Past Events

The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University and The Maydan, the Center’s public-facing scholarship platform, present the fifth annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to be held on December 9, 2021. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2021.

Please join us for the exhibition and the screening of Marc Rothemund’s film Sophie Scholl. Die letzten Tage, organized by the German Program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and sponsored by the German Embassy. The exhibition and the film focus on the most prominent member of the resistance group White Rose in Nazi Germany—Sophie Scholl, whose legacy resonates with us today. The film is in German with English subtitles. Professor of German Natalia Dudnik will introduce the event.

Join us on September 10th, 2021 for our annual Service Fair. Held in Wilkins Plaza from 11am-1pm, join us for a great afternoon of engaging with our local community partners!

Students should verify their class schedules in PatriotWeb to ensure they are registered for the appropriate courses. Students are responsible for attending all classes for which they are registered.

Nur Sobers-Khan's paper explores the genealogy of Tilsimat-i Aja’ib (Talismans of Wonder) texts, a genre that features elements of cosmology and divination, in Urdu lithographs of the 19th and early 20th century in the British Library’s collections, examining the illustrative programs in these texts and positing a continuity with the Persian Aja’ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) manuscript tradition.

George Mason University will conduct its 54th Spring Commencement virtually in accordance with public health recommendations on Friday, May 14. Information about the CHSS celebrations will be shared on the college's website and will be continually updated.