Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:30pm; Location: TBD Nicholas Boylston, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Persian and Persianate Studies … Continue reading Seminar: “Ineffability and Adequation: Symmetries between ‘Ayn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī’s Theory of Language, Ontology and Mystical Epistemology” by Nicholas Boylston, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, November 30, 2023
Seminar: “Lives and Miracles: Narratives of Medieval Coptic and Muslim Saints” by Amina Elbendary, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, October 5, 2023
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:30pm; Location: Center for Middle Eastern Studies 102 Amina Elbendary, Associate Professor of Middle East History, American University in Cairo and Shawwaf Visiting Professor Co-sponsors: Department … Continue reading Seminar: “Lives and Miracles: Narratives of Medieval Coptic and Muslim Saints” by Amina Elbendary, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, October 5, 2023
Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Graduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, May 19, 2023
$3,000 Cash Award. This prize is open to Harvard doctoral students in all disciplines who complete their Ph.D. between June 2022 and May 2023. A nomination from a faculty advisor … Continue reading Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Graduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, May 19, 2023
Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, April 14, 2023
$2,000 Cash Award. This prize is open to Harvard College students in all academic disciplines in the class of 2023. Students may self-nominate. However nominations from faculty advisors are encouraged. … Continue reading Prize: Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, April 14, 2023
Call for Applications: The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, March 3-5, 2023
The Alwaleed Program is proud to support The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium Spring 2023 This collaboration is a joint effort initiated by students at Harvard University and Zaytuna College. We … Continue reading Call for Applications: The Inaugural Harvard-Zaytuna Thesis Symposium, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, March 3-5, 2023
Workshop: Arabic Manuscript Workshop, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, April 24-28, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Date: Mon - Fri, Apr 24 to Apr 28, 9:00am - 1:00pm Location: Houghton Library See here for further information.
Seminar: “The Rule of Recognition and the Consolidation of the Maliki Madhhab in the 14th Century” by Mohammad Fadel, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University, April 6, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023, 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: TBD Mohammad Fadel, Professor of Law, University of Toronto See here for further details.
Weekend Scholarship Roundup
In a four-part podcast series entitled "Looking Back on Islamic Studies at Harvard," the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program (Harvard) reflects and on the past and present of … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Former PIL Research Assistants Win Senior Thesis Awards
The Program in Islamic Law congratulates Anwar Omeish, winner of the 2019 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Prize for Best Undergraduate Thesis in Islamic Studies for her thesis, “Toward the Modern Revolution: Frantz Fanon, Secularity, and the … Continue reading Former PIL Research Assistants Win Senior Thesis Awards
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program: Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop
On Friday, October 12th, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program hosted a workshop for Harvard's NELC graduate students and faculty on methods in Islamic studies. The workshop consisted … Continue reading Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program: Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop