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BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, Rhode Island
Program
Center for Archaeology
and Art
Archaeology of Anatolia
Archaeology of Iran
Archaeology of Mesopotamia
Archaeology of Palestine
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Arab Culture
Novel and nation in Modern Egypt
Aesthetics in Colonial Frame
Introduction to Research and Bibliographical Methods in Middle East Studies Arabs and
Jews: Their Encounters in Modern Israeli and Arabic Literature
Survey of Palestinian Literature
1001 Nights
Nomads and Literature
Egyptology
Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Religion and Thought in the Ancient Near East
Middle Egyptian
Selections from Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts
Selections from Middle Egyptian Hieratic Texts
History of Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Literature
Egyptian Religious Literature
Senior Seminar
Introduction to Coptic
Late Egyptian Grammar
Introduction to Demotic
Old Egyptian Grammar
Reading and Research
Judaic Studies
Introduction to Judaism
The Bible in Judaism
The Idea of History in Judaism
Modern Jewish Society and Politics
Modern European Jewish History, 1789-Present
Israeli Literature, Culture and Society
The Bible as Literature
Job and Joban Literature
The Bible in Contemporary Israeli Literature
Hebrew Poetry, Past and Present
Contemporary Israeli Fiction in Translation
20th Century Jewish Fiction
The American Jewish Novel
Holocaust Literature
Introduction to the Bible: Ancient Israel
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
Biblical Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity
History of Ancient Israel to the Persian Period
Israelite Religion in its Near Eastern Context
From Biblical Israel to Classical Judaism
Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World: From Hellenistic Times to 70 CE
Judaism in Medieval Times
American Judaism
The Jews in America
From Medievalism to Modernity: The History of Jews in Early Modern
Europe, 1492-1789
History of the Holocaust
History of Zionism
Anti-semitism in Modern Europe: From the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
History of East European Jewry, 1648-Present
Women in Jewish Culture: Image and Status
Sociology of American Jews
Israeli Society
The Mystical Tradition in Judaism
19th Century Judaic Thought: The Encounter with Modernity
20th Century Judaic Thought
Readings in Rabbinic Literature
Readings in Greco-Jewish Literature
Targumic Texts
Exilic Responses to Crisis: Biblical Literature of the Sixth Century BCE
Democracies, Class Conflict, Ethnic Violence and Revolution
The City and the Jews
How Social Scientists Study Jews: Methods, Materials, Analysis
Sociology of Religion
Social and Religious Change Among 19th Century Central and Western
European Jews
History of the Jews from 70-640
The Religion of Ancient Israel and the Formation of Judaism
Judaism in Modern Times: Modernization and Secularization
History
Middle East History, 1400-1800
Modern Middle East History, 1800-1918
Modern Middle East History, since 1918
Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
Identity Conflicts in Middle East History, 20th Century
History of the Balkans, 1800-present
History of Islamic Law: Theory & Practice
History of Art and
Architecture
Islamic Art & Architecture
Practicum: Art of Later Islamic Courts,: Safavids, Ottomans & Mughals
Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Iberia
Religious Studies
Bible
Early Christianity
Introduction to Islam
Women in Islam
Muhammad and the Qur'an
Islam, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism
Formation of Early Islamic Societies
Economy
Economics of the Middle East
Faculty
Anthropology
William Beeman (Iran)
Lina Fruzzetti (North Africa, Muslims)
Brazilian Studies
Nelson Vieira (Jewish-Latin American fiction)
Center for Archaeology
and Art
M. Joukowsky (archaeology of the Levant)
Comparative Literature
Reda Bensmaia (North African Emigrant Literature)
Elliott Colla (Arabic literature & culture)
Economy
Enrico Spolaore (Political economy, Middle
East Economics)
Egyptology
L. Lesko
L. Depuydt
W. Ward
German
Robert Warnock (Yiddish)
History
Engin D. Akarli (Modern Middle East)
History of Art and
Architecture
Sheila Bond (Medieval Islamic Art & Architecture)
History of Mathematics
David E. Pingree (History or Mathematics)
Judaic Studies
Shaye J. D. Cohen (Judaism in Antiquity)
Lynn Davidman (Jewish sociology and women's studies)
W. S. Dietrich (modern Jewish and Christian thought)
Ernest S. Frerichs (Hebrew Bible)
Calvin Goldscheider (Jewish sociological and demographic studies)
David Hirsch (Jewish literary studies)
David Jacobson (modern Hebrew, language, literature)
Saul Olyan (Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism)
Alan Zuckerman (modern Jewish political thought)
Religious Studies
Ernest S. Frerichs
(Bible)
Muhammad Q. Zaman (Early Islam)
Sociology
Sidney Goldstein (Jewish sociological and demographic studies)
Coordinator
Engin D. Akarli
Department of History
Box N
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
401-863-2446
fax 401-863-1040
Engin_Akarli@Brown.edu
Scholarships/Graduate
Support
University fellowships, teaching assistantships, and teaching or travel fellowships are
available
Special Features
"Middle Eastern studies" can be pursued at Brown University as a regular
concentration. It requires a minimum of eight courses, not including necessary language
preparation. To graduate with honors,
students must complete an honors thesis or a major project (equivalent of two additional
courses). Ten courses, including two in
Modern Hebrew, are required for concentration in Judaic Studies. Graduate degrees related
to Judaic Studies, Contemporary Religious Thought or Early Christianity are offered
through the Religious Studies Department.
Interdisciplinary work with the Departments of Political Science, Sociology, History and
Anthropology is encouraged. Egyptology Department offers graduate degrees in Egyptology.
Inquiries
Graduate Representative
Department of Religious Studies
Box 1927
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
401-863-3104
fax 401-863-3109
www.brown.edu/Departments/Religious_Studies
Department of Egyptology
Box 1899
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
www.brown.edu/Departments/Egyptology
For Middle East Studies Concentration
Elliott Colla
Department of Comparative Literature
Box E
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
401-863-2688
Elliott_Colla@Brown.edu
For Judaic Studies:
Program in Judaic Studies
Box 1826
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
401-863-3900
fax 401-863-3938
judaic@brownvm.brown.edu
www.brown.edu/Departments/Judaic_Studies
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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