EVENTS
The Middle East Initiative hosts events on the Harvard campus with the dual objective of familiarizing the community with topics concerning the Middle East and creating the space for conversations about those topics. All events are free and open to the public.
Statements and views expressed during events are solely those of the speaker and do not imply endorsement by Harvard University, the Kennedy School of Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, or the Middle East Initiative.
Syria's "Endless" Nightmare: Humanitarian and Political Consequences
Panel Discussion
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
May 6, 2013
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A panel discussion addressing the latest developments in the Syrian crisis from a report back of the Syria Working Group.
Photo Credit: Ellis Goldberg
Dr. Ellis Goldberg, "Sectarian Violence: The Third Rail of Egyptian Politics"
Luncheon
RSVP required - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
May 1, 2013
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A luncheon with Dr. Ellis Goldberg, Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy Doctrine After the Arab Awakening
Seminar
Open to the Public - Wiener Auditorium
April 25, 2013
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A public address by His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Energy and the Arab Awakening: A View from Riyadh
Panel Discussion
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
April 25, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A panel discussion with distinguished experts from Saudi Arabia on the Kingdom's policies in the Middle East, as seen through the prisms of energy and financial security.
Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Geoffrey Aronson: "U.S. Policy in a Time of Transition"
Seminar
Open to the Public - CGIS North Room K262
April 18, 2013
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A conversation with Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Vice Chair, Hills & Company, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1997-2000, and U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan and Israel; and Geoffrey Aronson, Director of Research and Publications, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Washington, DC.
CANCELLED: Arab Transitions: The Missing Development Piece
Brown Bag Lunch
Closed to the Public - Weil Hall
April 12, 2013
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A brown-bag lunch with Hedi Larbi, Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank.
Book Talk: Brokers of Deceit
Lecture
Open to the Public - Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
April 10, 2013
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A conversation with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, about his new book.
The Next War? Iran, Israel and the U.S. at the Crossroads
Seminar
Open to the Public - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
April 4, 2013
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A conversation with Reza Aslan, founder of AslanMedia.com, an online journal for news and entertainment about the Middle East and the world.
Egypt: A Look to the Future
Seminar
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
April 3, 2013
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A conversation with His Excellency Mohamed M. Tawfik, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States.
Iran's Economy Under Sanctions
Lecture
Open to the Public - Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
March 25, 2013
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Related Project: Middle East Initiative
A conversation with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution.
