Monday, July 22, 2024
The Elaine and Mokhtar Mokhtefi Endowment at CNES will support fellowships and scholarships for students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) who study the history and cultures of...
Monday, July 8, 2024
The conference featured keynote addresses by the joint winners of the 2024 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Awards: historian Michael Cook and Islamic law professor and jurist Hossein Modarressi, both of...
Monday, April 1, 2024
A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Arab American voices, histories and research, including from CNES fellow Dima El Mouallem.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
A former Scholar at Risk and current faculty affiliate of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Melissa Bilal has been named inaugural holder of the new chair at UCLA.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Sociocultural anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Moroccan Jewish life and history, has been inducted as a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
UCLA's Aomar Boum has spent 22 years championing interfaith familiarity and amity.
Monday, August 8, 2022
International development studies (IDS) faculty who taught several of the major's core required courses in the 2021–22 academic year worked to strengthen the cumulative pedagogy of their courses.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
UCLA Sociology professor Kevan Harris talks on a podcast about Iran's ongoing protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was detained by the country's morality police as the...
The New York Times explores why Los Angeles is home to the world's largest Iranian community outside of Iran, featuring input from UCLA Sociology professor Kevan Harris.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Asma Sayeed is strengthening the Islamic studies program and its connection to L.A. and beyond.