Center for Middle East Studies
Center for Middle East Studies
Promoting research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner
Center for Middle East Studies
Promoting research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner
About CMES
The Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University promotes research, teaching and public engagement on the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner. Its coverage extends from antiquity to the present day, and regards the Middle East as both a geographical region as well as a conceptual entity that is part of global discourses.
Research Areas
As an agenda-driven center with a multi-disciplinary faculty, Middle East Studies organizes several signature initiatives and projects, spearheaded by annual conferences, that sustain ongoing research, programming, and teaching initiatives.
Undergraduate Concentration
The concentration in Middle East Studies is designed to help students develop an interdisciplinary understanding of culture, history, and contemporary issues in the Middle East.
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