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CMES Special Events

Unless specifically noted, all CMES events are free and open to the public.
questions? contact cmes@yale.edu

December 9–10, 2011
Al-Ghazali and His Influence. A Workshop on the Occasion of the 900th Anniversary of His Death in 1111
Room 203
34 Hillhouse Ave
Yale University, New Haven, CT


October 21 & 22, 2011 at 7:00pm
Mesopotamia
WHC Auditorium
53 Wall St
Yale University, New Haven, CT


September 26–December 16, 2011
Gertrude Bell in Mesopotamia: Archaeologist, Arabist, Diplomat, Spy
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall St
Yale University, New Haven, CT


April 11, 2011
Water and Middle East Peace, Challenges and Opportunities
Room 202
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT


March 23, 2011
Life at the Margins of Iranian Society: A Special Documentary Screening of The Glass House and Panel Discussion on Gender, Health, and Poverty in Iran
Auditorium and Room 203
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT


February 28, 2011
Tense Tehran 2009, Critical Cairo 2011: Social Unrest and Popular Revolt in the Middle East
Room 202
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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February 8, 2011
Teach In: Current Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa
Levinson Auditorium
Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street

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January 13, 2011
American Muslims and Rising Challenges… The Perspective of A Muslim Leader
Luce Hall Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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September 18, 2009
Islam and the Biotechnologies of Human Life
Luce Hall Auditorium
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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September 24 - 27, 2009
Medical Anthropology at the Intersections:
Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity
An International Conference of the Society for Medical Anthropology
of the American Anthropological Association
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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September 1 - December 12, 2009
Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World
on display at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT

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February 23, 2009
Turkey Decoded
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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February 20 - 22, 2009
The Politics of Dissent in North Africa
Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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January 30 - 31, 2009
Rethinking Development: Societal Transformations
and the Challenges of Governance
Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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October 24 - 26, 2008
Societal Transformations and the Challenges of Governance
in Africa and the Middle East
Washington, DC

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September 26 - 27, 2008
Reconfiguring a Region
Opportunities and Challenges in the Middle East
Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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