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Events

The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies organizes and sponsors public lectures, conferences, and roundtables that enhance its commitment to interdisciplinary analysis by showcasing a diversity of voices both within and outside the region. Additionally, in an effort to connect scholars and students with complementary programming at other institutions, the Fares Center tracks related symposia and workshops that are held at centers of learning throughout the United States and abroad.

Upcoming Events

Please check back soon for a listing of upcoming events.

Recent Events:

Conference: The Legacy of Kamal Salibi
Friday, April 20, 2012, 8:45 AM–6:15 PM
Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall
Conference Schedule & Video Coverage

A Conversation with Leila Ahmed about her recent book, "A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America"
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Leila Ahmed, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
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Two Women's Lives in the Great War
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Joyce Barsam, Vice President and Trustee, The Tavitian Foundation; Member, Board of Overseers, The Fletcher School
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The Economic Consequences of the North African Spring: What Model after the Demise of the Washington Consensus? Will Politics Derail Economics?
Wed., April 11, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Francis Ghilès, Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
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Power Sharing in the Middle East and the Ottoman Legacy
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow of the Middle East Program at Chatham House, United Kingdom
Lecture Summary |  Watch the Video

Talking About A Revolution: The Uprisings in North Africa One Year Later
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: William Lawrence, North Africa Director for International Crisis Group
Lecture Summary |  Watch the Video

Whither Israeli Democracy?
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:30-2:00 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: David Kretzmer, Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor of Law at the Sapir Academic College, Israel
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Is the Revolution Here Yet? Assessing the 2011 Upheaval in the Middle East
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 5:30 PM
7th floor, Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University
Speaker: Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Boston University
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The Riddle of Iran's Nuclear Program
Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 12:30 PM
Chase Center, Tufts University
Speaker: Roger Cohen, New York Times and International Herald Tribune columnist
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary

Student Panel: Interning in the Middle East
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Lecture Summary

Israel: Social Revolution and Regional Isolation
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 5:30 PM
Mugar 200, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Speaker: Joel S. Migdal, Director, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near & Middle East Studies; Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary |  Watch the Video |  Watch the Q & A

The Arab Spring and the One-State Solution in Israel/Palestine
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 5:30 PM
7th floor, Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University
Speaker: Leila Farsakh, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Boston
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary |  Watch the Video

The Arab Revolution as a Second Renaissance
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 12:30 PM
Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speakers: Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
Moderated by: Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School, Associate Director, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary |  Watch the Video

How has the Arab Spring Affected Yemen and the Gulf?
Monday, November 7, 2011, 12:30 PM
Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speakers: Rashid Al Dhaheri, Hazim El Eryani, Muhannad Al-Suwaidan, Stephen Monroe, and Danya Qattan
Chaired by: Ambassador William A. Rugh, Fares Center Visiting Scholar
Forum summary |  Watch the Video

Syria and its Neighbors after the "Arab Spring"
Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:30 PM
Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speakers: Yerevan Saeed (MALD '13), Sybil Ottenstein (MALD '13),
Firas Said (Tufts '12), Malek Nehlawi (Tufts '12), and Bader N. Abu-Eid (Tufts '13)
Chaired by: Ambassador William A. Rugh, Fares Center Visiting Scholar
Forum summary

Understanding Contemporary Turkey
Monday, October 17, 2011, 12:30 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Feroz Ahmad, Professor and Chair, History Department, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary

The New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
October 13-14, 2011
Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University, Medford Campus
An international conference hosted by the Fares Center
Conference Schedule & Video Coverage

Is Tribalism Still Relevant in the United Arab Emirates?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 5:15 PM
Boston College, Boston Forum on the Middle East
(co-sponsored by the Fares Center)
Speaker: Andrea Rugh, Adjunct Scholar, the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary

Israel and Palestine After the Events in the Mideast and the UN
October 3, 2011 12:30 PM
Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speakers: Amit Paz (Tufts ’11), Tamara Masri (Tufts ’14), Munir Atalla (Tufts ’15), and Eric Raffoul (Tufts ’12)
Chaired by: Ambassador William A. Rugh, Fares Center Visiting Scholar
Lecture summary

The Economic and Financial Consequences of the Arab Spring
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:30 PM
The Fares Center Conference Room (Mugar 129), Tufts University
Speaker: Raed Charafeddine, First Vice-Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary

Libya: Lessons & Prospects
Monday, September 19, 2011, 12:30 PM
7th floor, Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University
Chaired by: William Rugh and Ibrahim Warde
Lecture Summary  |  Watch the Video |  Watch the Q & A

The Robustness of Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Lessons of the Arab Spring
Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 5:30 PM
7th floor, Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University
Speaker: Eva Bellin, Myra & Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Speaker Biography & Lecture Summary | Watch the Video |  Watch the Q & A