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"After the Canon: A History of Post-Canonical Hadith Transmission" by Garrett Davidson

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On October 20, 2020, Garrett Davidson, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Muslim World Studies at the College of Charleston, spoke at the first Fall 2020 meeting of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies about his new book, Carrying on the...

Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani

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In this first episode in a four-part series, former Alwaleed Program directors, Professors Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani, share reflections on the development of Islamic studies over the course of their careers, first as students and then...

Ep. 3 | The Making of an Islamic Historian | Prof. Roy Mottahedeh

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Professor Roy Mottahedeh shares with the Alwaleed Program team how he entered the field of Islamic studies as an undergraduate at Harvard in the late 1950s and his development and career as a historian. Originally interested in studying Persian after...

Ep. 6 | Giving Voice to Silenced Islams | Prof. Ali Asani

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Professor Ali Asani tells the Alwaleed Program team about his scholarly trajectory, beginning with his experiences coming to Harvard College as an international student from Kenya and entering Islamic studies as an Ismaili student in the early 1970s. He...

Seminar: "Beyond Centers and Peripheries: Islam and Asia" by Chiara Formichi

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RSVP for Zoom link Chiara Formichi, Associate Professor in Southeast Asian Studies, Cornell University Co-sponsor: Harvard University Asia Center

Seminar: "Rumi’s Ancestors on the Path of Radical Love (Mazhab-e ‘Eshq): Ahmad al-Ghazali and Kharaqani" by Omid Safi

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RSVP for Zoom link Omid Safi, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University Co-sponsors: Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center Persian and Persianate Studies Seminar, and Aga Khan Fund for Iranian...

Seminar: "Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation" by Carl Sharif El-Tobgui

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RSVP for Zoom link Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Brandeis University Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Join us for our spring 2021 seminars!

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Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani

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In this first episode in a four-part series, former Alwaleed Program directors, Professors Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani, share reflections on the development of Islamic studies over the course of their careers, first as students and then...

Ep. 3 | The Making of an Islamic Historian | Prof. Roy Mottahedeh

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Professor Roy Mottahedeh shares with the Alwaleed Program team how he entered the field of Islamic studies as an undergraduate at Harvard in the late 1950s and his development and career as a historian.

Ep. 5 | Establishing Islamic and Comparative Religious Studies at Harvard | Prof. William A. Graham

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Professor William Graham talks about his scholarly journey and how he "stumbled" into Islamic studies after pursuing other subjects including Classics and Sanskrit and Indian studies. He also shares his memories of his advisors at Harvard, Wilfred...

2019-20 Annual Report now available

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In the 2019-20 academic year, the Alwaleed Program expanded its work of promoting scholarship through the Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies, Research Methods Workshop, Early-Career Faculty Grants, and the Alwaleed Bin Talal Prize for Best...

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"After the Canon: A History of Post-Canonical Hadith Transmission" by Garrett Davidson

Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani

Ep. 3 | The Making of an Islamic Historian | Prof. Roy Mottahedeh

Ep. 6 | Giving Voice to Silenced Islams | Prof. Ali Asani

Seminar: "Beyond Centers and Peripheries: Islam and Asia" by Chiara Formichi

Seminar: "Rumi’s Ancestors on the Path of Radical Love (Mazhab-e ‘Eshq): Ahmad al-Ghazali and Kharaqani" by Omid Safi

Seminar: "Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation" by Carl Sharif El-Tobgui

Join us for our spring 2021 seminars!

Ep. 2 | Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard | Roy Mottahedeh, William Graham, and Ali Asani

Ep. 3 | The Making of an Islamic Historian | Prof. Roy Mottahedeh

Ep. 5 | Establishing Islamic and Comparative Religious Studies at Harvard | Prof. William A. Graham

2019-20 Annual Report now available