Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Researchers have until Jan. 15, 2018 to submit papers for the Special Issue of Anthropology & Aging, co-edited by Prof. Cortney Hughes Rinker.

The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies invites applications from advanced graduate students for a Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to be held on October 12, 2017 at George Mason University in partnership with the 2017 Fall For The Book festival.

Held on April 8-9 at the Diyanet Center of America, the colloquium convened over thirty graduate students and distinguished scholars of Islamic Studies to examine issues of "History, Memory, Identity" in the Islamicate world.

The town hall held in Fenwick Library featured several distinguished Mason faculty members who each offered insights from different analytical angles, including the legality of the executive order, its impact on national security, and response from Muslim American communities.

Prof. Sachedina has devoted much of his scholarly time and effort in recent years to introducing theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of Islam in the Western academy to scholars of Islam in academic institutions in various parts of the Islamic world, and to fostering interfaith and intrafaith dialogue through various programs aimed at both Muslim scholars and Muslim youth.