Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

Our Keynote Panel on, “The Middle East in the US Campus and Implications for Knowledge Production and Free Speech” is happening now!

You are invited to attend the Fares Center International Conference 2024: "The Middle East in the U.S. and the U.S. in the Middle East," happening from April 18-19th!

With over 15 guest speakers who are experts in the field, you are not going to want to miss this.

Learn more and register for the conference here: https://sites.tufts.edu/faresinternationalconference/

Please join the Fares Center on Wednesday, April 10th at 12:00 pm for a talk and Q&A on Regional Repercussions of the War on Gaza: The Role of Iran with Professor Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

RSVP here: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=2136289

Join the Fares Center on Wednesday March 13th at 12 pm for a talk and Q&A on The UN’s role in conflict-induced displacement in the Middle East: a norm entrepreneur or a pragmatic actor? with Professor Tamirace Fakhoury.

RSVP Here: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=2136220

On Wednesday, January 31st, Professors Tom Dannenbaum and Alex deWaal discussed the issue of mass starvation and the repercussions of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) provisional measures order on Gaza.

To learn more, you can check out the summary and recording of the event on our website, https://sites.tufts.edu/farescenter/ .

Please join the Fares Center on Wednesday, February 28th at 12:00 pm for a talk and Q&A on Western Sahara with Professor Jacob Mundy, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Colgate University.

RSVP here: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=2136153

Join the Fares Center on Thursday, February 15th at 12 pm to learn more about funding opportunities available for students.

Specifically, the Fares Summer Fellowships, which provide funding for research or internships done during the summer, and the Robinson Fund Fellowship, which provides a full-tuition scholarship.

RSVP here: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=2136118

Tomorrow's event is now titled, "Mass Starvation and Repercussions of the ICJ’s Provisional Measures Order on Gaza" and will be held in Cabot 702.

Attend in-person: http://tinyurl.com/mszut2v8
Attend virtually: http://tinyurl.com/dhwesny7

On 1/31, the Fares Center will host a talk and Q&A on Mass starvation as a war strategy: Observations from Gaza and elsewhere with Professor Alex de Waal and Professor Tom Dannenbaum

RSVP on MyFletcher: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=2136076

Zoom: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpceCprjIoG9Vk_AfAOq6ujkygueMDmg4- #/registration

Join the Fares Center for a talk and Q&A with acclaimed novelist Suad Amiry, on Tuesday, December 12th at 4 p.m.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRDp6CmRppJ-VwRQhlViVsW3RLMJXkbXN3V5m4tVid925NzQ/viewform

Join the Fares Center on Tuesday, November 28th for a talk and Q&A on Popular religiosity and the demise of the Arab Jew: The Festival of Simon the Just with Professor Salim Tamari, Fares Visiting Fellow.

To attend in-person, register on MyFletcher: https://cglink.me/2dk/r2135918

On 10/31, join the Murrow Center and the Fares Center for a talk and Q&A on Israel/Palestine with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.

Attend in-person: https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/MrwCtr/rsvp_boot?id=2135748

Attend virtually: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpfuqsrjguH9dcoztBvKOJut08v1DyFjxI #/registration