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This year, the AbuSulayman Center’s annual conference will bring together both scholars and practitioners for an extended discussion of the many ways in which Muslim women are leading, shaping, and supporting their communities. It will examine the challenges they face in these leadership roles in a world where Muslim women continue to struggle against both patriarchal and Islamophobic assumptions about their agency and influence.

The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran will discuss freedom of expression, the true purpose of education, and reading dangerously.

As George Mason University recognizes 50 years as an independent university, the College of Humanities reflects on how it has been an important part of Mason from the very start.

Mason's Center for Humanities Research has issued a call for papers for its first interdisciplinary symposium, "Pasts/Presents/Futures," seeking proposals from faculty and advanced PhD candidates. The symposium takes place April 7-8; proposals are due December 1.

Don't miss the CHSS Community and Catalysts event on Thursday, November 18 at 7 p.m. Distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, and students will be recognized for their leadership, research, service, and contributions.

CHSS fall 2021 graduates will have two options for in-person Winter Graduation celebrations: attend a Patriot Procession event on December 14-15, or a formal Graduation Ceremony on December 16.

In a new essay in the Hastings Center Report, Dr.Fyfe argues that it is not ethical. Yet the practice is prohibited under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 vaccine provider agreement, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports the prohibition. Our research suggests that although off-label vaccination is not a public health solution to increasing access to Covid-19 vaccines for all kids, it should be an ethically and legally permissible solution available to at least some kids, especially those at high risk of complications from Covid-19.

Seven of the 13 2021 Nobel Prize Laureates are from the United States, and five of the U.S. winners were not born in the United States. Since 2010, there have been 28 foreign-born U.S. winners.