Week of February 2, 2026

Picking Up the Pieces in Post-Conflict Syria: A Discussion of Social and Urban Challenges

Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 5-6:30pm / CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

Lina Chawaf, Fellow, CMES; Fellow, Grubstreet, Memoire Generator; Fellow, Tufts University. Anas Soufan, Associate, CMES; Visiting Professor of Architecture and Historic Conservation, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Coordinator, Ancient Aleppo Recovery Master Plan; Artist, Maison des Artistes, Paris

Contact: Liz Flanagan

HRANT DINK MEMORIAL LECTURE

The Future as Memorial: Commemorating Hrant Dink

Thursday, February 12, 2026 / 5-7pm / CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

The Friends of Hrant Dink are pleased to present the Annual Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture with Delal Dink, Director, Hrant Dink Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey

Contact: Liz Flanagan

• February 4: Real Estate in the Middle East? Capitalist Territoriality and Imperial Statecraft in French Syria, 1918-1923 (Harvard International and Global History Seminar)
• February 5: Grecia Illustrata: Early Modern Visions of Ottoman Greece (History of the Book, MHC)

• February 4: Museum Politics in the Gulf: Celebrating the Publication of "Art Capital" (Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University)

• Job Opening: Program Coordinator (Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University)