The institute promotes knowledge and understanding between americans and. Stanford studies in middle eastern and islamic societies. Institute for middle eastern and islamic studies 20. Welcome to the department of arabic and islamic studies at georgetown university. Apr 27, 2018 the history of near and middle eastern studies at the institute for advanced study dates back to 1935, and it is the one area of scholarship that has been continuously represented at the institute ever since. The institute for middle eastern and islamic studies prides itself on its vibrant culture of research, nurtured by a thriving academic community of. This article also appears on sgss global perspectives blog.
The institute has an outstanding international reputation, especially for our focus on the gulf, the arabian peninsula and islamic studies, and a high national ranking for academic excellence. Institute of middle eastern, islamic, and strategic studies. Middle east and islamic studies george masons program in middle east and islamic studies meis equips students with the tools and analytical skills for understanding major issues and debates in the study of the middle east, islam, and muslim societies. New york university department of middle eastern and. A source for nonpartisan expert analysis seeking solutions to the regions most challenging issues. The study of islam remains strongly associated with research on the middle east, africa, and asia, even though many islamic and middle eastern studies scholars are strongly opposed to the cold war area studies paradigm according to which the west generated knowledge about the east in order to perpetuate its global economic and. We broadly conceive governance as the processes and decisionmaking leading to the creation, reinforcement or reproduction of social norms andor institutions. The cambridge companion to american islam edited by juliane hammer, department of religious studies, and omid safi, department of religious studies 20, cambridge university press. Classes, academic resources, and professional development services. University of exeter center for middle east and islamic studies. It is a nonpartisan think tank providing expert policy analysis, educational and professional development services, and a hub for engaging with the regions arts and culture. Journal of middle eastern and islamic studies in asia avicenna. Undergraduate studies institute of islamic studies. Academic islamic studies and middle east studies web sites.
Studying the near and middle east at the institute for. A project of the duke islamic studies center, in partnership with the carolina center for the study of the middle east and muslim civilizations and the oxford centre for islamic studies. Martin jacobs jewish, islamic, and middle eastern studies. Faculty books to have a recent or forthcoming publication featured on this page, please email associate director shai tamari with the title of your book, a link to the book on the publishers website, and the date of publication. The institute is located in the lively university quarter of bern in the main building of the faculty of humanities, unitobler, at lerchenweg 36. It contains links to a wide variety of eresources, including reference sources like online encyclopedias and bibliographies. The institute for middle east studies was founded in 2007 as part of a broad, universitywide initiative to support academic work on the middle east.
Located within the hagop kevorkian center for near eastern studies, on the second floor. Includes a lot of informative resources, including new publications, research groups, and web resources. Read the authors introduction to ivory towers on sand link fixed april 1, 2006 and chapter 3, islam obscured, which includes among other things critiques of edward said and john esposito. Upcoming events sakka family fund lectureammar khammashtuesday, 102919 12. The christianmuslim frontier describes the historical formation of this zone, and its contemporary dimensions. Aghaie on leave spring 2020 islamic studies, shiism, modern iranian and middle eastern history. Special attention is given to the concept of statefrontiers, to the effects of the uneven development of nation states and the contemporary interspersing of communities, which creates new functional frontiers. Islamic and middle eastern studies books edinburgh. Founded in 1946, the middle east institute is the oldest washingtonbased institution dedicated solely to the study of the middle east.
The volume opens with a historical sketch of the study of the near and middle east at the institute. The collection contains both primary and secondary source materials with an emphasis on scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences, and on materials. Mcgill universitys institute of islamic studies was founded along with the islamic studies library isl in 1952, and since 1983 both have been housed on the main campus in morrice hall. Department of arabic and islamic studies georgetown university. Faculty books center for middle east and islamic studies. Syracuse universitys relationship with the middle east extends back more than 60 years and spans many disciplinesfrom public administration and media studies to literature and religion. Joel beinin, laleh khalili, series editors kate wahl, sup editor. Offered by hebrew universitys rothberg international school ris in conjunction with the department of islamic and middle eastern studies, the m. A collaborative research space, the iis brings together researchers from across disciplines, regional interests, and historical periods.
Middle eastern and islamic studies new york university. Islamic and middle eastern studies the university of edinburgh. Minor in islamic and middle eastern studies center for. Institute of islamic studies university of toronto. The university of exeters institute of arab and islamic studies is a worldleading. One language course at level 5 or higher in arabic, hebrew, hindiurdu, persian, or turkish can count as a course toward the minor. Home middle eastern studies research guides at ucla.
