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As of August 11, 2021, George Mason University will require all individuals on our campus to wear masks indoors, including classrooms and laboratories, regardless of vaccination status. For more information, please see Mason’s updated mask policy.
Friday, October 15, 2021 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Submission of Proposals
The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University will convene an international conference on Race and Islam to be held from March 23rd through 25th, 2022 on its campus in Fairfax, Virginia. The conference aims to treat the subject through a set of broad, cross-disciplinary conversations exploring the full range of intersections between race, Islam, and Muslim experience. We invite paper proposals from all disciplines across the social sciences and humanities; all time periods, historical and contemporary alike; and all geographic and cultural contexts globally.
Friday, October 1, 2021 9:00 PM
Submission of Proposals
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 fifth annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to be held on December 9, 2021. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2021.
Online panel to discuss the end of America's longest war.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Online Location, https://gmu.zoom.us/j/99626272064?pwd=NU5TSDY3ZHpnT1lqbWFCczJSdnIyQT09
Mason History faculty and a guest panelist who spent 2.5 years in Afghanistan will discuss the history and historical implications of the fall of Afghanistan. This online (Zoom) event is free and open to the public.
Students should verify their class schedules in PatriotWeb to ensure they are registered for the appropriate courses. Students are responsible for attending all classes for which they are registered.
George Mason University will conduct its 54th Spring Commencement virtually in accordance with public health recommendations on Friday, May 14. Information about the CHSS celebrations will be shared on the college's website and will be continually updated.
In a dialogue across disciplines, panelists consider how transnational and historical white supremacy and anti-blackness have helped to shape current forms of racism and violence, while setting the cultural and political terms for black liberation globally.
