Stanford’s Program on Turkey is hosting a panel discussion on Syria and Turkey with Ayça Alemdaroğlu, Evren Balta, Nora Barakat, and Halil İbrahim Yenigün. Stanford Islamic Studies Ayça Alemdaroğlu Evren Balta 🫐 Middle Eastern Studies at Stanford

📢📚🌱 Stanford students: Sign up for a new course on gender and politics in the Middle East this spring quarter! 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝟭𝟯𝟮: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 (𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀) Instructor: 𝗗𝗿.

🆙📢𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗧 12:00 𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗦𝗧‼️⤵️

🔔🔔 We are excited to announce a new course on gender and politics in the Middle East offered this spring quarter! 📚🌱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝟭𝟯𝟮: 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 (𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀) Instructor: 𝗗𝗿.

𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮'𝙨 𝙀𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙡𝙞 Ç𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙤ğ𝙡𝙪 📅 Monday, March 31, 2025 🕓 12:00 PM 📍 Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/Carkoglu 🔗

𝙆𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙯𝙤𝙠-𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙖𝙣 (Nilay Özok-Gündoğan) 📅 Monday, April 7, 2025 🕓 12:00 - 1:30 PM 📍 Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way,

🌸📢📜 As we step into the spring quarter, we’re excited to share our April ‘25 newsletter! Inside, you’ll find highlights of featured lectures, co-sponsored events, spring courses on Islam and the Middle East, and other opportunities for students. ⏩ Read the full newsletter

🔜STARTING SHORTLY AT 12:00 NOON PT ‼️ You can also join online. The link is below☟

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📢 JOIN US TODAY FOR A HYBRID LECTURE WITH AYTUĞ ŞAŞMAZ [Aytuğ Şaşmaz]: 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆 🗓️ Tuesday, May 6, 2025  🕓4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PT 🏫 Encina

This talk explores shifts in religiosity and attitudes towards secularism in Turkey under the Islamist rule of the AKP. Using two waves of original household surveys conducted in the same districts and neighborhoods in 2019 and 2024, and employing pseudo-panel techniques, it

📢📚 𝘼 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 | 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣 🗓️  Tuesday, May 20, 2025 🕓  4:00 - 5:15 PM 📍 Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) Conference Room 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 ☑️ Register: tinyurl.com/LennGoodmanGui…

🏫📚 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝗿: 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘁'𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼-𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬 | 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗢𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 🗓️  Friday, May 23, 2025 🕓  2:30 - 4:00pm

📢📜 𝗢𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗱𝘇 [𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗚𝗼𝗱]? 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰/𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆 | 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗰 🗓️ Monday, June 2, 2025 ⏰ 12:00 - 1:30

📢📚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚: 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 & 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙪𝙠 (Orçun Selçuk) 🗓️  Fri, Oct. 17, 2025 ⏰  1:30 - 2:50 PM 🏫 Bolivar House

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Excited to give a book talk at Stanford University's Bolivar House later today, co-sponsored by Latin American, Middle Eastern, Turkish, and Democracy Centers.

🔭🌖🪐 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀: 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, & 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 | 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔. 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗻 🗓️  Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 ⏰  12:00 - 1:30 PM 🏫  Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way,

📢📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗹 with 𝗡𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗸 🗓️  Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 ⏰  12:00-1:15 PM 🏫  Encina Commons 123 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305 Event sponsors:

Coming up TOMORROW at noon!!⌛️