Center for middle eastern studies at the university of chicago. Discover why edinburgh is uk and internationally recognised as a leading institution for studying arabic, persian, turkish and middle eastern studies. May 21, 2020 the institute for the transregional study of the contemporary middle east, north africa and central asia tri invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior researcher related to the theme of the contemporary politics in the arab world. Since 2020 professor for islamic studies, institute for islamic and middle eastern studies, university of bern. Our center is distinguished by its crossregional approach to middle east studies, one that breaks down area studies barriers in order to track global flows of ideas. Institute for advanced study, berlinworking group on modernity and islam. A 19thcentury islamic argument for constitutional government by the tunisian historian ahmad ibn abi diyaf. Home middle east and islamic studies guide research. It maintains a wellresourced islamic studies library with approximately 20,000 books and 290 journals including a large stock of primary sources in arabic, persian. The journal of middle eastern and islamic studies in asia jmeisa, issued semiannually since 2007 by international publishing house for chinas culture in washington, dc, usa, for the middle east studies institute of shanghai international studies university sisu and the u. A fundamental challenge to the way we understand the history of the middle east and the role of islam in the region from the first arab islamic empire of the midseventh century to the ottomans, the last great muslim empire, the story of the middle east has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less important, of imperialist dreams. Department of near eastern languages and civilizations. This guide serves as a portal for resources for middle eastern, armenian and central asian studies. The middle east studies institute shanghai international studies.
Housed in the college of liberal arts, the department of middle eastern studies and the center for middle eastern studies offer language and content courses, and comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs of study. About us college of social sciences university of exeter. Middle eastern studies sometimes referred to as near eastern studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the middle east, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations including israel, lebanon, palestine, jordan, egypt, iraq, iran, turkey, syria, saudi arabia, yemen, and. Hirschler institute of islamic studies department of. Institute of middle east studies, shanghai international studies university address. The first comprehensive investigation of jewish travel writing from this era, this study engages with questions raised by postcolonial studies and contributes to the debate over the nature and history of orientalism as defined by. Journal of middle eastern and islamic studies in asia. The colloquium panels will be open to the public to foster. This series explores the social and political conditions that enable various forms of cultural expression in the middle east whether islamic, nationalist, or secularand the ways in which these forms. The institute of islamic studies at the university of toronto iis incubates advanced research projects in the study of islam and muslims. Aug 22, 2019 the internet is flush with images from islamic art, architecture, and society, but reliable sources with credit information are more difficult to track down.
Exeter university institute of arab and islamic studies. The center for arab and middle eastern studies at the american university of beirut is a leading center for the interdisciplinary study of the middle east, the islamic world and the arabic language, attracting a diverse group of students and scholars from around the world. As a serious, scholarly attempt to open up a new, exploratory path of islamic history, the book has already engendered much debate. April 2019 january 2020 gender equality faculty officer, asia and africa institute, university of. Here are some of the best sites for finding credited visual resources for islamic, middle eastern and north african studies.
Islamic and middle eastern studies the university of. The christianmuslim frontier routledge curzon advances. Up to two courses in islamic and middle east studies at duke university may count toward the minor if approved by the director of the carolina center for the study of the middle east and muslim civilizations. The institute for middle eastern and islamic studies prides itself on its vibrant culture of research, nurtured by a thriving academic community of staff members, research students and visiting fellows. Its purpose is to provide a forum for researchers at the department and outside, working in the relevant thematic and regional fields from south africa in the south to iran and afghanistan in the. Institute of arab and islamic studies exeter, exeter, devon.
In 2005, brown received the arkansas arabic translation award by the university of arkansas press and the universitys king fahd center of middle east and islamic studies for his translation of consult them in the matter. Professor in islamic studies, institute of arab and islamic studies. Bobst librarys collection of middle eastern and islamic studies consists of approximately 300,000 volumes in various european languages as well as arabic, persian, turkish and ottoman turkish. The middle eastern and islamic studies department offers training in regional languages, including arabic, persian, turkish, hindi, urdu, and bengali. The institute for middle east studies was founded in 2007 as part of a broad. Faculty books to have a recent or forthcoming publication featured on this page, please email associate director shai tamari with the title of your book, a link to the book on. Choose from a range of fouryear degrees in four main areas. History middle eastern studies yale university press. The undergraduate programs in world islamic and middle east studies offer students languagebased interdisciplinary training about the islamic world. This paperback edition will make the authors conclusions widely accessible to teachers and students of middle eastern and islamic studies. Middle eastern studies program mesp maxwell school.
Morocco, tunisia, algeria, libya, and egypt, the occupied territories of the west bank and the gaza strip, lebanon, syria, iraq, jordan, kuwait, turkey, azerbaijan, armenia, iran, afghanistan, bahrain, oman, qatar, saudi arabia, the united. Graduate students department of arabic and islamic studies. Rosanne liebermann jewish, islamic, and middle eastern studies. A welcome message from professor anoush ehteshami, director of the institute for middle eastern and islamic studies imeis. Mei fosters greater understanding of the middle east through nonpartisan policy analysis, educational services, and promotion of regional arts and culture. The role of the eu and china in the security architecture of the middle east. About us the institute for middle eastern and islamic studies prides itself on its vibrant culture of research, nurtured by a thriving academic community of staff members, research students and visiting fellows. The institutes atmosphere is cosmopolitan contributing to a lively, friendly community. An important emphasis in these studies is on the study of one of the regions languages. The second part of the volume consists of essays and short studies by ias scholars. An open call to submit a proposal or a manuscript to the book series, routledge studies in islam and human rights, which publishes scholarly monographs that examine the rich and complex intellectual and institutional legacy of islam. Middle eastern studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography.
