Past Events

Islamic(ate) Studies Research Methodology and Resources Workshop

October 30, 2026

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9:30AM - 12:30PM EDT

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CGIS South S250

In Person

Presenters: Himmet Taskomur (NELC & CMES) Michael Hopper (Harvard Library)

Seminar: "The Eloquent Tyrant: Speech and Empire in Umayyad Iraq under al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī, 694-714" by Pamela Klasova

October 27, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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CMES 102

In Person

RSVP Here Pamela Klasova, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago Co-sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Conference: Legacies of Misreading Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Bias in Islamic and Jewish Civilizations

October 19, 2026

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9:30AM - 5:00PM EDT

In Person

This event is at capacity. Please reach out to islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.

Islamic Studies Reception

October 5, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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S030 (Lee Gathering Room), CGIS South

In Person

Please join us to meet members of the Harvard community who work on Islam and Muslim societies across schools and departments.

Director's Series: Islamic Art as an Experience: The New Galleries in the Pergamon Museum Berlin

October 1, 2026

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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT

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485 Broadway Lower Lecture Hall

In Person

Stefan Weber, Director of the Museum for Islamic Art, Pergamon Museum in Berlin Co-sponsor: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

Seminar: "What’s Truth Got to Do With It? Logic as (Mere) Instrument in Philosophy of the Islamic World" by Peter Adamson

September 25, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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HMANE 201 (6 Divinity Ave)

In Person

RSVP Here Peter Adamson, Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy, LMU in Munich Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Abstract A commonplace of ancient Aristotelianism that passed into the Arabic tradition was that...

Jewish-Muslim Interrelations Series: "Power and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History" by Jessica Marglin

April 28, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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Sever 213

In Person

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Center for Jewish Studies present the Jewish-Muslim Interrelations Series Power and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 4-5:30pm | Sever 213 | RSVP...

Seminar: A Berber Sufi Scholar who Spoke Truth to Power in Arabic: The Remarkable Life of al-Hasan al-Yusi by Justin Stearns

April 22, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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CMES 102

In Person

A Berber Sufi Scholar who Spoke Truth to Power in Arabic: The Remarkable Life of al-Hasan al-Yusi (Bill Granara introducing) Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 4-5:30pm | CMES 102, 38 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 | RSVP Here Justin Stearns, Professor of...

Seminar: Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship and Technology in Colonial India by Amanda Lanzillo

April 16, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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Barker 133 (Plimpton Room)

In Person

RSVP Here Amanda Lanzillo, Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago Co-sponsors: Department of South Asian Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Mahindra Humanities Center Persian...

Manuscripts to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age by Sabine Schmidtke

April 2, 2026

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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT

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CGIS Knafel 262

In Person

Book Talk: "An Islamic Legal Philosophy: Ibn ʿAbd al-Salam and the Ethical Turn in Islamic Law" by Mariam Sheibani

April 1, 2026

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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

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CMES 102

In Person

RSVP Here Mariam Sheibani, Assistant Professor of Islamic thought, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Book Talk: "Language and Being in al-Fārābī: The Philosophy of Taškīk" by Rosabel Ansari

March 25, 2026

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4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT

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CMES 102

In Person

RSVP Here Rosabel Ansari, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations