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
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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View All Middle East Studies research travel awards are grants available to undergraduate and graduate students intended to defray some of the costs of transportation for research projects focused on the Middle East.
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Community Spotlight
View All Amitis Motevalli's work explores the cultural resistance and survival of people living in poverty, conflict and war.
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