Islamic Studies

Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions (MEMaT) is a multidisciplinary project which aims at studying various aspects of manuscript production, utilization, and transmission history. The project is a collaboration between Sabine Schmidtke (IAS) and Geo...

The astral sciences and early cultures: why do we study them, and how do we share our interest with the public. Alexander Jones (ISAW, NYU) in conversation with Sonja Brentjes (IAS, MPIWG). Alexander Jones will present a brief survey on his...

NES seminars meeting from 12:00 to 1:30 pm, West Seminar room.

October 2: NES Seminar, Tatars of the Sudan: Place, Race, and Power in Ibn Saʿīd’s Kitāb al-jughrāfiyā, Hannah Barker (School of Historical Studies, IAS and Arizona State University)...

Firouza Abdullaeva
2001-02, Iranian Philology, Persian Art, Islamic Studies

Asad Ahmed
2010-11, Islamic Studies

Magda Al-Nowaihi
1999-00, Arabic Literature

Abdulrahman al-Salimi
2010-11, 2017-18, Islamic Studies, Early Islamic Theology and History

Hassan...

October 25: NES Lecture, Syriac Christianity and the Holy City of Jerusalem: Entangled Histories in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Catalin-Stefan Popa (Romanian Academy). The lecture introduces the audience to the process of...