Faculty Activity

Peter Der Manuelian and the Giza Project have been awarded a Frontiers of Innovation for Societal Impact Fund grant to help transform the project from an academic archive into an active AI Innovation Hub. Congratulations!

Julia Rhyder has been selected as a short-term fellow at The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She will be a fellow during the Fall 2026 term. Please find more information about the fellowship here. Congratulations...

Khaled El-Rouayheb has been named a 2026 new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Please find the Harvard Gazette article here about his and the other seven Harvard faculty appointments here. Congratulations!

Adam Mestyan has been selected by The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as a Fellow in the 101st class. Read more about the 2026 Guggenheim Fellows here. Congratulations! Photo credit: Metwally Ryad

Christina Maranci and Peter Bouteneff have edited a new book, Rethinking Sacred Arts (SVS Press, 2025). Bringing together leading scholars and practicing artists, this first volume of the new Sacred Arts series explores these and other questions across...

Malika Zeghal's new book, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (Princeton University Press, 2024), was named a finalist for the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of...

Julia Rhyder has been appointed as the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities! Congratulations!

Julia Rhyder's research on pig prohibition was recently featured in the New York Times article entitled, Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims . Congratulations, Julia!

Adam Mestyan has received the Annemarie Schimmel-Foundation for Islamic Studies Research Award at the Orientalistentag conference for his book, Modern Arab Kingship - Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East (Princeton UP, 2023)...

Dr. Adam Mestyan, who recently joined the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, has been named the Ford Foundation Professor of Middle Eastern Studies. Congratulations!