# News & Events ## News & Events ![sd](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/aisp/files/arabic_graffiti_01.jpg?itok=k4Wi-hFp) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) ## News [### New Podcast: A Rūmī in the Lands of Shām: Life, Poetry, and Legacy of a Janissary-Turned-Poet Māmayya al-Rūmī | Dr. Hacı Osman Gündüz ](https://islamicstudies.harvard.edu/ep-20-rumi-in-sham-haci-osman-gunduz) June 23, 2026 ![Ozzy Gunduz](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Ozzy%20arch.jpg?itok=EkgF6cuc) [### Eid Mubarak! ](/news/2026/05/eid-mubarak) May 28, 2026 We at the Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program wish you and your loved ones a joyous Eid al-Adha! Khaled El-Rouayheb, Harry Bastermajian, and Meryum Kazmi ![Eid Mubarak](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Eid%20al-Adha%201447%20%282%29.jpg?h=cb83ff2f&itok=8A_WGIbl) [### 2026 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis in Islamic Studies Winner ](/news/2026/05/2026-alwaleed-bin-talal-undergraduate-thesis-islamic-studies-winner) May 15, 2026 After reviewing many excellent submissions, the Selection Committee has chosen Eva Frazier (Social Studies and EMR) as the winner of the 2026 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies for her thesis, “ Pacification and its... ![Gibb Room, Harvard Library](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/1.%20AIS%20collection%20_May%202024_25%20%281%29.jpg?itok=S9eI2x_X) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - 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6:30PM EDT | CGIS Knafel 262 In Person ![Sabine Schmidtke lecture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/HUIS_SSchmidtke_Pstr_r5.jpg?itok=c7WVDeAR) [### Seminar: A Berber Sufi Scholar who Spoke Truth to Power in Arabic: The Remarkable Life of al-Hasan al-Yusi by Justin Stearns ](/event/seminar-berber-sufi-scholar-who-spoke-truth-power-arabic-remarkable-life-al-hasan-al-yusi)April 22, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | 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... ![Justin Stearns seminar](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HUIS_JStearns_960_540.jpg?itok=dcX1idcA) [### Seminar: Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship and Technology in Colonial India by Amanda Lanzillo ](/event/seminar-pious-labor-islam-artisanship-and-technology-colonial-india-amanda-lanzillo)April 16, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | 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... ![Amanda Lanzillo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_ALanzillo_960_540.jpg?itok=hjaJVF9_) [### Book Talk: "Language and Being in al-Fārābī: The Philosophy of Taškīk" by Rosabel Ansari ](/event/book-talk-language-and-being-al-farabi-philosophy-taskik-rosabel-ansari)March 25, 2026 | 4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT | CMES 102 In Person RSVP Here Rosabel Ansari, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![Rosabel Ansari book talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_RAnsari_960_540_REV.jpg?itok=WOBc8gJP) [### Seminar: Editing Early Sufism: From Manuscript Discovery to Digital Corpus by Riccardo Paredi ](/event/seminar-editing-early-sufism-manuscript-discovery-digital-corpus-riccardo-paredi)March 12, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | Emerson 305 In Person RSVP Here ![Riccardo Paredi seminar](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/HUIS_RParedi_960_540.jpg?itok=OrWb22iX) [### Book Talk: "An Islamic Legal Philosophy: Ibn ʿAbd al-Salam and the Ethical Turn in Islamic Law" by Mariam Sheibani ](/event/book-talk-islamic-legal-philosophy-ibn-abd-al-salam-and-ethical-turn-islamic-law-mariam)April 1, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | CMES 102 In Person RSVP Here Mariam Sheibani, Assistant Professor of Islamic thought, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![Mariam Sheibani Book Talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_MSheibani_960_540.jpg?itok=5RBG-2mT) [### Workshop: Library Resources for Islamic Studies ](/fall25workshop)October 31, 2025 | 9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT In Person 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... ![Gibb Room, Harvard Library](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/1.%20AIS%20collection%20_May%202024_25%20%281%29.jpg?itok=S9eI2x_X) Show morerefresh [ View all events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) ## Past Events [### Jewish-Muslim Interrelations Series: "Power and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History" by Jessica Marglin ](/event/power-and-vulnerability-middle-eastern-and-north-african-jewish-history?occ_id=0)April 28, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | 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... ![Jessica Marglin talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Marglin%20Muslim%20Jewish%20Publicity%204.28.26_Final%20%28002%29.jpg?itok=Jje6wYEK) [### Seminar: A Berber Sufi Scholar who Spoke Truth to Power in Arabic: The Remarkable Life of al-Hasan al-Yusi by Justin Stearns ](/event/seminar-berber-sufi-scholar-who-spoke-truth-power-arabic-remarkable-life-al-hasan-al-yusi?occ_id=0)April 22, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | 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... ![Justin Stearns seminar](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/HUIS_JStearns_960_540.jpg?itok=dcX1idcA) [### Seminar: Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship and Technology in Colonial India by Amanda Lanzillo ](/event/seminar-pious-labor-islam-artisanship-and-technology-colonial-india-amanda-lanzillo?occ_id=0)April 16, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | 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... ![Amanda Lanzillo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_ALanzillo_960_540.jpg?itok=hjaJVF9_) [### Manuscripts to Megabytes: Evolving Editorial Practices and Challenges in Arabic Manuscripts from the Premodern to the Digital Age by Sabine Schmidtke ](/event/manuscripts-megabytes-evolving-editorial-practices-and-challenges-arabic-manuscripts?occ_id=0)April 2, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | CGIS Knafel 262 In Person ![Sabine Schmidtke lecture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/HUIS_SSchmidtke_Pstr_r5.jpg?itok=c7WVDeAR) [### Book Talk: "An Islamic Legal Philosophy: Ibn ʿAbd al-Salam and the Ethical Turn in Islamic Law" by Mariam Sheibani ](/event/book-talk-islamic-legal-philosophy-ibn-abd-al-salam-and-ethical-turn-islamic-law-mariam?occ_id=0)April 1, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT | CMES 102 In Person RSVP Here Mariam Sheibani, Assistant Professor of Islamic thought, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![Mariam Sheibani Book Talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_MSheibani_960_540.jpg?itok=5RBG-2mT) [### Book Talk: "Language and Being in al-Fārābī: The Philosophy of Taškīk" by Rosabel Ansari ](/event/book-talk-language-and-being-al-farabi-philosophy-taskik-rosabel-ansari?occ_id=0)March 25, 2026 | 4:30PM - 5:30PM EDT | CMES 102 In Person RSVP Here Rosabel Ansari, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations ![Rosabel Ansari book talk](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/HUIS_RAnsari_960_540_REV.jpg?itok=WOBc8gJP) Show morerefresh