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Mar 2 2016 | Posted In: Faculty, Students
From February 19 through 21, 2016, Stanford University hosted an intensive workshop entitled “New Directions in Political Economy of the Middle East.” Leading universities and programs from outside of Stanford — specifically, Rutgers, NYU, Arab Studies Institute, The Political Economy Project — and...
Our Faculty Director Prof. Robert Crews (Stanford History) wrote about America's Afghan Refugee Crisis in Foreign Policy
Feb 2 2016 | Center to Support Excellence in Teaching
The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and Center to Support Excellence in Teaching at Stanford invite grades 6-12 and community college educators to participate in the Stanford Institute on Islam, a series of Saturdays that explore how the study of this global tradition can be incorporated in our...
Jan 21 2016 | Posted In: Students
Stanford Global Studies (SGS) Internship Program is soliciting applications for paid internships that help translate Stanford students' study of Islam and Muslim societies into diverse professional settings. Recipients will be awarded $4,000 for domestic internships and $6,000 for international...
Abbasi Program Director, Robert Crews, was interviewed by the International Business Times on the increased interest in Islamic Studies across campuses.
“What's driving that is not ISIS narrowly but an awareness that Islam is playing a greater role in global affairs,” Crews said. “These students...
