Recent News

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.

This May, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences plans to host three convocations: one each for its graduate students, undergraduate humanities and interdisciplinary programs students, and undergraduate social sciences students.

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".