The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University

KZSU Radio Shows: Arabology and Mediterraneans

Abbasi Staff — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:17:14 +0000

Joel Beinin and Ramzi Salti broadcast Middle Eastern music and culture on two KZSU radio shows, Arabology and Mediterraneans: Music of the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond.

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Aron Rodrigue is named a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Abbasi Staff — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:35:42 +0000

The Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is an honorific order of France that recognizes significant accomplishments in the areas of teaching, research and scholarship. Non-French citizens may also receive an award for contributing to the expansion of French education, language and culture throughout the world.

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2012-13 Student Grant Recipients

Abbasi Staff — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:53:49 +0000

Please join us in congratulating this year’s Abbasi Program Student Grant recipients:

Kristen Alff (Ph.D. Student, Department of History) for archival research in Jerusalem.

Ali Baqeri (Freshman) for fieldwork in Bahrain.

Rebecca Gruskin (Ph.D. Student, Department of History) for archival research in Tunisia and France.

Lina Ibrahim (Sophomore) for intensive language training in Arabic.

Ugur Zekeriya Pece (Ph.D. Student, Department of History) for intensive language training in Arabic.

Erin Pettigrew (Ph.D. Student, Department of History) for fieldwork in Mauritania.

Megan Shutzer (M.A. Student, International Policy Studies) for fieldwork in Tanzania.

Vladimir Troyansky (Ph.D. Student, Department of History) for intensive language training in Ottoman Turkish.

Lauren Yapp (Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology) for intensive language training in Bahasa.

Please click here for more information about the Abbasi Program Student Grants.

Bringing the Classroom to a World of Contemporary Islamic Art

Abbasi Staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:17:11 +0000

Stanford Human Experience features an article about the Jameel Prize Exhibition.

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From the New York Review of Books (NYRB)

Abbasi Staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:24 +0000

NYRB reviews Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands edited by Professors Shahzad Bashir and Robert Crews.

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K-12 Outreach

Abbasi Staff — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:37:29 +0000

ICA newsletter features an article about the student field trips we organized to the Jameel Prize Exhibition

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Mizrahi Shabbat at Hillel

Abbasi Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:47:38 +0000

May 17, 6:00pm-8:30pm, Hillel at Stanford

Mizrahi Shabbat at Hillel: Services, Program, and Dinner

Open only to Stanford students (RSVP to jturan@stanford.edu)

Ladino – A Jewish Language of the Middle East: Prof. Aron Rodrigue

Abbasi Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:41:19 +0000

May 16, 12:00-1:30 pm, Bechtel International Center

Ladino – A Jewish Language of the Middle East: Prof. Aron Rodrigue

Professor Aron Rodrigue, the Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, will be discussing the history and usage of the Ladino language during lunch at the Bechtel International Center.

[Co-sponsored by JIMENA, Music at Stanford, Hillel at Stanford, Stanford University Language Center, Hamid and Christina Mogadam Program in Iranian Studies, the Jewish Student Association, and Stanford University Taube Center for Jewish Studies]

Open only to Stanford students (RSVP to jturan@stanford.edu)

Cultural Renaissance in Islamic Iran: Prof. Abbas Milani

Abbasi Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:29:44 +0000

May 15, 6:00-7:30 pm, Becthel International Center

Cultural Renaissance in Islamic Iran: Prof. Abbas Milani

Professor Abbas Milani, the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, will discuss the cultural Renaissance in Iran during dinner at the Bechtel International Center.

Open only to Stanford Students (RSVP to jturan@stanford.edu)

Texts of Protests and Consequences: Prof. Vered Shemtov and Prof. Alexander Key

Abbasi Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:22:11 +0000

May 14, 6:00-7:30 pm, Becthel International Center

Texts of Protests and Consequences: Prof. Vered Shemtov and Prof. Alexander Key

Prof. Vered Shemtov, Eva Chernov Lokey Senior Lecturer in Hebrew and Comparative Literature, and Prof. Alexander Key, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, will be discussing literature of protest in the MENA region over dinner at the Bechtel International Center.

Open only to Stanford Students (RSVP to jturan@stanford.edu)