NYU's Kevorkian Center is hiring an Administrative Aide II to support our program. This is great opportunity for those interested in working in higher education and on issues pertaining to the Middle East. Apply Today! 🖇️ To learn more: buff.ly/EUnQG5T

Register now for the Pre-Modern Islamicate World Lecture Series: Weather History and Sciences of Languages in The Book of Rain. 📆 Nov. 12, 2025 |12:00-1:30PM 🎤 David Larsen 📍 Ettinghausen Library | Zoom 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/AtvXRMc | buff.ly/npAi9lb

Meet Hanna Davis, our student spotlight from class of 2027 💫 Hanna is in the Global Journalism and Near Eastern Studies Program. She worked as an editor at The Jordan Times and as a freelance journalist in Beirut, reporting on politics across Syria and Lebanon.

Don't miss out on the first session of the new webinar series: Archives in Dialogue: Archives in Dialogue Webseries: Diaspora, Archives, and the City 📆 Nov. 18, 2025 | 2 PM-3:30PM 🎤 Elizabeth Barrett-Sullivan, Hiba Abid, & Akram Khater 📍 Virtual 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/IrIzfxT

Join us for a Gallatin Human Rights Initiative talk on Aziz Rana’s The Constitutional Bind, part of the Speaker Series on Law, Authoritarianism & Dissent. 📆 Nov. 6, 2025 | 5-7 PM 🎤 Aziz Rana, Christy Thorton, Noah Rosenblum 📍 214 Vanderbilt Hall 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/GyQNtXz

Join author Subah Dayal as she discusses her new book, Between Household and State. 📆 Nov. 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM 🎤 Subah Dayal, @sepoy.bsky.social, Dipti Khera, and Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer 📍 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/pscavXS

Our last Virtual Explainer session is this Wednesday! Don't miss out ! 🏛️ Sanctuary Cities 📅 11.5.2025 | 10:30 AM | Virtual Register Here: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us & Iranian Studies Initiative next month for a screening of Requiem for a Tribe and a discussion with the filmmaker, Marjan Khosravi. 📆 November 20 2025 | 5 PM - 7 PM 🎤 Marjan Khosravi, Leila Pourtavaf 🎟️ Open to public w/ RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/NGRLMZl

Happening Today! 📆10.3025 | 5-7 PM 🎤Christina Heatherton 🖇️ buff.ly/fGaj3fO

Meet Leen Amin, our student spotlight from class of 2027 💫 Leen graduated from The Ohio State University, with her senior thesis examining the failed democratization of Libya. Leen's research interests focus on pan-Arabism, revolution, and intellectual history in the Arab world.

Thank you Robert Malley, Adam Shatz, and all who attended the October 23, 2025 conversation on Malley's new book, "Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine." If you want to attend a future event at the Kevorkian Center, check out our website, buff.ly/AMQxoWQ

Curious about the links between policing, empire, and resistance, from Chicago to Gaza? Don’t miss this week’s Gallatin Human Rights Initiative panel! 📆 October 30, 2025 | 5 - 7 PM 🎤 @chenjerai.bsky.social, Stuart Schrader, Christina Heatherton 📍 255 Sullivan Street 🖇️ buff.ly/M9bF2PF

One week until our Research Workshop with Alize Arıcan! 📆 Nov. 3 | 5:30-7 PM 🎟️ NYU Only; not NYU but interested in subject, email us! 📖 Mandatory pre-reading chapter sent upon RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/2QI4lTQ

Introducing Maksim Zakharov, our student spotlight from class of 2027! Maksim holds a B.A. in International Studies with a focus on Iranian Studies and History from University of Oklahoma. At NYU, he will study leftism and decolonialism in Russian and Persian-language materials.

Our first session is happening next week! Join our Virtual Open House to learn more about our Master's in Near Eastern Studies. 📅 October 29, 2025 & December 3, 2025 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 📍 On Zoom 🖇️ buff.ly/j5UiZQ6

Did you miss our Iranian Studies Initiative panel on Oct.16, Women and Transformative Politics in Iran with Azam Khatam, Fatemeh Sadeghi, and Mona Tajali? Watch this event recording on our Youtube channel now! ▶️ buff.ly/fJeypXc Please note, the panel was conducted in Persian.

Happening this Thursday! Register now for our discussion with Robert Malley on his book: Tomorrow is Yesterday. 📆 October 23, 2025 | 5:30-7 PM 📍Ettinghausen Library | 255 Sullivan St. 🖇️ RSVP: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

📅Mark your calendars! Virtual Explainers - October 22 and Octover 29. 📍Zoom 🖇️ RSVP: migration.nyu.edu/migration-ev...

