May 13, 6:00-7:00 pm, Becthel International Center Alternative Arab Music & Video Clips: Prof. Ramzi Salti Dr. Ramzi Salti, a Stanford lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature,  will be discussing the new Arabic music of the MENA region over dinner at the Bechtel International Center. [Co-sponsored by JIMENA, Music at Stanford, Hillel at Stanford, Stanford [...]

April 8, 3:00pm, Lane History Corner, Room 302 (450 Serra Mall) Nathalie Rothman (University of Toronto), “Brokering Empire: Trans-Imperial Subjects Between Venice and Istanbul” Book Description: In Brokering Empire: Trans-Imperial Subjects between Venice and Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2011), E. Natalie Rothman explores the intersecting worlds of those who regularly traversed the early modern Venetian-Ottoman frontier, including colonial migrants, [...]

May 6, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm, Stanford Humanities Center, Board Room (424 Santa Teresa) Great Arab Authors: Sonallah Ibrahim Sonallah Ibrahim, one of Egypt’s most formally interesting and politically uncompromising writers, will give a public talk in conversation with Professor Noha Radwan (Arabic & Comparative Literature, University of California- Davis) and Professor Alexander Key (Arabic & [...]

April 11, 4:00 pm, Encina Hall, E0008 (Ground Floor) (616 Serra Street) “Challenges of Egypt’s Transition: Politics, Economics, and Protest” Joel Beinin  (Stanford University), Robert Springborg (Naval Postgraduate School), Amr Adly (Stanford University), Maha Abdelrahman (University of Cambridge), Ahmed Salah (Activist) This special panel will address the challenges facing Egypt’s transition today. Dr. Maha Abdelrahman will speak on the historical [...]

April 9, Noon, Lane History Corner, Room 307 (450 Serra Mall) Byzantine and Ottoman Worlds Workshop Series Nathalie Rothman (University of Toronto), “Translating Empire: Ottomans, Venetians, and Dragomans in Early Modern Istanbul” [Co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Mediterranean Studies Forum, and CREEES]

April 6, 8:30 pm-11:30 pm, Roble Dorm Theater (Open only to Stanford students) Concert & Discussion Session with Omar Offendum, and DAM Moderator: Ramzi Salti (Stanford University) [Co-sponsored by Murray House, CSRE, MSAN, Residential Education, Cardinal Nights, and Riddell Grant]

May 30, 2013,  3:30 pm- 5:00 pm, Encina Commons Lawn Abbasi Program’s End of the Year Celebration RSVP: http://goo.gl/tRglP Please join the Abbasi Program affiliates in celebrating the end of the Spring Quarter. Meet the 2012-13 Abbasi Program Student Grant Recipients. Meet Stanford faculty, students and staff who are interested in the study of Islam and [...]

May 29, 2013, Encina Hall Central, Bechtel Conference Center (616 Serra Street, map & directions) 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm: Reception 6:30 pm- 8:00 pm: Public Lecture Ryan Crocker (Former U.S. Ambassador; 2012-13 Kissinger Senior Fellow, Yale University) “Lessons From a Long War: the U.S., the Middle East, and Af-Pak” Please click here to RSVP.  The event [...]

May 23, 12:15 pm, Encina Hall West, Room 208 (616 Serra Street) Papers are available to Stanford affiliates upon request by email to abbasiprogram@stanford.edu. Workshop Series: Islam and Muslims in East Asia Maris Boyd Gillette (Haverford College), Women’s Empowerment in the Xi’an Muslim District, China This workshop explores women’s empowerment among the Chinese Muslims (or Hui) [...]

May 16, 12:15 pm, Encina Hall West, Room 208 (616 Serra Street) Papers are available to Stanford affiliates upon request by email to abbasiprogram@stanford.edu. Workshop Series: Islam and Muslims in East Asia Rian Thum (Loyola University of New Orleans), “Modular History in Context: Wider Implications of Uyghur Historical Practice under Chinese Rule” Abstract: This paper [...]