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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Washington, DC
Programs
Departments:
Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures
Anthropology
School of Philosophy
arts-sciences.cua.edu/semitics/
Degrees Offered
BA (anthropology), MA & PhD (anthropology, Semitic and Egyptian languages and
literatures, philosophy)
Middle East Languages
Arabic (classical only, all levels)
Hebrew (Biblical, all levels; Mishnaic, introductory only)
Akkadian
Coptic (all levels)
Syriac (all levels)
Ugaritic
Aramaic (Targmmic, Biblical, official/imperial)
Courses
Courses in the languages, culture and history of the Ancient Near East and the Christian
Near East from the beginnings to 1300
Medieval Islamic Philosophy
Politics and Religion in the Middle East
Anthropology of Islam
Faculty
Jon W. Anderson (anthropology)
T-A Druart (philosophy)
S. Griffith (Syriac, Arabic)
D. Gropp (Hebrew, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Phoenician)
D. Johnson (Coptic, Syriac)
M. O’Connor (Hebrew, Akkadian, Ugaritic)
Students
Semitic and Egyptian languages and literatures, 12 (3 female, 9 male)
Degrees Granted in 2000
MA, 3 (Semitic and Egyptian languages and literatures)
Scholarships/Graduate Support
A limited number of scholarships are available through the Department of Anthropology and
the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures; Mellon Fellowships for
Early Christian Studies
Special Features
Institute of Christian Oriental Research (http://libraries.cua.edu/semicoll.html);
(http://libraries.cua.edu/semweb.html). Programs in Early Christian Studies (with Greek
& Latin) and International Affairs (offered at the Pentagon through the Department of
Politics)
Inquiries
Jon W. Anderson, Chair
Anthropology Department
The Catholic University of America
Washington DC 20064
202-319-5080
fax 202-319-4782
cua-anthro@cua.edu
Michael Patrick O'Connor , Chair
Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures
The Catholic University of America
Washington DC 20064
202-319-5083
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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