Congratulations to the Abbasi 2025 Summer Grant Awardees!

We are excited to announce the recipients of the Abbasi 2025 Summer Research and Travel Grant. The grants will support the following undergraduate and graduate students with their outstanding research projects, fieldwork, and immersive language studies across a range of disciplines. 

We wish all recipients a productive and enriching learning experience this summer.

Language Study Grant Awardees:

Alfred Jeoffrey Naddaff (Turkish, Turkey)

Angelina Rivas (Arabic, Jordan and Morocco) 

Diego Calderon (Arabic, Jordan) 

Research, Fieldwork, or Training Grant Awardees:

Anna Galietti, "Time and canon: the Naqāʾiḍ of Jarīr and al-Farazdaq," U.K. 

Bryn Evans, Sharjah Biennial, U.A.E

Dominic Bustillos, "Ethnicity, Inequality, and Combat Motivation," U.S.

Emilia Cottignoli, "An Ecocritical Approach to Early Christian and Early Islamic Art and Architecture," Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Italy 

Husna Ayoubi, "The Impact of Rumi’s Poetry on Mental Health and Social Connection," Turkey

Huzaafa, "Pious Threads: Cashmere and Crafting in the time of Conflict"  

Mustafa Emre Gunaydi, "Ottoman Iraq as Part of the Indian Ocean World, 1749-1831," U.K. and Turkey

Rabia Kutlu Karasu, "Elite Strategies and Public Support for Democracy: The Case of Turkey," Turkey

Ronald Chen, "No Country for Old Laws?: Legal Pluralism & Tribal Law in Jordan," Jordan