Academic Year 2007-2008: Recent Roundtables

Iraq in the Light of Population Movement
April 22, 2008, 5:30-7:00PM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 7th Floor
Speaker: Noah Feldman, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Part of the Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration, organized by the Inter-University Committee on International Migration and cosponsored by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies and the Tufts University Department of History
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Voices of Moderate Palestinian Youth Leaders
April 22, 2008, 5:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Moderator: Eileen F. Babbitt, Professor of International Conflict Management Practice, The Fletcher School
Speakers: Mohammed Zaid Al-Kilany, Ahmad Omeir, Linda Abu Elhalaweh, Yazan Alnabulsi, Su'ad Soboh, Amani Samara, Ruwwad Youth Corps, Palestine
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Byzantium and Armenia: The Larger Picture
April 2, 2008, 7:30PM
ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center
Speaker: Helen C. Evans, Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cosponsored by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University Department of Art History, Department of History, Department of Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of Massachusetts), and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education

The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next After Iraq?: A Student Colloquium
March 29, 2008, 9:00AM-12:00PM
ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center
Cosponsored by Tufts University International Relations Program, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education
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The Question of Gaza: Student Discussion
March 12, 2008, 12:30PM - 2:00PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Moderator: Eileen Babbitt, Professor of International Conflict Management Practice and Director of the International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Club, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

The Arabesque Music Ensemble
March 4, 2008, 8:00PM
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center
Cosponsored by the Tufts University Department of Music, Department of International Relations, Office of the Provost, The Pathways Project, and The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies; Supported by the Tufts Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Diversity Fund
Performance: Al-Fursan at-Talatha (The Music of the Three Musketeers), including music by Zakariyya Ahmad, Muhammad al-Qasabji, and Riyad al-Sunbati. Reserve free tickets by calling the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679.
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Lebanon: The Elusive Presidential Elections
February 20, 2008, 12:30PM-2:00PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Moderator: Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; Associate Director of Business Programs, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Speakers: Tarek Zeidan (MALD '09) and Alain Hasrouny (MALD '09)

Recent Issues in Pakistan: Student Discussion
February 4, 2008 7:00PM
Lincoln-Filene, Room 202
Organized by the South Asian Political Action Committee, Tufts University
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The Regional Politics of Turkey
December 12, 2007, 12:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Speaker: Ambassador Altay Cengizer, Fellow, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Rebellion, Myth-Making, and Nation Building:
Lebanon from an Ottoman Mountain Iltizam to a Nation-State
December 3, 2007, 5:00-6:00PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Cosponsored by The Middle Eastern Studies Program, Tufts University
Speaker: Abdul-Rahim Abu-Husayn, Professor of History, American University of Beirut; Visiting Scholar, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
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Three Tales of Horror: The Demons and Inner Hatreds of Early Turkish Nationalism
November 28, 2007, 12:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Speaker: Halil Berktay, Associate Professor of History, Sabanci University, Istanbul; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle East Studies, Harvard University
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Lebanon after the Summer 2006 War: Student Research with Discussion
November 5, 2007, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Moderator: Abdul-Rahim Abu-Husayn, Professor of History, American University of Beirut; Visiting Scholar, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Speakers: Nancy Henry, Tim Fitzsimons, and Nicki Sobecki, New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP), Tufts University
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A Modern Spice Market: Exploring MENASA Cross-Border Trade and Finance
October 25, 2007, 11:30AM-1:30PM
7th Floor, Cabot Intercultural Center
Cosponsored by The Fletcher School International Business Program
Speaker: Tariq Jawad, Director of Investment Banking, Rodman & Renshaw
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First Annual Tufts Leadership Forum
October 16, 2007, 4:30PM-6:30PM
ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center
Organized by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, cosponsored in part by the Fares Center
Speaker: Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Publisher and Chairman of The New York Times Company
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Reflections on the Modern Middle East
Seminar date: September 19, 2007, 3:20PM-5:20PM
Mugar 200, Cabot Intercultural Center, Tufts University - Medford, MA
Speaker: Nazik Yared, Author, Secularism and the Arab World: (1850-1939)
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Writing in the Language of the Other
Seminar date: September 17, 2007, 10:30AM-11:45AM
Granoff Family Hillel Center, Tufts University - Medford, MA
Co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to New England, Tufts University Judaic Studies Program, Tufts University Middle Eastern Studies Program, and Tufts Hillel
Speaker: Sami Michael, Israeli author and civil rights advocate