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In this collaboration between the Harvard Islamica Podcast and the Ottoman History Podcast (OHP), we discuss OHP's new series called "The Making of the Islamic World," using podcasts in the classroom, and engaging in public-facing history in the changing...

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...

Thinking Islam within Religious Studies: Methods, Histories and Futures A celebration of Professor William A. Graham Professor William A. Graham retired in July 2018 after a long and distinguished career at Harvard. Please join us for a day-long...

Former Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Fellows 2015 - 2016 Armaan Siddiqi Ph.D. candidate, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ms. Siddiqi has cross-disciplinary interests in early modern Islamic intellectual history...

Jews were an integral part of Muslim civilization in the Middle East, North Africa, Iberia, and beyond from its origins until the mid-20 th century. Integration and symbiosis were more common and enduring than episodes of tension and persecution. This...

The Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar in Islamic Studies brings experts from an array of disciplines within the field of Islamic studies to Harvard. These seminars are meant to bolster intellectual engagement within the field of Islamic studies more broadly on...

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...

The Alwaleed Program team speak with Dr. Mary Elston, winner of the 2020 Alwaleed Bin Talal Prize for Best Dissertation in Islamic Studies, about her dissertation entitled, "Reviving Turāth: Islamic Education in Modern Egypt." Mary shares her findings...