Programs
Program of Arab Studies
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Departments:
- History
- Government
Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (see separate entry)
Department of Arabic Language Literature and Linguistics (see separate entry)

Degrees Offered
MA (Arab Studies)
MS (Arabic Language)
PhD (Government, History and Arabic Language)
Arab Studies Certificate (undergraduate and graduate)
Joint degrees (MA/PhD)

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Modern Standard Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Literature)
Hebrew (Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced)
Turkish (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Ottoman)

Courses 
(For Current semester course listing, see www.georgetown.edu/registrar)
Arabic 
Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic
Egyptian Colloquial Arabic
Intensive Second Level Modern Standard Arabic
Formal Spoken Arabic
Third Level Modern Standard Arabic
Third Level Modern Standard Arabic: Media
Intensive Advanced Arabic
Arabic Dialectology
Arabic Creative Writing Workshop
Arabic Structure
Classical Arab Phoneticians
Fundamentals of Arabic Linguistics
Introduction to Arabic Folk Literature
Introduction to Arabic Literature and Style
Introduction to Arabic Culture
Issues and Methods in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Medieval Courtly Love in Al-Andalus
Modern Arabic Poetry
Modern Arabic Prose
The Qur'an
Arab-American Literature
Seminar: Arabic Literature and Culture
Sufi: Literature
Historiography of Arabic Linguistics
Islamic Scriptures, Law, and Textual Interpretation
Classical Arabic Poetry
Classical Arabic Prose
Arab Studies
Introduction to the Arab World: Theories and Methods
Arab Cinema
Christianity and Islam in Medieval Art
Idolatry in Christianity & Islam
Women in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art

Art
Islamic Art and Architecture
The Islamic City
Introduction to Islamic Art
Development
Development Administration in the Arab World
Economic Development of Less-Developed Countries
Economic Development of Egypt
International Agriculture and Food Policy
Local Politics and Development in the Arab World
Economic Development Theories, Practices and Trends
Local Economies and Institutional Development in the Arab World
Economics
Introduction to Microtheory
Introduction to Macrotheory
International Trade
International Finance
Economics of the Middle East
Economic Development of Egypt
Economics of Energy and Oil
International Finance Markets
Local Economic & Institutional Development in the Arab World
Seminar: Topics in Economic Development of the Middle East
History
Arab Historiography
Arab Christians in Modern History
Arab Social and Political Thought in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Middle East History: Classical Islam
Egypt under Nasser and Sadat
History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
History of Islam in Africa
History of Modern Algeria
History of Modern Palestine
History of Modern Egypt
History of Modern Syria and Iraq
Ideology and Social Change in Arab Society
Issues and Literature in Middle East History
Islamic Law: History and Society
Islamic Modernism
Middle East History: The Ottoman Period
Middle East History: The Age of Imperialism
Middle East History: The 20th Century
Middle East in the 19th Century
Modern North Africa
Muslim/Christian Relations in World History
Social History of the Middle East
Seminar: Modernization and Dependency in the Islamic World
Sources of Arab History
Turkey:Empire to Repulic Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey
Women in Gender in the Arab World
International Affairs and Government
Afro-Arab Relations
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Comparative  Politics and the Middle East
The Arab World in International Affairs
Fundamentalist and Secular Movements in the Arab East
Religion & International Affairs
US Policy in the Arab World
Islam & Politics
Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf
Israeli Society and Politics
Israeli Foreign Policy
International Politics of the Middle East
Islam and Muslim/Christian Relations
Military and Strategic Issues in the Middle East
Politics of Representation in Middle East/Africa
Seminar: Politics and Society of Syria and Iraq
Seminar: Saudi Arabian Politics and Development
Seminar: Lebanese Politics
Society and Politics in the Arab Gulf
Society and Politics of Post-Revolution Egypt
Security Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
Seminar: Politics of the Palestine Problem
Seminar: Politics of North Africa
Human Rights in the Middle East /Africa
International Business
International Business Diplomacy
Exporting and Importing
Business Accounting and Finance
Strategies of Export Management
International Political Risk Analysis
Exports and Export Financing
Foreign Ex­change Markets
Marketing and Investment in the Arab World
Law
Seminar: Middle Eastern Legal Institutions
Islamic Law
Sociology/Anthropology
Contemporary Arab Society
Alienation and Change in Arab Society
Contemporary Themes in Modern Arabic Fiction
Peoples and Cultures in the Arab World
Sociology of Religion in the Arab World
Islamic Religious Thought and Practice
Anthropology in the Middle East
Sociology of Arab Politics
Anthropology of Relition in the Arab World
Borders & Identity in the Middle East
Ethnicity, Language, Nationalism: Middle East/Africa
Women, Gender, and Islam
Information Technology in the Arab World
Modernity, Modernism & Modernization in the Arab World
Popular Culture in the Middle East

