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AIS participates at American Comparative Literature Association
From March 18-20, 2016, several AIS scholars participated in a seminar as a part of the American Comparative Literature Association annual meeting. The seminar, “The…
March 26, 2016
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Former Arabic major accepted to PhD program in anthropology
The department is happy to announce that former Georgetown Arabic major Keegan Terek has been accepted to a Ph.D. program in Anthropology at Northwestern University. Keegan is…
March 26, 2016
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AIS student Francesco Sinatora accepts position at the George Washington University
The department is proud to announce that graduate student Francesco Sinatora has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern…
March 26, 2016
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AIS welcomes linguist Dr. Ahmad Alqassas
The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Ahmad Alqassas will join the faculty starting in Fall 2017. Dr. Alqassas holds a B.A.…
March 11, 2016
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AIS participation at Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2015
Several AIS graduate students and faculty participated in the Middle East Studies Association’s annual meeting, which took place from November 21-24, 2015, in Denver,…
March 4, 2016
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AIS faculty member Felicitas Opwis presents at Istanbul University
Professor Felicitas Opwis presented a paper, “Between Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa and Tashrīʿ Islāmī: Ibn ʿĀshūr’s Navigation of the Secondary Rules of…
March 4, 2016
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Graduate student Rosabel Ansari presents research in Istanbul
AIS graduate student Rosabel Ansari presented a paper, “Ibn Kemal, Dawwānī, and the Avicennan Lineage” at a conference in Istanbul. The conference, “The…
February 20, 2016
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Graduate Student Nadine Hamdan publishes book review
AIS graduate student Nadine Hamdan has published a book review of Language Policy and Political Theory, edited by Thomas Ricento, Yael Peled, and Peter Ives, in …
February 17, 2016
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Graduate student Pamela Klasova awarded grant
Graduate student Pamela Klasova has been awarded a one-year fellowship (August 2016–August 2017) at the Orient-Institut in Beirut (OIB), which is a part of the Max Weber…
September 28, 2015
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AIS at MESA: 2014
The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies was well represented at the Middle East Studies Association’s 2014 annual meeting. Papers presented by our graduate…
September 1, 2015