Mapping Tunisia in Mediterranean Studies:
Approaches to Research and Professional Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences`

Monday & Tuesday 9 & 10 March
Tunisia Office Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University
Immeuble Slim, Rue de l’Euro,
Les jardins du Lac II, Tunis

The Tunisia Office of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, in collaboration with the The Mediterranean Seminar are pleased to announce a forthcoming academic workshop: “Mapping Tunisia in Mediterranean Studies: Approaches to Research and Professional Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

In this workshop,
Prof. Julia Clancy-Smith, Professor of History at the University of Arizona, 
Prof. Brian A. Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder,
Prof. William Granara, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
offered talks and conducted discussions around the field of Mediterranean Studies, with a specific focus on Tunisia.

The second-day sessions of this workshops dedicated to methodology of research and professional development in the scholarly field of Mediterranean Humanities. Graduate students and aspiring scholars who are interested in participating to these sessions participated in professionalization workshops aimed at helping them integrate with North American academic culture.

 Workshop Schedule:
Monday, March 9 ll 5:00-7:30 PM 
[OPEN TO PUBLIC, ADMISSION FREE]
Lecture by Professor Julia Clancy-Smith, Professor of History at the University of Arizona
Spring Equinox in Tunisia: Wrecks, People, and Things in the Sea: Or, How to Do Mediterranean Studies?
Introductory talk by Professor William Granara, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University

Tuesday, March 10 ll 9:00AM to 5:00 PM
[ON APPLICATION ONLY]
Mediterranean Studies: Practice and Profession
Morning Session
10:15 - 11:15: Brian A. Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Mediterranean Studies: Why and How
11:30 - 12:30: Discussion around Participant’s Abstracts
Afternoon Session
Moderated by Prof. Brian Catlos with William Granara and Julia Clancy-Smith
14:00 -15:30:  The Scholarly Profession in North America, Writing an Academic CV, Applying for Grants and Jobs
16:00 -16:30: Conferences and Meetings