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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Program
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD
Middle East Languages
Arabic (Modern Standard-Elementary to Advanced, Intensive, Colloquial Egyptian, Syrian, Arabic of the Communications Media)
Turkish (Elementary, Intermediate, Introductory Ottoman, Azeri Turkish)
Persian (Elementary, Intermediate, Middle Persian and Parthian, Old Persian, Avestan)
Hebrew (Modern Elementary, Intermediate, Hebrew of Communications Media, Biblical Elementary, Intermediate)
Aramaic
Ugaritic
Akkadian
Middle Egyptian
Coptic Language I, II
Armenian (through Center for Russian and East European Studies)
Courses
Ancient and Biblical Languages
Akkadian Royal Inscriptions and Historical Texts
Akkadian Literary Texts
Middle Egyptian Readings
Old Babylonian
Old Assyrian
Mari Texts
Neo-Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Late-Babylonian Texts
Northwest Semitic Inscriptions
Anthropology
Peoples and Cultures of the Near East and North Africa
The Dawn of Mesopotamian Civilization
Comparative Political Organization
Near Eastern Prehistory
Ethnology of the Near East and North Africa
Near Eastern Social Systems
Seminar in Mediterranean Anthropology
Seminar in Political Anthropology
Problems in Old World Prehistory
Arabic
Introduction to Arabic Linguistics
Introduction to Arabic Culture and Language
Arabic Phonology and Morphology
Arabic Syntax and Semantics
Arabic Historical Linguistics and Dialectology
Arabic Literature in Translation
Introduction to Arabic Papyrology
Seminar in Arabic Papyrology
Advanced Arabic Composition
Medieval Arabic
Proseminar in Arabic Linguistics
Arab Grammarians
Arabic Grammatical Theory
Arabic Dialects
Medieval Arabic Readings
Medieval Arabic Prose Literature
Qur'an
Ancient Arabic Poetry
'Abbasid Poetry
Modern Arabic Fiction
Modern Arabic Non-Fictional Prose
Modern Arabic Poetry
Seminar in Arabic Linguistics
Seminar in Medieval Arabic Literature
Readings in Arabic
Seminar in Modern Arabic Literature
General Linguistics and Literature
Introduction to Ancient and Classical Near Eastern Literature
Great Books of the Near East
Writing and Writing Systems
Literary Analysis and Theory
Ancient Near Eastern Literature
Modern Near Eastern Literature
Introduction to Indo-Iranian Linguistics
Comparative Semitic Linguistics
Seminar in North African Languages and Linguistics
Seminar in Near Eastern Languages
Masterpieces of Islamic Literature
Teacher Training in Near Eastern Languages
Material Development and Practical Teaching
Teacher Training in Near Eastern Languages: Theory, Methods, and Observation
Hebrew
Modern Hebrew Grammar
Modern Jewish Literature in Translation
The Hasidic Story
Advanced Hebrew Composition
Structure of Hebrew
History of Hebrew Language
Medieval Hebrew Grammarians
Hebrew Legendary (Tannaitic) Literature
Medieval Hebrew Literature
Literature of Hebrew Bible
Modern Hebrew Literature
Modern Israeli Fiction
Survey of Modern Israeli Novels
History
(Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies) Near East and Greece to 201 BC
Introduction to Near Eastern History
Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest
Early Ottoman Enterprise
Europe Discovers the World: Travel and Exploration from the Middle Ages to the Present
Jewish History throughout the Ages
History of Eastern Christianity
Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present
History of the Balkans to 1800
Studies in Balkan History
Problems in Soviet Society
Seminar in Balkan History
Jewish History from the Maccabees to the Spanish Expulsion
Modern Jewish History to 1880
Jewish History, 1880-1948
History of Israel, 1948-Present
The Holocaust
History Colloquium: Arab-Israeli Conflict
History of Ancient Israel
Byzantine Empire: 284-867
Byzantine Empire: 867-1453
Formation of Islamic Civilization: AD 500-945
Near East in the Period of Crusades: 954-1258
Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Europe
Modern Near East since Napolean
Inner Asia
North Africa since 1500
Intellectual History of the Ancient Near Eastern and Pre-Classical Mediterranean World
Balkans from 1800 to the Present
Economic History of the Medieval Near East
Modern Iran and the Gulf States
Perso-Islamic Civilization in the Eastern Caliphate and India: 900-1350
Arabic Paleography and Numismatics
Studies in Byzantine History
Studies in Iranian Civilization during the Middle Ages
