Past Events

***Due to the focus on resources that require a Harvard ID, this workshop is open to Harvard-affiliates only. We hope non-Harvard affiliates will join us for events open to the public in the future! Presenters: Sarah DeMott Middle East Liaison and...

Christopher Rose, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at University of Texas at Austin Abstract: The “Spanish influenza” pandemic that struck Egypt in fall 1918 resulted in the death of eleven out of every one thousand people. The Egyptian public health...

Nükhet Varlık, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University - Newark and the University of South Carolina RSVP HERE

Jochen Sokoly Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Lecture Series is open to the public. For further information, call 617-495-2355 or...

Thursday, March 5, 2020 | Time 4:30-6:00pm| Fainsod Room (3rd Floor), Littauer Center, Harvard Kennedy School Daniel Philpott, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame Co-sponsor: The Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School

Amy Singer, Hassenfeld Chair in Islamic Studies and Professor of History, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of History Eski Cami, Bedesten, Rüstem Paşa Caravanserai, Edirne (1971) From the Machiel Kiel Photo Archive, NİT Istanbul. Abstract: Hekim...

Nicholas Boylston, College Fellow, Harvard University, will present his candidate lecture on Thursday, February 20, at 5:15 pm, in Room 117 of 60 Oxford Street. The title of his talk is "Quranic Exegesis Between Twelver Shi’ism and Sufism: Sayyid Ḥaydar...

Terenjit Sevea, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, will present his candidate lecture on Wednesday, February 12, at 5:15 pm, in Room 119 of 60 Oxford Street. The title of his talk is "Love, Sex and Guns: The Importance of being Malay and...

Mohsen Goudarzi, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, will present his candidate lecture on Tuesday, February 4, at 5:15 pm, in Room 117 of 60 Oxford Street. The title of his talk is “Promise, Punishment, and the Arc of History in the Qur'an.”...

Join the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program in welcoming Dr. Alicia Izharuddin for a lecture entitled, “Not Knowing Shame: Rehabilitating Shamelessness in Modern Malaysian Muslim-Malay Society.” This lecture is a part of the Harvard Divinity School Islamic...

Join the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program in welcoming Dr. Celene Ibrahim for a lecture entitled, "Vice and the Viceroy's Wife: Intersectional Analysis of a Qur'anic Temptress." This lecture is a part of the Harvard Divinity School Islamic Studies Faculty...