Einaudi Center director Ellen Lust is coeditor of a new open-access book examining how decentralization affects communities in the Middle East and...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nathan Thrall will visit campus Oct. 10 for a talk about his most recent book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama:...

In her new book, Seema Golestaneh examines how Sufi mystical experience in Iran shapes contemporary life. Watch this book talk for more! 

Mostafa Minawi, faculty director of our Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies initiative, wins the 2023 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle...

Seema Golestaneh came to the study of Sufism – a form of Islamic mysticism – in a roundabout way. An assistant professor of Near Eastern studies in...