterson Institute (PIIE); Meicen Sun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Torrey Taussig, Harvard University / Brookings Institute; Vasilis Trigkas, Tsinghua University.

Co-sponsored by: Harvard University Asia Center and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School

An opportunity to learn more about the programs, projects, and scholarly community at the Middle East Initiative.

The American Repertory Theater welcomes you toStories From the Arab Spring: An Evening of Storytelling and Conversation inspired by similar live storytelling event, Palestinians, Live!, and A.R.T.’s current production, We Live in Cairo.

Storytellers include: Kal Naga, Hend Nafea, Daniel and Patrick Lazour, Lama El Homaïssi.

Anyone is welcome to attend this event, both those who have and have not attended a performance of We Live in Cairo. RSVPs requested. Refreshments and cash bar provided.

Co-sponsored by the American Repertory Theater.

A discussion with Leila Fadel, National Correspondent, NPR, as part of the We Live in Cairo Act II Series following the 2:00pm performance at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University.

Presented by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School.

The event will take place at A.R.T. (Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge).For tickets and more information, please contact A.R.T. Ticket Services at 617.547.8300.

A discussion with Nermin Allam, Assistant Professor of Politics at Rutgers University-Newark; and Vickie Langohr, Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross, as part of the We Live in Cairo Act II Series following the 2:00pm performance at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University.

Presented by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School.

The event will take place at A.R.T. (Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge).For tickets and more information, please contact A.R.T. Ticket Services at 617.547.8300.

A discussion with Soha Bayoumi, Allston Burr Resident Dean of Kirkland House, Assistant Dean of Harvard College, and Lecturer in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University; and Ahmed Ragab, Richard T. Watson Associate Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity School, Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Science, and Director of the Science, Religion and Culture Program at Harvard University, as part of the We Live in Cairo Act II Series following the 7:30pm performance at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University.

Presented by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School.

The event will take place at A.R.T. (Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge).For tickets and more information, please contact A.R.T. Ticket Services at 617.547.8300.