Theology
Islamic Theological Development

Faculty
Arabic
Belkacem Baccouche (Arabic)
Amin Bonnah (Arabic)
Amira El-Zein (Arabic Literature)
Hiyam Afram (Arabic Conversation)
Mohssen Esseesy (Arabic)
David Mehall (Arabic)
Margaret Omar Nydell (Arabic Dialectology)
Karin Ryding (Arabic Linguistics)
Irfan Shahid (Arabic literature)
Barbara Stowasser (Arab culture, Arabic)
Economics
Jean-Francois Seznec  (Oil Economics)
Ibrahim M. Oweiss (Oil Economics)
Tarik Yousef (Economic History, Finance, Trade)
Fine Arts
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (Religious Art)
Scott Redford (Islamic art)
Government and International Affairs
Anthony Cordesman (strategic and military affairs)
Peter Gubser (local development issues)
Joost Hiltermann (Human Rights in the Middle East)
Mamoun Fandy (politics of the Gulf States, Arab political thought, Egypt)
Michael C. Hudson (Arab international relations and comparative politics)
Steve King (Political Economy, North Africa)
Seth Tillman (US policy in Arab World)
Gabor Agoston (Ottoman History, documents)
Yvonne Haddad (Ottoman History, documents)
Hebrew
Esther Robbins (Hebrew language, Jewish culture)
History
John Ruedy (modern Maghrib, medieval Islam, Arab-Israeli Conflict)
Hisham Sharabi (20th century Arab social/intellectual history)-emeritus
Amira Sonbol (Egypt and the Sudan)
Judith Tucker (Egypt and the Ottoman Empire)
John O. Voll (Islamic modernism)
International Business
Jean AbiNader (Middle East and the private sector)
Theodore Moran ((international business diplomacy)
Law
Loma Abu Odeh (Islamic law)
Linguistics
Solomon Sara, SJ (Arabic Linguistics)
Sociology
Jon Anderson (anthropology information technology
Walter Armbrust (popular culture, cinema, modernity))
Halim Barakat (Arab society, contemporary Arab novel)
Charles Butterworth (Islamic political philosophy)
Theology
Maysam Faruqi (Islamic theology)
Turkish
Sylvia Onder (Turkish language and culture)

Chair/Directors
Barbara F. Stowasser, Director, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Judith E. Tucker, CCAS Associate Director and Chair for Academic Programs, Program of Arab Studies

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Summer (2) and academic year (2) FLAs fellowships.
Full and part-time tuition scholarships and fellowships for students in the MA program are available. Doctoral fellowships are also available for entering students enrolled in a Georgetown PhD program. Other forms of aid are offered by the Graduate School Financial Aid office.

Special Features
The MA in Arab Studies is administered by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, which conducts a lively program of lectures, symposia, and publications. Summer Intensive Arabic courses are offered in conjunction with the University's School of Summer and Continuing Education. Internships of various sorts are available in the Arab World and in Washington, DC. 

Inquiries
Program of Arab Studies
Liz Kepferle, Executive Assistant
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057
202-687-8957
fax 202-687-7001
kepferle@georgetown.edu

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University
ICC 241
Washington, DC 20057-1020
202-687-5793
fax 202-687-7001
ccasinfo@gunet.georgetown.edu
www.ccasonline.org/

Department of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics
PO Box 571046
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1046
202-687-5743
fax  202-687-2408 
arabic@georgetown.edu
www.georgetown.edu/departments/arabic/

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