Past Events

George Mason University is closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

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 fourth annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to be held on November 20, 2020, in collaboration with the Fall for the Book Festival. The colloquium will be between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm (EDT) on Zoom.

Come join us as we bid adieu and thank Assoc. Professor Dina Copelman for her 25 years of service to the Cultural Studies PhD Program and to the George Mason University community!

The author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids discusses his latest book, The Upswing, and how we can learn to be a stronger, more unified nation.

Mason President Gregory Washington will host a Freedom and Learning Forum with a theme of racial justice, anti-racism, and inclusion. Panelists will Provost Mark Ginsburg, CHSS Dean Ann Ardis, Faculty Affairs Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Well-Being Milli Rivera, University Life Associate Dean Creston Lynch, and Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force co-chairs Shernita Parker and Wendi Manuel-Scott.