Jāzim on Ibn al-Mujāwir
Congratulations to the Yemeni historian Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Raḥim Jāzim for publication of a new edition of the travelogue of the 13th...
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New Article on South Arabic in Yemen Update Online
To download a pdf of the article, go to https://www.aiys.org/update2020-2021
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AIYS BOOK AWARD EXTENDED
The Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh Book Award for Yemeni Heritage is available for any Yemeni scholar living in Yemen. The deadline for submitting...
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AIYS Fellow Published
Congratulations to Walid Al-Murisi, who received an AIYS Yemeni fellowship in 2020, on publication of his article in Plos One.
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2022 AIYS Yemeni Fellowships Awarded
The Yemeni recipients of the 2022 AIYS fellowships met in Sanaa and gave presentations of their proposed research. Read about it here:
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New Book on Yemen Conflict
Congratulations to Stacey Philbrick Yadav, AIYS treasurer, for publication of her new book with Hurst Publishers. Below is a brief...
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New Book on South Arabian Antiquities
Congratulations to AIYS member Lily Filson for publication of her new book. Details here:
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Mahoney on Pre-Islamic Burials in Yemen
AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney has just published an article called "Medieval Reports of the Preservation and Looting of Pre-Islamic...
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AIYS Yemeni Fellowships 2023
يدعم المعهد الاميركي للدراسات اليمنية الباحثين اليمنيين من خلال تقديم منح صغيرة ( تصل الى 1,500 دولار اميركي) لكل بحث. من يحق له التقدم...
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Webinar on Tribes and the Future of Yemen
Click here to register. Note that the time announced is for Sanaa. This event will be conducted in Arabic.
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New Article on Yemen Update Online
Plowing in al-Ahjur, 1978. Photography by Daniel Martin Varisco A new article has been published on Yemen Update Online for 2022. This is...
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Flagg Miller with Yafi'i Community in NYC
On Saturday, June 25, AIYS Secretary Flagg Miller spoke to the Yafi'i community in NYC. Flagg conducted research in a Yafi'i community in...
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Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh Book Award 2022
In 2022 two AIYS Book Awards in honor of Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh have been chosen. PDFs of each book will be available outside Yemen for a...
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New Publication on Yemeni Manuscripts
To order this book, go to https://www.gorgiaspress.com/yemeni-manuscript-cultures-in-peril.
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Dan Mahoney on al-Khazraji
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney for publishing an article on the role of obituaries in Rasulid Yemen. Dan was also...
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Talk by Brinkley Messick
Anthropologist Brinkley Messick will present the following Zoom talk: Sharīʿa Genres and their Writers in Imamic Yemen أجناس من الشريعة...
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AIYS Announces this Year’s U.S. Scholars Research Fellows
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) was founded in 1978 to promote research on Yemen, preserve Yemeni heritage, and promote...
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Ibb's Grand Mosque
Mohamed Saleh Al-Haj and AIYS member Lily Filson have published the article "Ibb's Grand Mosque: Heritage at Risk in Yemen's Hinterland...
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Seeds for Yemen
Juan Cole published an oped I wrote on the need to provide seeds for Yemeni farmers to grow more food under the current famine threat,...
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The Kidnapping of a Rasulid Sultan
My article on the kidnapped in Mecca during the mid-14th century of the Rasulid sultan al-Malik al-Mujāhid ‘Alī has been published in...
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