Studies in Jewish History
Studies in Modern History of North Africa since 1800
Studies in Islamic History and Civilization
Seminar in Modern Near Eastern History
Seminar in Problems and Methods of Research on Medieval Near East
History of Art
Near Eastern and European Art from the Stone Age to the End of the Middle Ages
Archaeology of the Graeco-Roman Near East
The Art and Archaeology of Asia Minor
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia
Art of Ancient Iran
Problems in the Art of the Persian Empire
Art of Islam in the Mediterranean Region
Byzantine Art
Introduction to the Art and Architecture of the Islamic World
Art of the Central Islamic Lands from Mohammad to the Mongols
Art of the Eastern Islamic World
History of Architecture in Islamic Countries
History of Islamic Painting and Decorative Arts
Studies in Islamic Archaeology
Special Studies in the Interrelated Arts of the Near East, India and Far East
Investigations of Islamic Art and Civilization
Interdisciplinary Studies
Study of the Near East
Introduction to the Near East
Middle East Bibliography
Persian
Introduction to Persian Literature
Structure of Persian
Structure of Kurdish
Iranian Dialectology
Classical Persian Texts
Persian Texts from the Early Modern Period
Modern Persian Fiction
Modern Persian Non-Fiction
Political Science
Government and Politics of the Near East
Political Development and Dependence
Political Modernization in the Developing World
Advanced Topics in Contemporary Political Science
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israeli Society and Politics
International Relations in the Near East and North Africa
Proseminar on Middle Eastern Politics
Seminar on Middle Eastern Politics
Religions and Civilizations
(Department of Near Eastern Studies)
Introduction to Near Eastern Studies
Introduction to the World of Islam
Sufism
Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern
Gods, Men and History in the Ancient Near East
Archaeology of the Historic Near East
Social and Religious Thought of Hebrew Prophets
Jewish Civilization
Modern Turkey From Sultanate to Republic, 1800-1960
History of Ancient Religions
Introduction to the New Testament and Jewish Literature of that Period
Islamic Intellectual History
Muslim Sages
Qur'anic Studies I, II
Readings in Classical Islamic Texts
Qur'anic Exegetical Theory
Hadith Terminology and Sources
Islam and the Muslims
Islamic Law
Studies in Ancient Near East History
Mesopotamia and Asia Minor
Islamic Dialectical Theology
Proseminar on the Bibliography of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
Biblical Criticism I, II
Biblical Poetry
Seminar in Near Eastern Archaeology
Seminar in Biblical History
Seminar in Medieval Persian Studies
Seminar in Turkish Studies
Sociology
Women and Islam: A Sociological Perspective
Seminar in Theory and Methods Related to the Middle East
Turkish
Literature of the Turks
Modern Turkish Readings
Advanced Turkish Composition
Readings in Ottoman Turkish
Readings in Tanzimat Turkish
Structure of Turkish
Modern Turkish Prose Literature
Modern Turkish Poetry
Faculty
Anthropology
Kent V. Flannery (Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic archaeology of the Middle East)
Robert E. Whallon, Jr. (Near Eastern prehistory)
Henry T. Wright (prehistoric and early historic archaeology of the Near East)
Andrew Shyrock (tribe-state interactions, pre-industrial political formations and ethnopoetics of the Middle East)
Comparative Literature
Aamir R. Mufti (secularism and religiosity in postcolonial culture: Arabic novel in translation)
Anton Shammas (Arabic literature)
History
Juan R. I. Cole (modern Middle East, Muslim South Asia, social, intellectual)
Todd Endelman (modern Jewish history)
John V. A. Fine (Byzantine history, medieval and modern Balkan history)
Rudi Paul Lindner (Byzantine, Ottoman, and Inner Asian history)
Stephanie Platz (modern Armenian History and culture)
Mathew Connelly (Modern Middle East and African History)
History of Art
Margaret Cool Root (Ancient Near Eastern art)
Thelma K. Thomas (Assistant Curator, Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval Archaeology)
Jewish Studies
Gabriele Boccacini (Judaic studies, Jewish Hellenistic literature, Rabbinics)
Elliot Ginsburg (medieval and modern Jewish studies, Jewish thought, Jewish mysticism, Judaism as a religious tradition)
Brian Schmidt (Hebrew Bible, Canaanite-Israelite religion and cultures, Israelite historiography)