Join us for the book launch of Decolonizing Afghanistan; Countering Imperial Knowledge & Power! 📆 November 6, 2025 | 5 PM - 6:30 PM 🎤 Wazhmah Osman, Matthieu Aikins, Zohra Saed, and more! 📍239 Greene Street, Floor 8 🎟️ Open to the public with registration 🖇️ buff.ly/1w1yuWy

In memory of Falak Sufi, we invite students to carry forward her vision through an MA in Near Eastern Studies. Falak was a brilliant graduate student from Pakistan, passionate abt gender studies, human rights & development. Fellowship supports students from majority Muslim South Asian countries.1/2

Meet Toli Begum, our student spotlight from class of 2027 💫 Toli graduated from Fordham University Lincoln Center with a double major in Middle East Studies and New Media & Digital Design. At NYU, her research focuses on the evolving roles and representations of women in Islamic societies.

We are excited to introduce our new Assistant Director at the Hagop Kevorkian Center, Fidele Harfouche! Fidele is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment while advancing the Center’s mission with creativity, care, and vision. To learn more: buff.ly/Ln1j3Y0

Happening this Wednesday- make sure to RSVP for this great opportunity! 📆 Wed., Oct. 15, 9:30AM - 5 PM 📍 NYU Wagner, 105 E 17th St 🎟️https://buff.ly/GqB2CSg

Join us for our upcoming Research Workshop w/Alize Arıcan, "Kristina: Calculating Futures and Care in Istanbul" 📆 Nov. 3 | 5:30-7 PM 🎟️ Open to NYU Community (not NYU but interested in subject, email us - [email protected] 📖 Mandatory pre-reading chapter sent upon RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/2QI4lTQ

Thank you to Muhammad Naeem, Tahira Naqvi, and all those in the audience, for contributing to the brilliant discussion about Allama Iqbal that took place on September 25, 2025. If you want to attend a future event at the Kevorkian Center, check out our website ➡️ buff.ly/K6HI8ex

Please join us for the launch of our edited volume Decolonizing Afghanistan! November 6, 5pm, at NYU. Link to register: tinyurl.com/mrafhcr6 , dukeupress.edu/decolonizing..., with @nyukevo.bsky.social , @sepoy.bsky.social , @dukepress.bsky.social

Don't miss out on this engaging book talk with Robert Malley, as he discusses his most recent publication: Tomorrow is Yesterday. 📆 October 23, 2025 | 5:30-7 PM 🎤 Robert Malley , Adam Shatz 📍 Ettinghausen Library | 255 Sullivan St. 🖇️ buff.ly/lLQFfUE

Meet Mohamad Rimawi, our student spotlight from class of 2027 💫  Mohamad earned his B.A. in Economics from CUNY Hunter College in 2022. At NYU, he aims to investigate the impact of domestic politics and interest groups on American foreign policy in the Middle East.

Join us for a series of quick, 15-minute online explainers in which leading scholars break down major topics related to detention and deportation. The first will be conducted this week, Oct. 8, from 10:30 - 10:45 AM 📆 10.8.2025 | 10:30 - 10:45 AM | Virtual 🖇️ Register here: buff.ly/pN1rhTQ

We are delighted to introduce and welcome our new faculty fellow, Roxana Maria Arăş. Arăş is an interdisciplinary scholar with a doctoral degree from the Anthropology and History Program at the University of Michigan, with research interests in Eastern Christianity, sectarianism, and urban studies.

Curious about pursuing a Master's degree in Near Eastern Studies at NYU? Join us for our Virtual Open House with Jared McCormick (Director of Graduate Studies) and Fidele Harfouche (Assistant Director) on October 29 or December 3! Read more and register today: buff.ly/j5UiZQ6

Meet Charism Wafee, our student spotlight from class of 2027 💫  Charisma, our 2025 Falak Sufi Fellow, earned her MPhil in Linguistics and TESOL in Northern Pakistan. At NYU, she plans to investigate the intersection of gender, consumption, and social imaginaries in tourist spaces in South Asia.

