Program
Middle East and North African Program

Degrees Offered
Certificate
BA
MA
PhD

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Elementary-Intensive, Tutorial-Advanced)
Hebrew (Elementary-Advanced)
Turkish and Ottoman Turkish

Courses
Afro-American and African Studies
African Civilization
Traditional Societies of Africa
Muslim Peoples in the World
North African History, 16^th-20^th Century
West African History, 16^th-20^th Century

Anthropology
Graduate Seminar on Middle Eastern Women
Third World Women-Middle East
Women, Crime and Culture
Foundations of Old World Civilizations
Peoples and Cultures-Middle East

Geography
World Regional Geography
Geography of the Middle East

History
Islamic History and Civilization to 1453
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Medieval Jewish History
Islamic History and Civilization
Ottoman History
African Civilization
Modern Middle East

Judaic Studies
Medieval Jewish Civilizations
Rebirth of Israel

Political Science
Arab-Israeli Conflict
US Energy Policy
Political Leaders in Revolutionary Eras
Politics of MENA
Comparative Policy Analysis
Energy
Military in Developing Nations
Comparative Foreign Policy
Middle East
Politics of Israel

Sociology
Ethnic Relations in Israel
Peripheral Social Structures
Agrarian Sociology of the Middle East

Faculty
Anthropology
Richard T. Antoun
Michael M. Horowitz
Richard Moench
Safia Mohsen
Susan Pollock

Classical and Near East Studies
Kevin Lacey
Saul Levin
Samuel Morell

Education
Abdulqadir Yusuf

Geography
Mark Blumler

History
Gerald E. Kadish
Akbar Muhammad
Donald Quataert
Rifaat Abou-El-Haj

Library
Jalal Zuwiyya

Political Science
Ali Mazrui
Ricardo Laremont

Sociology
Caglar Keyder

Director
R. Kevin Lacey

Scholarships/Graduate Support
MENA traineeships
departmental assistantships