Near Eastern Studies
Kathryn Babayan (late medieval and early modern central and eastern Islamdom, Safavi political and cultural history)
Carol Bardenstein (Modern Arabic Literature)
Gary Beckman (Assyriology, Hihite and Mesopotamian Studies)
Marc Bernstein (modern Hebrew literature)
Gabriel Boccaccini (early Christianity and Middle Judaism)
Michael Bonner (medieval Islamic history and Islamic institutions)
Edna A. Coffin (modern Hebrew language and literature)
Muhammed Eissa (lecturer of Arabic)
Elliot K. Ginsburg (Jewish Thought)
Jeffrey Heath (Arabic linguistics)
Peter Hook (Urdu literature, women's Urdu literature, classical Persian literature)
Sherman Jackson (Arabic language, Islamic law, Muslim theology)
Alexander Knysh (Islamic mysticism and medieval polemics, history of Yemen, religious anthropology)
Charles R. Krahmalkov (language and history of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians)
Doron Lamm (lecturer of Modern Hebrew)
Ann E. Larimore (Middle East geography and women's studies)
Trevor J. LeGassick (19th- and 20th-century Arabic literary history and appreciation)
Piotr A. Michalowski (history, literary studies, and linguistics of Akkadian and Sumerian)
Raji M. Rammuny (Arabic language and culture, teacher training)
Janet Richards (archaeology: Northeast Africa and Ancient Near East)
Ilan Rosenberg (lecturer of Modern Hebrew)
Yaakova Sacerdoti (lecturer of Modern Hebrew)
Brian Schmidt (Early Cannaanite-Israelite religion)
Gene M. Schramm (Semitics, general and comparative linguistics, poetics)
James M. Stewart-Robinson (Turkish and Ottoman-Turkish language and literature)
Ruth Tsoffar (Hebrew language and culture)
Pauli Weizman (lecturer of Modern Hebrew)
Terry Wilfong (ancient and Muslim Egypt)
Gernot L. Windfuhr (Iranian linguistics and literature, Zoroastrianism)
Norman Yoffee (Assyriology, Near Eastern archaeology, comparative early civilizations)
Romance Languages and Literatures
Frieda Ekotto (20th Century French and Francophone Literature)
Jarrod L. Hayes (20th Century French and Francophone Literature)
School of Public Health
Robin Barlow (economic development of contemporary Middle East)
Joseph W. Brown (fertility and social demography in the Middle East and India)
Mark L. Wilson (Epidemiology, International Health)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Kevork Bardakjian (Armenian intellectual history and Armenian literature)
Sociology
Fatma Müge Göçek (sociology of the Middle East, Ottoman and Turkish social change, women and Islam)
UM Library
Jonathan Rodgers (librarianship, Arabic computing, Semitics, Arabic philology)
Students
1998-1999
Anthropology, 3
History,
9
History of Art, 0
IPCAA/Classics, 3
Linguistics, 1
Comp Lit, 2
MENAS (Modern Middle Eastern Studies), 26
Political Science, 16
Public Health, 1
Degrees Granted in 1998-1999
MA, 20 (9 female, 11 male)
PhD, 10 (4 female, 6 male)
Degree Requirements
Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Modern:
MA: Minimum number of credits required: 30 hours of graduate credit and a thesis or 36 hours of graduate credit and no thesis. Specific course requirements: The 30 hours of graduate work must be
distributed over no fewer than three and no more than five of the following fields: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, History of Art, Languages and Literature, Political Science, Sociology, and
Religions and Civilization. A maximum of 15 credits may be taken in any one field. The selection of fields should be made after consultation with an adviser. Fifteen of the 30 hours must represent work in
courses offered primarily or exclusively for graduate students. One term of the Faculty-Student Seminar, or an alternate seminar-level course approved by the student's adviser, must be elected. Foreign language
requirement: The student must complete the first year of course work in a modern language of the area, or demonstrate that level of competence by an exam administered by the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
No graduate credit is given for first year language courses, thus work at this level does not count toward the 30 required hours. Thesis or research essay: The master's essay must be approved by the student's
adviser and submitted for review by two faculty members. A student may select the option requiring 36 credit hours and no essay upon the recommendation of his or her adviser.
