This Fall, the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University Qatar, and the African Studies Program welcome 11 distinguished speakers for a vital lecture series focused on the…
The American Academy of Religion (AAR) recently announced the 2024 recipients of the Awards for Excellence in the Study of Religion. This annual competition recognizes new scholarly publications that make significant contributions…
Join Dr. Sherman Jackson and moderator Dr. Nader Hashemi for a discussion on Dr. Jackson’s latest book, The Islamic Secular (2024), and how the authentic conception of the Islamic Secular…
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, and Georgetown University Qatar, hosted a conversation with University of California…
The Religion Toolkit: Understanding Religion in the World Today is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the academic study of religions, providing readers an introduction to the history and theories of…
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding congratulates Shenila Khoja-Moolji, the Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Associate Professor of Muslim Societies, for winning the 2024 Nautilus Book Award for her latest book Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the…
ACMCU Honors the life and legacy of Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director Dr. John L. Esposito as this year's recipient of the annual Building Bridges Awards. ACMCU hosts distinguished…
Alwaleed Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (ACMCU), The Bridge Initiative and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University stand in support of courageous university students across the country…
ACMCU, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the African Studies Program, hosted a conversation with University of California Berkeley Professor of Middle East History and Chancellor’s…
ACMCU Honors the Life, Career, and Legacy of ACMCU Founding Director and Distinguished University Professor John L. Esposito. This video was co-produced and narrated by John's wife Jean Esposito and…
Middle East Studies is in peril. Today, we are facing the biggest threat to academic freedom since the founding of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP) in 1915.
ACMCU, CCAS, and The African Studies Program of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service welcomed Dr. Tareq Baconi from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network to give a lecture on the…
The local volunteer organization Ceasefire Now Roaring Fork Valley has invited author, commentator and Middle East expert Dr. Nader Hashemi to speak on “Israel-Gaza War: Myths vs. Realities” at the…
Professor John Esposito talks to us about studying Islam, Islamophobia in the US, and what Arabs inside and outside of the Arab region misunderstand about Islam.
Join ACMCU for a discussion about crafting Shia Muslim childhoods in America with authors of three recently published children’s books: Azmina Dhalla-Shivji and Zaheed Damani, How Can I Tell My…
In partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University Qatar, and The Georgetown University African Studies Program, ACMCU will host a four part series focused on the…
The Georgetown professor of Middle East and Islamic politics talks of hating his parents’ return to Iran after the 1979 revolution – and crediting it with his life’s mission of…
In this talk about their new book, Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America (NYU Press, 2023), Professor Katrina Daly Thompson tells the story of progressive…
In this talk, Tazeen M. Ali discusses her recent book The Women's Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam, published with NYU Press in November 2022.
Recite Al Jazeera's guest is Nader Hashemi, distinguished professor of Islamic studies and director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in Washington.
