Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University
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The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for study and research of Islam and Islamicate societies and communities at Stanford University.
โช๏ธ๐ As we prepare our ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, we're revisiting our featured interview with @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Fellow Cole Bunzel from last year's report, tracing the roots of #Wahhabism and its influence on #Islamic political thought. ๐: tinyurl.com/spotlightcolebunzel
๐น๐ท๐๐ณ๏ธ As we prepare our 2025-26 annual report, we look back at the featured interviews from last year's Spotlight report. Read the interview with political scientist, Ali Carkoglu, discussing #Turkey's evolving political landscape and the #Alevi minority population. tinyurl.com/AliCarkoglu
๐ฃ๐๐ฐ Allies in Propaganda: The OttomanโGerman Campaign Against the British Empire in World War I | Ceren Uรงan ๐๏ธ Wed, May 20, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/AlliesinPropaganda Co-sponsored with Middle East Studies Forum
๐๐ The Paradoxes of Making Modern Arabic in Istanbul | AJ Naddaff ๐๏ธ Tuesday, May 12, 2026 โฐ 4:30-6:00 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/AJNaddaff Co-sponsored with the Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford.
๐ฃ๐๐ ๐พ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, & ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ | ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๏ธ Wednesday, April 22, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Virtual ๐๏ธ Webinar Link: tinyurl.com/ClimateShock
๐๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐๐๐ | ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๏ธ Monday, April 27, 2026 โฐ 12:30-2:00 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/PeterBalakian
๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ: ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๏ธ Monday, April 13, 2026 โฐ 12:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/DropOfWoman Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREEES)
"๐ข๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด": ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ with ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๏ธ Tues, April 21, 2026 โฐ 12:00 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/Ottomandering Event sponsors: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, @middleeast.stanford.edu
๐๐๐ธ SPRING QUARTER COURSE: ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฑ: Aesthetics of Transition: Modernism and Tradition in Iranian Architecture, Film, and Literature ๐ Professor: Salari Sardari, M. ๐๏ธ Mon/Wed: 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM โ Units: 4 ๐ Enroll: โโtinyurl.com/COMPLIT275
๐๐๐ธ We're excited to offer a new course this spring with our very own, Dr. Halil Yenigun! @yenigun.me ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฒ: Contemporary Muslim Political Thought (ETHICSOC 103X, HISTORY 283M, POLISCI 136) ๐๏ธ Tue/Thurs: 3-4:20pm at Encina West 108 โ Units: 3-4 ๐ Enroll: tinyurl.com/global136
๐๐๐ธ SPRING QUARTER COURSE: ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฑ: Contemporary Islam & Muslims in the United States ๐ Professor: Abiya Ahmed ๐๏ธ Tue: 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM โ Units: 3 ๐ Enroll: t.co/d3egedvAIm
๐๐๐ฑ๐ง ๐พ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ : ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐๐จ & ๐ฝ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๏ธ Wednesday, April 29, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/IpekStanford
๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ: ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ-๐พ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๏ธ Thursday, March 5, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/PolygonsPolyphony
๐๐๐ Student Opportunity: The applications are now open for the ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐! ๐ Application & info: tinyurl.com/2026SummerGrant Applications are due ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ: ๐พ๐๐ง๐ก๐ค๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง (๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ) ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 โฐ 4:30-6:00 PM ๐ซ Building 260, Pigott Hall 252 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/CarlosGrenier
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐จ: ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ | ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/MunaStanford
๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ : ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐๐จ & ๐ฝ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ | ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๏ธ Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 โฐ 4:30-6:00 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/IpekStanford
๐ผ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ: ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐๐ & ๐๐ช๐จ๐ก๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ with ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ . ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/AtlanticCrescent
๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐โ๐จ ๐ผ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ with ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026 โฐ 12:00-1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/RizaStanford
๐ก๐๏ธ Read this new thought-provoking Q&A with our affiliate assistant professor of art and art history, Morehshin Allahyari, on challenging AI's assumptions and exposing its cultural biases. islamicstudies.stanford.edu/news/how-sta...
How a Stanford Digital Media Artist is Challenging AIโs Assumptions | Islamic Studies
With image-making tools like DALL-E and Midjourney, artificial intelligence is disrupting the art world, but artists like Morehshin Allahyari are also disrupting AI.
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๐ฃ Our final event of the quarter! ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 โฐ 4:00-5:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ Register: tinyurl.com/RushanStanford
๐ฃ๐ฃ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐๐น with ๐ก๐๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ธ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 โฐ 12:00-1:15 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ RSVP here: tinyurl.com/Varlik
๐ญ๐๐ช ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, & ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ | ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐. ๐ง๐๐ป๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 โฐ 12:00 - 1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ RSVP here: tinyurl.com/TuncSen
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Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University@islamicstudies.stanford.edu ยท 11mo ago๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ | ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐. ๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 โฐ 12:00 - 1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ RSVP here: tinyurl.com/KnowledgeMerchants
๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ | ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐. ๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๏ธ Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 โฐ 12:00 - 1:30 PM ๐ซ Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๏ธ RSVP here: tinyurl.com/KnowledgeMerchants
๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐๐: ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐๐จ๐ข, ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ & ๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ with @orcunselcuk.bsky.social ๐๏ธ Fri, Oct. 17, 2025 โฐ 1:30 - 2:50 PM ๐ซ Bolivar House 582 Alvarado Row, Stanford, CA 94305 ๐๐๏ธ RSVP: tinyurl.com/SelcukStanford
