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    Alwaleed bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies 

    Bringing world-class experts on topics ranging from Islamic law and theology to contemporary politics and Islam in America and West Africa to Harvard

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    Fall 2023 Courses

    Explore courses related to Islam and the Muslim world offered this fall

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    Climate Change and Muslim Societies

    A hybrid series exploring the impacts of a changing climate on Muslim societies with scholars and practitioners from a range of fields. 

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    History of Islamic Studies at Harvard

    An Interactive Timeline

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  • Harvard Islamica Podcast

    Exploring topics related to the scholarly study of Islam and Muslim societies at Harvard and beyond

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  • Thesis Prize 2022 Winners

    Undergraduate and Doctoral Thesis Prizes

    Congratulations to Farah Afify and Dr. Janan

    Delgado, winners of the 2022 Alwaleed Bin Talal Thesis Prizes!

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    Research Methods in Islamic Studies

    A workshop series designed to support the research of Harvard students, faculty and visiting fellows

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The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University is dedicated to furthering the scholarly study of Islam and the Muslim world on an interdisciplinary, global basis.

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Gulru Necipoglu Freer Medal

Professor Gülru Necipoğlu Awarded Prestigious 2023 Freer Medal

November 14, 2023

Named for the National Museum of Asian Art’s founder, Charles Lang Freer, the medal has been awarded since its inauguration in 1956. The Freer Medal honors people who, over the course of a career, have contributed in a substantial way to the understanding of the arts of Asia. In 2023, as part of the Museum’s centennial celebrations, the Charles Lang Freer Medal was awarded to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department, for her lifetime of work in the arts of the...

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Past Events

2024 Mar 27

Film Screening and Q & A: "Two Poets and a River"

6:00pm to 7:45pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums

This event is hosted by the Harvard Art Museums and co-sponsored by the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program 

This event does not require registration; see further details below.

Join us for a screening of the documentary film Two Poets and a River. The film explores the lives and musical poetry of the two most prominent and innovative Wakhi musicians in Central and South Asia: Qurbonsho in Tajikistan and...

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2024 Mar 19

Seminar: "Islam and Buddhism: Observations from an Emerging Field" by Anna Akasoy

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South S050 Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room

Anna Akasoy, Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, Graduate Center, CUNY

Co-sponsors: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies

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Promoting Scholarship

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Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies

Bringing experts from an array of fields within Islamic studies to Harvard.

 

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Faculty Research Grants

Supporting the cutting-edge research of Harvard’s early-career faculty in Islamic studies

 

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Alwaleed Bin Talal Thesis Prizes

Recognizing undergraduate and doctoral students who make original contributions to current scholarly discourse on Islam and Muslim societies, past and present.

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Research Methods Workshop

A workshop series that allows Harvard students, faculty and visiting fellows to develop skills to enhance their Islamic studies research.