Web resources for the study of the middle eastern languages, literature, history, and culture. The institute of arab and islamic studies is one of the foremost academic. Middle eastern and islamic studies california state. The collection contains both primary and secondary source materials with an emphasis on scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences, and on materials in the. Today, su provides an array of opportunities for students to learn about and visit this extraordinary region. The middle eastern and islamic studies collection supports the research and curriculum needs of the department of near eastern languages and cultures nelc and related academic units in the college of arts and sciences. Stanford studies in middle eastern and islamic societies and cultures. She is primarily concerned with how these identities were created and maintained through the human bodies of participants and their material worlds. The annual newsletter of the abbasi program in islamic studies features a recommended reading list of books published by stanford university press sup that focus on middle eastern and islamic societies and cultures. The bill is discriminatory, divisive, and racist, and is. The journal welcomes timely and original scholarship on middle eastern law, islamic law, and related topics. Engaging research leaders, artists, public policy institutes, and community organizations, the iis is an intellectual.
Institute for middle east studies faculty represent a breadth of disciplines from political science to media and public affairs to religion to international business. Single and joint honours combinations available, with the opportunituy. At the middle east institute, he will offer an advanced seminar covering major themes in islamic theology. All journal articles featured in asian journal of middle eastern and islamic studies vol 14 issue 1. The centre for middle eastern and islamic studies at the department of archaeology, history, culture studies and religion was set up in spring 2008.
It offers courses in the languages, histories, religions, cultures, sociology and politics of middle eastern peoples. Mar 02, 2020 founded in mid2012, ejimel provides a forum for the discussion of legal issues as well as associated political, social, cultural and philosophical topics relating to the middle east and islamic world. Sharkey is a historian in the department of near eastern languages and civilizations. Institute for middle eastern and islamic studies durham university. The minor in middle east studies is an interdisciplinary program aimed at a comparative study of the middle east including north africa. It maintains a wellresourced islamic studies library with approximately 20,000 books and 290 journals including a large stock of primary sources in arabic, persian, turkish and uzbek. Reorienting the east explores the islamic world as it was encountered, envisioned, and elaborated by jewish travelers from the middle ages to the early modern period. Apr 30, 2019 mcgill universitys institute of islamic studies was founded along with the islamic studies library isl in 1952, and since 1983 both have been housed on the main campus in morrice hall.
Asian cultural academy uaca, publishes scholarly research. The middle eastern and islamic studies collection supports the research and curriculum needs of the department of near eastern languages and cultures nelc and related academic units in the college of liberal arts and sciences. Specialists of islamic and middle eastern studies usually have a methodological foundation in disciplines such as anthropology, history, linguistics, literary criticism, political science, or religious studies, so that source criticism is generally practiced as the historical evaluation of written texts. To stay informed about brills middle east and islamic studies programs, you can subscribe. Feminisms, modernity, and the state in nassers egypt stanford studies in middle eastern and islamic societies and cultures 9780804774390. Is a private, independent institute devoted to the study of the middle east, the islamic world, islamic studies and strategic. The institute of islamic studies condemns the tabling of bill 21 at the quebec national assembly. Middle east studies collection middle east studies covers all disciplines in the study of human societies, past and present, in the following countries. Asian journal of middle eastern and islamic studies. The collections main strengths are the history of the arab middle east, arabic and persian literatures, islamic law and turkish and ottoman studies. The institute s atmosphere is cosmopolitan contributing to a lively, friendly community. We publish textbooks, research monographs, reference works and cuttingedge series across our subject areas, and reach an international readership. The middle eastern and islamic studies meis program at csun is a new interdisciplinary minor established in 20.
Kramer crosses swords with the entire field of middle east studies as it is practiced in the u. Combining humanities and socialscience approaches, the programs introduce students to the textual traditions and social life of muslims and the nonmuslims interacting with them in different times. University of arizona center for middle eastern studies. Islamic movements, modern middle eastern politics, war and peace in the middle east, islamic studies and social and cultural developments in the region. Aug 01, 2012 the department of middle eastern and islamic studies invites applications for an openrank position in modern middle eastern history, to begin september 1, 20, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Rosanne liebermann researches the portrayal of collective and social identities in the hebrew bible. Centre for middle eastern and islamic studies university of. She teaches classes on the islamic world, the modern middle east, and colonial and postcolonial north africa, and on the history of muslim, christian, and jewish relations. Mar 06, 2020 discover why edinburgh is uk and internationally recognised as a leading institution for studying arabic, persian, turkish and middle eastern studies.
Diyanet islamic research institute diyanet islamic research. Eisenhower took an active interest in area studies for the case of iran, see columbia to found iran study center, new york times, 20 december 1949, and in the early 1950s the middle east institute and its centers for israeli, iranian, pakistan, and turkish studies were established within the school of international affairs. Institute of arab and islamic studies exeter home facebook. The institute for middle eastern and islamic studies imeis, in sgia, is a social sciencefocused academic.
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