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The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and the Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford Global Studies have announced the launch of the Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025-26 academic year. This new initiative aims to foster scholarly research and teaching in the field of Palestinian studies, reflecting Stanford’s commitment to exploring diverse global perspectives.

Congratulations to Rebecca Glasberg, a Reinhard Postdoctoral Scholar in Jewish Studies, for receiving recognition from the Modern Language Association (MLA) for translations included in her edited volume A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean (UC Press, 2023). The book, edited and annotated by Glasberg, brings together stories of Jewish writers and intellectuals in the Muslim world.

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Daniels(Phd History, 2022; Reinhard Family Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2023) on receiving the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award from the Association for Jewish Studies. Daniels is Assistant Professor of Instruction and Assistant Director of the Shusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

A spring quarter course taught by the Abbasi Program affiliated Stanford lecturers Burcu Karahan and Ayça Alemdaroğlu explored graphic novels that portray the realities of life amidst political conflicts in the Middle East.

This academic year, the Abbasi Program is pleased to announce the broad theme for its events and programming as they relate to frameworks of collective belonging, cultural construction, identity and heritage formation.

This collection of books, articles, and excerpts was put together by Abbasi Program affiliate Professor Joel Beinin (Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University) as a resource for anyone looking to learn and read more. Nathan Thrall,

This is an excerpt from the article Stanford’s long history in supporting displaced academics during crisis, conflict, which focused on the topic that "through the Institute of International Education, Stanford has hosted displaced scholars who have had to escape conflict or flee persecution because of their research, race or creed." One scholar who recently came to study and research at Stanford is the Turkis

With the conversion last month of the architecturally stunning Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a working mosque, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan fulfilled a long-held hope of many Turkish Muslims and of his own political party.

By Nic Fort (Contributing Writer for the Stanford Daily)   A joint offering from the comparative literature department and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, COMPLIT 102: “Understanding Turkey Through Film” studies the politics and social issues of Middle Eastern countries through the lens of Turkey’s modern cinema industry.

FRENCH 133 (AFRICAST 132 / AFRICAAM 133 / JEWISHST 143) Introduction to Francophone Literature from Africa and the Caribbean taught by Dr. Marie-Pierre Ulloa Student authored vignettes on their couscous dinner experience at Bistro Vida on 30/13/17.