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The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies is the central hub at Stanford University for the study of Islam and Islamicate societies & communities.
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The Abbasi Program invites proposals from continuing undergraduate, co-term and graduate students for projects pertaining to the study of Islam as well as Muslim-majority or Muslim-minority communities and societies.Application & InfoProjects…
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This obituary was originally published by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.One of the great scholars of Ladino culture and Ottoman Sephardi history, Dr. Olga Borovaya, has passed away. Passing after a long struggle with illness both…
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With image-making tools like DALL-E and Midjourney, artificial intelligence is disrupting the art world, but artists like Morehshin Allahyari are also disrupting AI.Allahyari, an assistant professor of art and art history in the…
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Tue February 17th 2026, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Encina Commons
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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The City is Ours accounts how urban…
February
17
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Tue February 17th 2026, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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The Nitery
514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Markaz Resource Center, Room 210 (The Lounge)
514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Markaz Resource Center, Room 210 (The Lounge)
How does storytelling resist injustice? What happens when modernization becomes a project of erasure, displacing communities, reshaping…
February
17
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Tue February 17th 2026, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
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450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
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Join us for the third seminar, on Tuesday, January 17, at 4:30pm in Pigott Hall 252 for a…