Program
Department of History

Degrees Offered
Philosophy
BA
MA
PhD

Middle East Language
Informal instruction
Arabic
Persian

Courses
Islamic History
Middle East Politics

Faculty
Elton Daniel (Islamic history)
Tom Klobe (art)
Yasumara Kuroda (political science)
Walter Maurer (Arabic)
Majid Tehranian (international and comparative Middle East politics)
John Vafai (comparative Middle East international law)

Scholarships/Graduate Support
East-West Center graduate assistantships and fellowships
history department teaching assistantships

Special Features
The Council for West Asian Studies is not a recognized body of the University but a loosely knit affinity group. There are no degree programs in Middle Eastern studies, but the University offers strong educational and research programs in all of the other regions of Asia. Parts of West Asia, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, are encompassed by these programs as well as the research and conference activities of the East-West Center