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Enhancing research, teaching, and public understanding of Islam and Islamicate societies&communities

The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for the study of Islam and Muslim societies at Stanford University. We support research on Islam and Muslim societies across the globe, coordinate coursework across disciplines, and aim to deepen public understanding of Islam through events, digital media initiatives, and K-12 outreach.

10/19/2026

🎵🎤📣 Upcoming musical performance:

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗛 𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔 𝗚𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗜: 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 & 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 | 𝗔 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆

Join performance artist, translator, and musician Haleh Liza Gafori for a transcendent night of music and poetry, featuring acclaimed translations of the 13th century mystic Rumi and musical compositions sung in the original Persian!

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
⏰ 7:00-8:00 PM
📍 Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/Haleh2026

Accompanied by world-class cellist 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘃𝗶 (Isabel Castellvi), Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵𝘇𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 and percussionist 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝘇𝗹𝗶 (Mathias Kunzli), Gafori creates a vibrant cross-cultural musical and poetic dialogue as Rumi’s words urgently and tenderly speak to us, ushering us into more loving and soulful realms of being.

The translations are published in two volumes, 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 and 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, by New York Review Books.

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗶 is a New York City-born translator, performance artist, writer, and educator of Iranian descent.

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford

📸 Beowulf Sheehan, Oriana Camara

10/19/2026

📢📚 UPCOMING BOOK TALK: ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗲’ 𝗼𝗿 ‘𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀’: 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬𝘀 | 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘂 𝗥𝗲𝘆

🗓️ Monday, Oct. 26, 2026
⏰ 4:00-5:30 PM
🏫 Encina Commons 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/MatthieuRey

Join us for a book talk exploring the complex political legacy of post-Ottoman and following their independence in the 1940s and 1950s. While parliamentary rule, political parties, and civil society flourished, emergency laws and military intervention challenged democratic governance. The discussion will examine how both countries navigated questions of citizenship, national development, and the balance of political power, and how these struggles to establish genuine sovereignty continue to resonate today.

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘂 𝗥𝗲𝘆 is currently a senior researcher at CNRS-EHESS and a fellow researcher at the Wits History Workshop in Johannesburg.

10/15/2026

🎵🎤📣 Upcoming musical performance:

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗛 𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔 𝗚𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗜: 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 & 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 | 𝗔 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆

Join performance artist, translator, and musician Haleh Liza Gafori for a transcendent night of music and poetry, featuring acclaimed translations of the 13th century mystic Rumi and musical compositions sung in the original Persian!

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
⏰ 7:00-8:00 PM
📍 Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/Haleh2026

The translations are published in two volumes, 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 and 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, by New York Review Books.

Accompanied by world-class cellist 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘃𝗶 (Isabel Castellvi), Gafori creates a vibrant cross-cultural musical and poetic dialogue as Rumi’s words urgently and tenderly speak to us, ushering us into more loving and soulful realms of being.

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗶 is a New York City-born translator, performance artist, writer, and educator of Iranian descent.

Door open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford

10/15/2026

🎵📣 Upcoming musical performance:

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗛 𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔 𝗚𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗜: 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 & 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 | 𝗔 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆

Join performance artist, translator, and musician Haleh Liza Gafori for a transcendent night of music and poetry, featuring acclaimed translations of the 13th century mystic Rumi and musical compositions sung in the original Persian.

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
⏰ 7:00-8:00 PM
📍 Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/Haleh2026

The translations are published in two volumes, Gold and Water, by New York Review Books.

Accompanied by world-class cellist 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘃𝗶, Gafori creates a vibrant cross-cultural musical and poetic dialogue as Rumi’s words urgently and tenderly speak to us, ushering us into more loving and soulful realms of being.

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘇𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗶 is a New York City-born translator, performance artist, writer, and educator of Iranian descent.

Door open at 6:30pm.

