#  Fellows 

 



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### Graduate Student Fellows

Established by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, these graduate student fellowships support the research, tuition, fees and stipends for students at Harvard who are pursuing degrees in the field of Islamic studies.

In the past, Alwaleed Fellows have been selected from a range of departments including the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of History, Committee on the Study of Religion and the History of Art and Architecture.

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences chooses the successful candidates each year.

### Postdoctoral Fellows

In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Alwaleed Program hosted Postdoctoral Fellows to conduct research, teach, and participate in the program's activities.



 

##  2025-26 Alwaleed Fellows 

 



  [### Herman Lim Bin Adam Lim

 ](/people/herman-lim-bin-adam-lim)Graduate Student Fellow

 

 

 Herman Lim Bin Adam Lim (he/him) is a PhD student in the Committee on the Study of Religion, working primarily on Islam in Southeast Asia and its connections to the wider Indian Ocean littoral. He holds MA degrees in Islamic Studies and Asian Studies from... 

 

 

      ![Herman Lim](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-11/Herman%20Lim.jpg?itok=_D_9TnY0) 

 

 

 

   [### Annas Muchlisin

 ](/people/annas-muchlisin)Graduate Student Fellow

 

 

 Annas Rolli Muchlisin is a PhD student in the Committee on the Study of Religion. His academic interests focus on the Qur’an and its world, encompassing the world before the Qur’an, particularly how the Qur’an engages with the religious discourses of Late... 

 

 

      ![Annas Muchlisin](/sites/g/files/omnuum9396/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Annas%20R%20Muchlisin.jpg?itok=XxOndKfD) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

#### 2024-25

Annas Muchlisin, Graduate Student Fellow

Ilgin Nas, Graduate Student Fellow

#### 2023-24

Nicholas Judt, Graduate Student Fellow

Ilgin Nas, Graduate Student Fellow

Shahrad Shahvand, Postdoctoral Fellow

#### 2022-23

Nicholas Judt, Graduate Student Fellow

Ilgin Nas, Graduate Student Fellow

Mary Elston, Postdoctoral Fellow

Shiraz Hajiani, Postdoctoral Fellow

#### 2021-22

John Nowak, Graduate Student Fellow

Abtsam Saleh, Graduate Student Fellow

#### 2020-21

John Nowak, Graduate Student Fellow

Abtsam Saleh, Graduate Student Fellow

#### 2019-20

John Nowak, Graduate Student Fellow

Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith, Graduate Student Fellow

#### 2018-19

Javad Hashmi, Graduate Student Fellow

John Nowak, Graduate Student Fellow