NYU's Kevorkian Center

Meet Evin Jiyan Kisanak, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! At the Kevorkian Center, Evin plans to focus her research on the Middle East, the Kurdish question, conflict resolution, and peace-building. Welcome, Evin!

Interested in making NYU your next academic home? Applications for our MA in Near Eastern Studies are now open! 📅 Virtual Open Houses: October 29 & December 3 🚨 Fall 2027 application deadline: January 15, 2027 🖇️ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/ieWWHcP

Join us tonight to watch Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie's Four Walls and a Roof! Students can get discounted tickets! 🗓️ October 22-24, 2026 | 7:30PM 📍Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 🎟️ as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

Join us next week on October 28, 2026, for an AI & Immigration Policy Virtual Explainer on regulating AI! 📆 Wed, Oct. 28 | 12 PM – 12:15 PM 🎤 Julia Lane (NYU) & Thom Blaylock (NYU) buff.ly/LIcEuIB 📍 Online 🎟️ Open to the public 🖇️ buff.ly/1AJmKdy

Meet Zein AlMasri, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! At the Kevorkian Center, she hopes to examine how borders, histories of colonialism, & migration shape everyday life, and how these experiences are represented through visual culture and media. Welcome, Zein!

Students can get discounted tickets to watch Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie's Four Walls and a Roof! 🗓️ October 22-24, 2026 | 7:30PM 📍 Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 🎟️ as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

Congratulations to alum Maryam Irfan (Class of 2026), who has been awarded a fellowship with the New York State Senate and is now serving as a Legislative Fellow! We're so proud of you, Maryam!

Meet Rayan, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! At the Kevorkian Center, Rayan is pursuing the Advanced Arabic concentration while exploring questions of memory, diaspora, cultural change, and political life across the modern Middle East. Welcome, Rayan!

Did you miss our Oct. 8 event on Reading Across Borders and Worlds: Global and Comparative Perspectives on Modern Persian Literature with @amir-moosavi.bsky.social, Atefeh Akbari, and moderator @sinanantoon.bsky.social? Watch the event recording on our YouTube Channel! ▶️ buff.ly/lpajCxk

Register now for our next professional development session, Teaching Pathways: Turning Your MA into a K-12 Career! 📆 Nov. 11 | 3:30-4:30 PM 🎤 Sneha Bolisetty (NYC DoE) & Tyson Patros (@nyuniversity.bsky.social) 📍 Kevorkian Center | 255 Sullivan St. 🎟️ Open to NYU community 🖇️ buff.ly/EVgJQbM

TODAY at 5:30 PM! RSVP here: buff.ly/hSFfWYi

Join us for an AI & Immigration Policy Virtual Explainer on AI-powered surveillance, civil liberties & First Amendment free speech! 📆 Wed, Oct. 14 | 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM 🎤 @carriedecell.bsky.social & @adambcox.bsky.social 🎟️ Open to the public w/ RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/S3fNpqr

Reminder! Register for next week's webinar in the Archives in Dialogue series: Boxes, Bunkers, and Preservation in Times of Precarity on [10/14] at 12 PM EDT! buff.ly/XqjYKPDhttps...

Meet Tamara Ashkar, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! At the Kevorkian Center, Tamara is exploring questions about state formation, migration patterns, citizenship rights, and collective identity in the modern Middle East. Welcome, Tamara!

Congrats to our 1st year GLOJO-Near East student, Yezen Saadah, for interning w/ @zeteo.com for Fall 2026. He fact-checks essays by regular contributors, provides background research for long-form interviews & podcasts, and works on the weekly column, "This Week in Palestine." Well done, Yezen!

***POSTPONED*** Stay tuned for updates on when and where!

Don't miss the NYU Migration Network Annual Conference next Wed, Oct. 7! Open to the public w/ registration: buff.ly/F3170kc

Applications for the Near Eastern Studies MA are now open! Join our virtual open houses on Oct. 29 and Dec. 3 with Assistant Director Fidele Harfouche, Comms & Program Admin Dounya Alami-Nassif, and Director of Grad Studies & Clinical Associate Jared McCormick. 🖇️ Registration: buff.ly/NNDnNon

REMINDER: Register for the next webinar in the Archives in Dialogue series: Boxes, Bunkers, and Preservation in Times of Precarity on [10/14] at 12 PM EDT! buff.ly/XqjYKPD

Meet Abbie Bowden, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! During her time at the Kevorkian Center, she is interested in exploring the flow of knowledge across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, hoping to bridge her knowledge of Medieval French with Classical Arabic. Welcome, Abbie!

Have you registered yet for ISI's next event on Thu, Oct. 8 at 5:30 PM? Save your spot: buff.ly/hSFfWYi

Today [9.25.26] at 12:30 PM (EDT)! buff.ly/IL7FQXy

Check out Combat Breathing, starting October 1st! Combat Breathing is a multi-site platform, spanning film and video screenings, critical discussions, and focused study sessions that will take place throughout October. 📆 Oct 1-31 | 6:30 PM-8:15 PM 🖇️ See the schedule & for tickets: buff.ly/mVdQBF6