Join us for Migration Network for "Detention and Deportation" 📆 Wednesday, October 15, 9:30AM - 5 PM 📍 Main Event Space, NYU Wagner, 105 E 17th St 🎟️ in-person event, open to all with registration 🔗 RSVP here: buff.ly/CJZIujP

Join NYU Iranian Studies Initiative this month for a panel on Women and Transformative Politics in Iran with Azam Khatam, Fatemeh Sadeghi & Mona Tajali. 📆 10.16.2025 | 12 PM | Virtual 🗣️ Event is only in Persian 🎟️ Open to Public 🖇️ buff.ly/eJfKLSo

On September 16, 2025 the Kevorkian Center and the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department held a Back to School Gathering as chance for students, faculty, and staff to come together and build community at start of the new year. Thanks to everyone who showed out & good luck this semester!

International students in the U.S. face mounting challenges, from travel bans to visa revocations, funding cuts & more. Join us TODAY for a panel exploring the history & present of intl. education, & the impact on intl./undocumented students. 🔗 apa.nyu.edu/event/intern...

Join us for a talk with Muhammad Naeem, as he investigates the mental geography of Allama Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. 📆 Sep. 26, '25 | 4:30 - 6PM 📍 Kevorkian Center, 255 Sullivan St 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration. Register by emailing: Tahira Naqvi at [email protected] 🖇️ buff.ly/8eJdaQW

Welcoming the Class of 2027! On Sept 3, we held the Kevorkian Center orientation — with Health Services, GSAS Master’s College, the Library team, MEIS, and Kevorkian staff & faculty. Challenging times, but inspired by this new cohort & excited to learn together

NYU students 📣 Looking for a new class? Join Critical Thinking with AI: Media, Knowledge & Power in the Middle East — TONIGHT at 5pm. Explore how AI shapes research, politics & society, with case studies from MENA. Find it on Albert: NEST-GA 3002-001. Enroll now.

The 2025 Summer Institute, "Teaching Urban Ecologies from NYC to the Middle East through Student Research Experiences," brought educators together to explore how land, water, energy & movement shape our lives. Watch the highlights now: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wuu...

We're so excited to announce the 2025 Summer Institute at the Hagop Kevorkian Center! Join us for "Teaching Urban Ecologies from NYC to the Middle East through Student Research Experiences," a dynamic five-day professional development program for K–16 educators.

As the 2024–2025 academic year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible work of our graduate student workers. We are truly grateful for everything you’ve done. Your dedication & high-quality work have been central to our accomplishments this year. Thank you!

Honoring our Middle East and Islamic Studies Department & Kevorkian Center community at the End of Year Gathering! Congrats to our 18 MA grads 🎓, amazing faculty work, and PhD milestones. Proud of this year’s achievements—onward to next year!

Thank you Norma Claire Moruzzi, Ali Mirsepassi, Arang Keshavarzian, & to everyone who joined us for "Tied Up in Tehran: Women, Social Change, & the Politics of Daily Life in Post-revolutionary Iran" last week on May 1, 2025. Future events: buff.ly/onbmGBV

Thank you to Iman Mersal, Khaled al-Hilli & Alex Tan, as well as all those in the audience, for contributing to the discussion about memory, motherhood, poetics, and translation that took place, April 29, 2025. For future event at the Kevorkian Center: buff.ly/vd7PmOS

We’re so proud to share that our second-year MA student, Sage Taber, has been named the 2025 GSAS Threesis Audience Choice Winner! Her presentation titled, “Framing Tehran: The rise of an Alternative Public Space” is part of Sage’s MA dissertation. Congratulations, Sage!

Join us & the Iranian Studies Initiative TOMORROW for a book talk on women in post-revolutionary Iran! 📆 5.1.25 | 5PM 🎤 Norma Claire Moruzzi, Arang Keshavarzian 📍 Kevorkian Center / Zoom 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🔗 buff.ly/onbmGBV

Congratulations to our faculty member, Tyson Patros, on his Teaching Innovation Award! Tyson received the award to design a series of assignments for topic-based graduate seminars that support student learning through hands-on empirical research.

Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Egyptian writer Iman Mersal, poet, scholar & award-winning author. She’ll discuss memory, motherhood & translation w/ Khaled al-Hilli & Alex Tan. 📆 4/29/25 | 12:30PM 📍 Kevorkian Center 💡 Event will be in Arabic 🔗 Register: buff.ly/XvlGESv

Thank you Ayşenur Dal, Lisel Hintz, Bilge Yeşil, Aslı Iğsız, James Wahutu & all those in the audience, for contributing to the discussion about Turkey's media narratives & political legitimacy on April 24, 2025. For future events, check out our website: buff.ly/TchSLI1