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford

10/09/2026

🇸🇾📢 UPCOMING EVENT:

𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴? | 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹-𝗛𝗮𝗷 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵

🗓️ Monday, Oct. 19, 2026
⏰ 5:00-6:30 PM
🏫 Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
424 Santa Teresa Street Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/YassinAlHaj

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford, Program on Arab Reform and Development (Stanford CDDRL)

After close to 14 years of cruel struggle, the “eternal” regime was overthrown. came out of that eternity quite shapeless. This talk explores the trajectory of Syria from the beginning of the to the present day, and examines future possibilities.

𝗬𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹-𝗛𝗮𝗷 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗵 is a Syrian writer and translator, and is an International Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Humanities Center.

10/09/2026

📣📚 UPCOMING BOOK TALK

“Why Amina Wadud Should Be as Famous as Malcolm X” | Carla Power

🗓️ Tues, Oct. 13, 2026
⏰ 5:30-7:00 PM
📍 Encina Commons 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/CarlaPower

👉 Sponsored by: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies

Join us for a talk by Carla Power, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author, examining a leading Islamic scholar and activist, Amina Wadud. Drawing on archival materials, she will discuss Wadud’s journey as a Methodist preacher’s daughter who spearheaded civil rights movements on four continents.

Critical to understanding Wadud is her experience and ever-changing relationship to both Islam and the United States. Now recognised as a leading theologian, changing hearts, minds, and laws in Muslim-majority countries, Wadud’s story and work have resulted in countless Muslim women and q***r people seeing their faith anew.

09/28/2026

🌐📣🌎 Join us for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿!

Learn about campus organizations that offer students academic and professional experience abroad, international academically-focused activities, and other forms of international exchange.

📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM–6:00 PM
📍 Gunn SIEPR Building, 366 Galvez Street

🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/IntlEngagement

🍦 Ice cream treats will be served, and students who attend can enter their names into a raffle for the chance to win a variety of prizes.

Student groups with an international component are also invited to table at the fair. The deadline to apply to table is Sunday, October 4, 2026.

09/23/2026

🍂📚📣 Autumn Course for Stanford Students: 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟰𝟳: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲

🗓️ Mon & Wed
⏰ 10:30 am–11:50 am
📍 McMurtry Room 301
👩🏻‍🏫 Instructor: Ala Ebtekar

🔗 Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/AutumnCollage

This course explores the work of contemporary artists who have revitalized the medium, using collage to address complex themes of identity, politics, and the fragmented experience of modern life. It will examine the fundamental generative principles of collage - juxtaposition, displacement, materiality, difference, and event, and how these principles intersect with issues of location (where it happens), object (what it is), process (how it is realized), and purpose (why it is).

The studio component will focus on hands-on experimentation, where students will develop a personal visual language through the manipulation of paper, found materials, and traditional and non-traditional techniques.

09/08/2026

🍂📚🔔 Autumn Quarter Course for Stanford Students:

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝗚: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

Instructor: Farah Bazzi
Thurs: 10:30am-1:20pm at Building 200
Units: 5
Enroll: tinyurl.com/AutumnBazzi

How did the world first become “global”?

Between 1400 and 1800, silver mined in the Andes financed silk bought in China, enslaved Africans built plantation empires across the Atlantic, and pilgrims, pirates, and merchants stitched together a world that had never before been so connected.

Taught by Farah Bazzi, this Stanford History course follows the movement of money, people, goods, and belief across the great empires of the early modern world—from the Ming and Qing to the Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids, and rising powers of Europe.

Along the way, students will wrestle with some of history’s biggest questions: How can we think of “globalization” before modernity? Where did capitalism come from? And when—and why—did some economies begin to pull away from others?

08/31/2026

📖💡 As we look ahead to our 2025–26 annual report, we’re revisiting one final highlight from last year’s .

Nilay Ozok-Gundogan, Associate Professor of History, was a 2024–25 Stanford Humanities Center fellow and an affiliate of the Abbasi Program.

In this interview, she discusses her research on Ottoman , her second book project, and how her scholarship at Stanford was enriched by intellectual exchanges with fellow scholars.

🔗 Read the full interview: tinyurl.com/NilaySpotlight

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615 Crothers Way, Encina Commons Suite 124
Stanford, CA
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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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