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.

Reflecting on his three years working at the State Department during the Obama administration, Mandaville examines the complex and at times contradictory approaches to Islam and Muslims that has characterized U.S. foreign policy.

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.

Mason’s Institute for Immigration Research offers information, context, and facts to counter misperceptions about immigrants’ contributions to the economy of the United States and about the American Muslim population in particular.

Scheduled for April 8, the colloquium will convene graduate students whose research examines "History, Memory, Identity" in the Islamicate world.

The Ali Vural Ak Center and the Institute for Immigration Research have organized a panel featuring researchers and Mason faculty to discuss the trend of xenophobic rhetoric growing in today's political climate.