Stanford Islamic Studies

🎥📜 Watch 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻’s presentation on Arabic geometry in post-classical Islamicate world, examining mathematical manuscripts that demonstrate a shift away from Greek epistemologies and discursive traditions to new Islamic ones. youtube.com/watch?v=ypWKyk…

🔔📚🌸 SPRING QUARTER COURSE: 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗧 𝟮𝟳𝟱: Aesthetics of Transition: Modernism and Tradition in Iranian Architecture, Film and Literature 🎓 Professor: Salari Sardari, M. 🗓️ Mon/Wed: 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM ✅ Units: 4 🔗 Enroll: ​​tinyurl.com/COMPLIT275

🔔📚🌸 SPRING QUARTER COURSE: 𝗖𝗦𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟯𝟱: Contemporary Islam & Muslims in the United States 🎓 Professor: Abiya Ahmed 🗓️ Tue: 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM ✅ Units: 3 🔗 Enroll: tinyurl.com/StanfordCSRE135

🔔📚🌸 We're excited to announce a new spring quarter course with Dr. Halil Yenigun! 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝟭𝟯𝟲: Contemporary Muslim Political Thought (ETHICSOC 103X, HISTORY 283M, POLISCI 136) 🗓️ Tue/Thu: 3-4:20pm at Encina West 108 ✅ Units: 3-4 🔗 Enroll: tinyurl.com/StanfordGlobal…

Join us for a book talk with Prof. 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗽𝗲𝗸! She will present a story of Lebanon through the lens of activist lifeworlds, showing how, amid crisis, both political structures and everyday life become terrains of generative possibility. Through an ethnographic investigation into the relationship between crisis and political imagination, Yasemin examines activism as an open-ended process, looking at the diversity of experiences that leads to political engagements. As she follows a range of self-identified activists, she demonstrates how class-based and other inequalities at local and global scales shape their lived realities and political imaginations. 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗽𝗲𝗸 is an Assistant Professor in the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University. #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies #Activism #Lebanon #CrisisWork

🔔📚🇱🇧 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠: 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 & 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 🗓️  Wednesday, April 29 ⏰  12:00-1:30 PM 🏫   Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/IpekStanford Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, @mideaststanford, @StanfordAnthro

🎥📚 Watch Prof. 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗰’s book talk about how urban politics mediated the rise of #Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakir, #Turkey. youtu.be/hvWgOYl0iww?si…

📚🔔🌸 Spring quarter course with @DrRaniaAwaad: PSYC 144/244: Islamic Psychology 🔗 Enroll: explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?q=PSYC1… Four credits, open to undergrad & graduate students, and counts for WAY-EDP as well as Cardinal credits.

👉 Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, History Department, @mideaststanford, Program in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Join us for another event from our Islam and Science series! Often dismissed as a time of radical "decline" and marked by derivative commentaries and little original work, the period after the "Golden Age of Islam" has nonetheless been reclaimed by recent scholarship as intellectually dynamic, with coherent but different epistemic priorities. Examining mathematical manuscripts on geometry, Tomasson argues that these were not "mere commentaries" nor simply Greek mathematics in Arabic, but reflect a shift away from Greek epistemologies to new Islamic discursive traditions. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 is an Assistant Professor of Premodern Science and Technology at Rice University. #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies #StanfordIslamAndHistorySeries #ArabicGeometry #Polyphony

📢☪️🔬 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮: 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 🗓️  Thursday, March 5, 2026 ⏰  12:00-1:30 PM 🏫   Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/PolygonsPolyph…

We invite proposals from undergraduate and graduate students for projects on the study of Islam as well as Muslim-majority or Muslim-minority communities and societies. Projects may focus on any historical period and can include non-Muslim minorities and settings. Projects may be undertaken during the Summer Quarter or, in some cases, the following academic year. Awards of up to $6,000 will be granted on a competitive basis. Applicants are encouraged to seek matching funds from other Stanford units or external agencies. Applications are due 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies #SummerGrant2026

🌞🌎📜 Student Opportunity: Applications are now open for the 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁! 🔗 Application &  info: tinyurl.com/2026SummerGrant Applications are due 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

Join us for a conversation with Professor 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗿 (Florida International University) on: 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙪 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝-𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙊𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙧 The seminar is part of the series, 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, which will take place in the winter and spring 2026. 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 aims to investigate whether and how the concept of early modernity can be extended to 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖 between the 15th and the 18th centuries. The project brings together professors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from Stanford and from other institutions, who work in the early modern field in history, art history, literature, and religion. In this way, the group fosters reflection on the features and issues of early modernity. #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies #EarlyModernity #CarlosGrenier

𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩: 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙧 🗓️  Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 ⏰  4:30-6:00 PM 🏫  Building 260, Pigott Hall 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305 Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, @StanfordDLCL, Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/CarlosGrenier

🎥💡 In this talk, Prof. 𝗥𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗬𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗺 examined the historical roots of the AKP’s policies toward the #Alevi community in #Turkey and why efforts to incorporate Alevis into the national identity ultimately fell short. @rz_yldrm youtu.be/HWUZ3pp59nw?si…

👉 Event sponsors: @abbasiprogram, @mideaststanford, Program on Turkey The book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Muna Guvenc elucidates how urban and architectural forms are not merely the backdrop of the cityscape where political struggles unfold; they constitute the very essence of these conflicts. Guvenc posits that urban spaces offer "wiggle room", turning oppression into chances for dissent and resilience. In this talk, Guvenc takes readers from municipal halls to the streets and illustrates how, in the early 2000s, pro-Kurdish parties harnessed urban planning to resist coercion and foster Kurdish mobilization in Turkey. 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗰 is an Assistant Professor of architectural history in the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis University. #Turkey #Kurds #PoliticalMobilization #Nationhood #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies

📣📚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙧𝙨: 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮 | 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙈𝙪𝙣𝙖 𝙂𝙪𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙘 🗓️  Tues, Feb. 17, 2026 ⏰  12:00-1:30 PM 🏫  Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/MunaStanford

👉 Event sponsors: @abbasiprogram, @mideaststanford, @StanfordAnthro 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 presents a story of Lebanon through the lens of activist lifeworlds, showing how political structures and everyday life become a terrain of generative possibility. Through an ethnographic investigation into the relationship between crisis and political imagination, Yasemin Ipek examines activism as an open-ended process, looking at the diversity of experiences that leads to ambivalent political engagements. She follows a range of activists—including NGO volunteers, middle-class consultants, and leftist entrepreneurs—as their crisiswork, and response to contradictory pressures, leads them to new ways of being and acting. 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 demonstrates how class-based and other inequalities on local and global scales affect the lived realities and political imaginations of activists. It provides an innovative analytical framework for understanding the complex political and social struggles against crises in the global South. 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗽𝗲𝗸 is an Assistant Professor in the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University. #Lebanon #Activism #Ethnography #AbbasiProgram #StanfordIslamicStudies

Black and Muslim people from the US, S. Asia, and the Caribbean collided in the interwar era of the 20th century across an expansive diasporic geography, what Morgan calls the Atlantic Crescent, reigniting Islam among people of African descent. As their dreams met the realities of colonialism and race, Islam offered new strategies for combating oppression. Envisioning this encounter, Morgan shows how they imagined and acted on their religious and racial identities in pursuit of liberation. 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at USC. #BlackDiaspora #BlackMuslims #Colonialism #Identity #StanfordIslamicStudies #StanfordAbbasiProgram

𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩: 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 & 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙢 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 with 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 🗓️  Tue, Feb. 3, 2026 ⏰  12:00-1:30 PM 🏫  Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/AtlanticCresce…