Middle East Studies at Brown sponsors and helps to organize multiple events and lectures on campus. The Middle East Seminar Series features lectures and presentations on a diverse array of topics relevant to the region. The Brown Bag Series provides an interdisciplinary forum for faculty and advanced graduate students to present their research. The seminar series on Human Security in the Middle East, a particular area of concentration of the MES Program, focuses on the complex and multi-dimensional factors that shape the well-being of populations in the region. The MES program also hosts conferences and workshops and screens films produced by filmmakers in the region or related to the Middle East.
Important 2010 / 2011 Academic year events were:





















