Crown Junior Research Fellow Kerem Uşşaklı reflects on why #Iraq ’s 2025 elections matter. Join us 11/12 at 11 AM for our next Crown Seminar with Profs. Alissa Walter & Marsin Alshamary. Register now: brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us in person & online for a conversation with @valinasr.bsky.social & @safiraleaf.bsky.social, moderated by @naghmehs.bsky.social, to mark the publication of Nasr’s latest book, "Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History."

Oct. 30 | 4:30–6 pm | Rapaporte Treasure Hall & Online: bit.ly/4nH3l5O

Prof. Naghmeh Sohrabi reflects on a pivotal moment in #US – #Iran relations & how history reminds us they could have taken a different path. Register for our next Crown Seminar, Oct. 30, 4:30 PM, with @naghmehs.bsky.social, @valinasr.bsky.social of @jhu.edu, & @safiraleaf.bsky.social: bit.ly/4nH3l5O

Shai Feldman, Raymond Frankel Professor in Israeli Politics & Society, & Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, discuss what to watch as the #Gaza #Ceasefire Agreement takes hold. Full conversation coming soon on YouTube. #Israel #Hamas

UPCOMING SEMINAR: Join us in person & online for a conversation with @valinasr.bsky.social of @jhu.edu & @safiraleaf.bsky.social, moderated by @naghmehs.bsky.social, on U.S.– #Iran relations, #nuclear diplomacy, & regional stability on Oct. 30, at 4:30 PM. Register now: bit.ly/4nH3l5O

Hear from Shai Feldman, Raymond Frankel Prof. in Israeli Politics & Society, Crown founding director, & author of our latest Middle East Brief, on the converging crises that led to one of the largest protests in Israel's history: brandeis.edu/crown/public... | #gaza #middleeast #israel

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies invites you to our exciting lineup of in-person and virtual events this fall. Save the dates and register for virtual attendance! www.brandeis.edu/crown/events...

@valinasr.bsky.social @safiraleaf.bsky.social | #iran #iraq #gaza #middleeast

With continuing economic sanctions & deepening diplomatic isolation, what outlets does #Iran have to the global economy? Watch Henry J. Leir Professor of the Economics of the Middle East Nader Habibi's recent segment on Iran's international trade under sanctions with @aljazeeraa.bsky.social:

All recordings of our 20th Anniversary Symposium are now available! Watch the keynote address and panels on the future of the #MiddleEast on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The #MiddleEast is at a turning point. Join us for our 20th anniversary on April 23–24 as we bring together the voices shaping how we think about the region—today & tomorrow. Full schedule & registration: www.brandeis.edu/crown/events... @kahal.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social @danamir.bsky.social

From political engagement to regional cooperation, there's more happening than the headlines tell us. What makes you feel optimistic about the #MiddleEast? Join us at our 20th Anniversary Symposium on April 23-24: www.brandeis.edu/crown/events... | #Hope #Brandeis

What stories are we missing on #migration in the #MiddleEast? Join us as Crown experts discuss the future of migration, #displacement, and #diaspora at our 20th Anniversary Symposium on April 23–24.

📍In person+virtual
🔗 Full lineup+registration: www.brandeis.edu/crown/events... | #Brandeis

What challenges & opportunities are shaping the future of the #MiddleEast? Hear from Crown fellows Ian VanderMeulen, @danamir.bsky.social, & other Crown experts at our 20th anniversary symposium on April 23-24. What do you see as the biggest challenge? www.brandeis.edu/crown/events...

What will shape the future of the #MiddleEast? Join us for our 20th anniversary symposium on April 23 & 24. See our full slate of panels & register for virtual and in-person attendance: www.brandeis.edu/crown/events... | @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social #israel #palestine #syria #iran #egypt #iraq