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Upcoming 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
Presenters: Himmet Taskomur (NELC & CMES) Michael Hopper (Harvard Library)
Seminar: "A Book Talk on Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought" by Han Hsien Liew
November 19, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EST
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TBD
RSVP Here Han Hsien Liew, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Arizona State University
News
New Article by Dr. Shahrad Shahvand, 2023-24 Alwaleed Postdoctoral Fellow: "In Search of Qiwām al-Dīn and Humām al-Dīn al-Kurbālī: Bridging a Gap in the Intellectual History of Fifteenth-Century Shiraz"
Abstract: During the ninth/fifteenth century, Shiraz sustained its prominence as an intellectual epicenter in Iran. Although sub stantial research has recently been conducted on Ṣadr al-Dīn Dashtakī (d. 903/1498) and Jalāl al-Dīn Dawānī (d. 908/1502), two...
2025 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize Announcement
The Selection Committee is pleased to announce Jana Amin (NELC and Anthropology) as winner of the 2025 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies for her thesis entitled, “ Tasting Freedom: Palestinian Women's Kitchens as Sites of...
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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
Presenters: Himmet Taskomur (NELC & CMES) Michael Hopper (Harvard Library)
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
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
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: "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
RSVP Here Pamela Klasova, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago Co-sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Seminar: "A Book Talk on Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought" by Han Hsien Liew
November 19, 2026
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EST
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TBD
RSVP Here Han Hsien Liew, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Arizona State University
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)
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...
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
This event is at capacity. Please reach out to islamicstudies@harvard.edu with any questions.
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...
Past Events
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
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
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
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
|
6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
|
485 Broadway Lower Lecture Hall
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)
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
|
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...