Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies

Spring 2017 Graduates & Faculty
The Ecology of Language Variation in Arabic

Mohamed El-Sharkawi from Wayne State University,

When: Monday April 3rd 2:-00-4:00 pm

Where: CCAS Boardroom (ICC241)

Arabic Lecture Series: Mohamed El-Sharkawi
Apocalypse and Eschatology in the First Millennium

First Millennium Network Friday, April 28th, 2017 CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
First Millennium Network: Apocalypse and Eschatolo
Preserving, Democratizing, and Studying the World Heritage of Islamic Manuscripts: The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition

Sabine Schmidtke Institute for Advanced Study Princeton March 1st, 6:00pm, Location: CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
Islamic Studies Lecture Series: Sabine Schmidtke
ʿAbduh and the Avicennian synthesis by Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University

Islamic Studies Lecture Series The Islamic Intellectual Tradition: Reception, Transformation and Innovation When: Thursday February 2nd, 6:00pm, Location: CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
The pre-Islamic Battle of Dhū Qār: From History to Collective Memory

A Lecture in Arabic by Hamad Obaid Alajmi When: Tuesday Nov. 29th, 5:00pm, where: CCAS Boardroom ICC 241
What to think about before we think about (Islamic) ritual

9 November, 6:00pm, Location: CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
Transgression and Invention Language, Genre and Interarts in Modern Arabic Poetry

Arabic Literature Colloquium Transgression and Invention Language, Genre and Interarts in Modern Arabic Poetry When: October 27th 3:00 – 8:00pm, October 28th 9:30am – 4:30pm
Arabic Literature Colloquium: Transgression and In

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Welcome to the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. You will find a variety of information regarding our academic programs, resources and current events outlined on this webpage. In addition to graduate and undergraduate programs in Arabic and Islamic Studies, the department also hosts the Division of Eastern Mediterranean Languages, which is home to Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew.

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Should you have any questions, please feel free to visit our FAQs page or send us an email at arabic@georgetown.edu. For specific inquiries, you may contact the following people:

Department Chair	Felicitas Opwis
Department Business Manager	Meriem Tikue
Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs	TBD, contact arabic@georgetown.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies	Elliott Colla
Director of Graduate Studies	Emma Gannagé

Photo credits: Mohammed Bushra (Turkey, Spain), Tuve Floden (Abu Dhabi, Algeria), Anny Gaul (Morocco, Palestine), and Pamela Klasova (Jordan, Leiden).

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