The Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University
The Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central forum for interdisciplinary research and teaching in Islamic Studies at Stanford University. It facilitates and promotes the study of Islamic cultures and societies, including the history of Islam from its beginnings to the twenty-first century, systematic study of Islamic social contexts, the religion of Islam in all its internal complexity, and the diversity of human experience as seen in literature and the arts originating in societies affected by Islamic civilizations.
New Regimes of Death and Disease in Early Modern Istanbul | Nukhet Varlik
The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization in Latin America & Turkey
Forgotten Experts: Astrologers, Science, & Authority in the Ottoman Empire
Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Europe
Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies | Güneş Murat Tezcür
Reassessing the Route to the Armenian Genocide (1913-15) | Yektan Turkyilmaz
Police, Provocation, Politics: Counterinsurgency in Istanbul | Book Talk with Deniz Yonucu
Scholars and Stewards of Muslim Archival Legacies in Africa and the Global Black Diaspora
Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement | Book Talk with Cole Bunzel
Political Dread & Personal Power: Book Talk with Özge Samancı on Evil Eyes Sea
Ethnic/Religious Identity & Mental Health Among Armenians in Turkey | Linda Baris Kirlangic
Abbasi 2025 Annual Lecture: “Ash’arite Ethics and the Islamic Secular” by Sherman A. Jackson
Kurdish Nobility in the Ottoman Empire: Loyalty, Autonomy, and Privilege | Nilay Özok-Gündoğan
Rethinking Revolution: Lessons from Tahrir for the 21st Century | Book Talk with Rusha Latif
Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion with Robert Rakove
Imamate and Siyāsa: Critical Reflections on Early Islamic Political Discourses | Hayrettin Yücesoy
On Muslim Democracy: Essays and Dialogues | Book Talk with Andrew March
“Impact of the U.S Elections and the Muslim Experience,” with Halil Yenigun
"Fairuz: The Voice of the Lebanon That Was," with Ramzi Salti
The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Poverty, and Charity in Turkey | Book Talk with Gizem Zencirci
Silent Crimes: Atrocities in Sudan and the International Response | Panel
Armenian Rebirth: The Last Plight with Garo Paylan
Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara: Islam, Spiritual Mediation & Social Change with Erin Pettigrew
Palestinian Transnational Politics: The Evolution of Solidarity&Resistance in the US with Karam Dana
War Crimes and Historical Context: Understanding the 2023 Hamas-Israel War
A Book Talk with Hafsa Kanjwal: "Colonizing Kashmir: State Building under Indian Occupation"
Kareem Abdulrahman:" Politics of Literature and Translation: A Kurdish Translator's Journey"
A Talk with Louis Fishman on Late Ottoman Palestine
Head Above Water U.S. Book Launch
Where are the Muslim Women Scholars?