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Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb Publishes New Book on North African Ash'ari Theologian, al-Sanūsī
Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb has recently published a new book as part of the Great Medieval Thinkers series of Oxford University Press. Al-Sanūsī (2026) examines the life, works, and intellectual world of Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Sanūsī (1436–1490), a major...
Alwaleed Program Director, Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb, Elected to Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb was one of eight scholars from Harvard elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor El-Rouayheb is James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and Islamic Intellectual History in the Department of Near Eastern...
Professor Malika Zeghal's recent book named AAR Book Award Finalist
The recent book by Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024) was a...
Events
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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
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...
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
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
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)
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...
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
RSVP Here Rosabel Ansari, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Seminar: Editing Early Sufism: From Manuscript Discovery to Digital Corpus by Riccardo Paredi
March 12, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Emerson 305
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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
RSVP Here Mariam Sheibani, Assistant Professor of Islamic thought, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Workshop: Library Resources for Islamic Studies
October 31, 2025
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9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
The Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program presents: Library Resources for Islamic Studies Workshop Friday, October 31, 2025 | 9am-12pm | Lamont B30 Speakers Sarah DeMott , Lamont Library Michael Hopper , Widener Library Ramona Crawford , Widener...
Past Events
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
|
Sever 213
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
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)
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
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
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
RSVP Here Rosabel Ansari, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations