On April 25, the Ali Vural Ak Center hosted noted scholar Farid Esack from the University of Johannesburg for a guest lecture titled "Islamic Ethics and Decolonialization", the final talk of the Center's Spring Lecture Series on Islamic Ethics.

On April 11, Roger Owen from Harvard University, a key scholar whose work played a vital role in developing the academic field of Middle East Studies, spoke at Mason about his most recent book, "The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life".

On April 4, the Ali Vural Ak Center hosted Waleed El-Ansary from Xavier University for a guest lecture titled, "The Spiritual Significance of Jihad in Islamic Economics", as part of the Spring Lecture Series on Islamic Ethics.