Rackham Dual Degree Programs: A dual degree program with the Graduate School of Business Administration enables qualified persons to pursue concurrent work in Modern Near Eastern and North African Studies and Business Administration, leading to the AM and the MBA degrees. The program is arranged so that all requirements for both degrees may be completed in two and one-half to three years of concurrent enrollment (earning 75 credit hours). Students interested in the AM/MBA dual degree program must apply and be admitted to both schools. A dual degree program with the Law School is also available, leading to the AM and JD degrees. This dual degree program requires a total of 67 credit hours in addition to the first year (typically 34 hours) in the Law School. Interested students must apply and be admitted to both schools. A dual degree program with the School of Public Health allows students to earn the MPH degree in Population Planning and International Health and the AM degree in Modern Near Eastern and North African Studies. The student must complete two years of coursework in a modern language of the area for this program or demonstrate that level of competence. The program is arranged so that all requirements for both degrees may be completed in two and one-half years or five academic terms of concurrent enrollment. Interested students must apply and be admitted to both Rackham Graduate School and the School of Public Health. Further detailed information on the requirements of these dual degree programs are available from the Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies. Combined degree programs with other disciplines such as the Department of Communication will be worked out with individuals expressing an interest.
Near Eastern
Studies:
MA-Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language:
Admission: Candidates should have a BA in Arabic, Education, English, Linguistics or related discipline, and a score of 85 or better in the Michigan English Proficiency
Test, 560 or better in TOEFL for non-native speakers of English, or a percentage score of 85 in the Arabic Proficiency Test of the American Association of Arabic for non-native speakers of Arabic. Applicants
should submit scores on the Graduate Record Examination. Minimum number of credits required: 30 hours of graduate credit. Specific course requirements: Courses in general linguistics, Arabic linguistics,
teaching methodology, and related cognates and electives. Contact the graduate program for a brochure.
MA: Prerequisites: Upon admission, students should have an advanced reading knowledge of either French or German, equivalent to four semesters of undergraduate course work. Minimum number of credits required: 30 hours of graduate credit, or 24 hours of graduate credit and a six-hour thesis. Specific course requirements: Students must complete at least two pro-seminars, seminars or studies courses selected from two of the following disciplines: linguistics, history and literature, and must complete at least two courses in the language of specialization beyond the Bachelor's requirement. In addition, two cognate courses at the graduate level bearing a functional relationship to the candidates' areas of specialization are required.
Area MA: Specific course requirements: Students must earn at least three hours of credit in a pro-seminar, seminar or studies course and must take at least two courses in the history of the area of their language of specialization. Second year proficiency in a Near Eastern language is also required candidates who have previously reached this level must include at least six hours of further language study in their course work. Two cognate courses at the graduate level must be elected.
PhD: Specific course requirements: Students are required to achieve an advanced facility in a Near Eastern language sufficient to enable them to do advanced research in that language. A second-year proficiency in a second or third Near Eastern language may also be required, depending on the language or area of specialization. In addition, candidates are required to gain an adequate knowledge of Near Eastern history and the methods of historical research, and to prepare themselves in such other special subjects as may be necessary for work on their proposed dissertation topics. Foreign language requirement: The department requires in addition to French or German, demonstration of competence in another research language. Preliminary Examination: Each sub-field requires four examinations, two in the major field or discipline, one in a minor field or discipline, and one in an ancillary field. All four examinations are written; they may be sit-down or take-homes (the student and examiner determine this at their first meeting). In some cases a fifth, oral examination, may be given. Dissertation prospectus: A prospectus outlining plans for the student's dissertation must be submitted to the department before the student's dissertation committee will be appointed
Director
Michael Bonner
Scholarships/Graduate Support
Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships administered by the Center, graduate and teaching fellowships administered by the departments
Special Features
The University Graduate Library contains over 349,264 volumes in the field of Near Eastern Studies (one of the largest in the country), including an estimated 194,270 volumes in Arabic, Hebrew, Yiddish,
Persian, and Turkish. In addition, other on-campus library collections have specialized materials on the Middle East, and include Center for Research on Economic Development Library, Law Library, Business
Administration Library, and Undergraduate Library. The Center's Outreach Program produces instructional materials for secondary schools and for colleges, provides special services of Michigan college and
university faculty who are not specialists on the Near East, and is heavily involved in the coordination of Near East outreach programs at the national level. Two programs combining Near Eastern and North
African Studies with Business Administration are available: one is offered through the Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies and the other offered jointly through the Center and the School of
Business Administration. There is also a joint MA/JD degree program with the Law School and a dual MA/MPH degree program with the Department of Population Planning and International Health in the School of
Public Health
Inquiries
Michael Bonner, Director
Jeanie Lebak, Administrator
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
1080 S. University Ave.
Suite 4640
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1106
734-764-0350
fax 734-764-8523
cmenas@umich.edu
www.umich.edu
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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