Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford University, 615 Crothers Way, Encina Commons Suite 124, Stanford, CA (2026)

Mediterranean Studies at Stanford University provides a forum for scholars to explore the interplay between societies, cultures, and communities around the Mediterranean Basin from the Middle Ages to the present.

03/20/2025

𝙆𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙯𝙤𝙠-𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙖𝙣

📅 Monday, April 7, 2025
🕓 12:00 - 1:30 PM
📍 Encina Commons 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305

🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/NilayOzok

Event co-sponsors: and

Despite Kurdish ruling households’ distinctive place in the Ottoman imperial system, hereditary nobility has largely been dismissed as a meaningful political category in Ottoman historiography. This talk examines how Kurdish nobility, particularly the Palu begs, navigated shifting political and fiscal landscapes from the 16th to 19th centuries–negotiating autonomy, retaining privileges, and adapting to changing imperial policies. The discussion also revisits the long, contested abolition of their status to explore broader dynamics of Ottoman governance, property relations, and intercommunal ties in Kurdistan.

𝗡𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝘇𝗼𝗸-𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 is an Associate Professor of Ottoman and Middle East history at Florida State University and a 2024–2025 Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center.

01/27/2025

𝙎𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙙

🗓️ Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
🕓 10:00–11:15AM
📍 Online via Zoom

🔗 Info & Zoom link: http://tinyurl.com/SyriaInTransition

Event co-sponsors: ’s Program on Arab Reform and Development (ARD)
’s Program on Turkey

Join us for a discussion on the future of Syria following the downfall of Bashar Al-Assad in December 2024. The webinar will feature 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗮𝗱, Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, who will speak in conversation with CDDRL’s ARD Associate Director 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺.
The webinar will address the conditions that contributed to the downfall of the Assad regime, relevant regional and international dimensions, as well as the prospects for the presumably transitional ruling formula under Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham. The session will also address the major historical trends that shaped the trajectory of the Syrian uprising in 2011, the eventual collapse of the Assad regime in 2024, and the post-Assad era.

𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗮𝗱 is Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

12/17/2024

🆕📢📚 We are pleased to announce the inaugural 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽! The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford and Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford University at Stanford Global Studies Division invite qualified candidates to apply for the inaugural Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship.

This is a two-year term fellowship beginning in fall 2025 with the possibility of a third-year extension.

✍︎⌛Application deadline for 2025-26 fellowship is 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵 𝗽.𝗺. 𝗣𝗦𝗧.⤵️

🔗 Learn more on our website, and apply at: http://islamicstudies.stanford.edu/opportunities/palestinian-studies-postdoctoral-fellowship

12/07/2024

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧: 𝘿𝙪𝙮𝙜𝙪 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙜 []
📅 Monday, December 9 at 5:00 pm
📍Escondido Village Graduate Residences (EVGR) Building C, Theater Room, 726 Serra St, Stanford, CA 94305

Speaker: Duygu Demirdag
Event Sponsors: Hosted by the Turkish Student Association and co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Forum.

Join us for a fireside chat about social dynamics in Turkish media and how the Turkish media process and present political news.

𝗗𝘂𝘆𝗴𝘂 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗴 is a journalist and documentarian who served as a prominent anchor for national news channels for many years. She has been working as a freelancer for the past year. Her recent documentary filmed in the earthquake region initiated a solidarity campaign that connected 3,000 people. She designs socially beneficial projects and delivers inspiring talks. Currently, she hosts a program on CNBC-e and runs a YouTube channel focused on future trends, technology, and sustainability.

RSVP at: https://tinyurl.com/DuyguDemirdagStanford

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