UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Program

The King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies

Degrees Offered
BA in Middle East Studies is a dual major with one of the following disciplines:
- anthropology
- economics
- foreign languages
- geography
- history
- journalism
- political science
Minor with BA or BS in a disciplinary major
MA, MFA, or PhD concentrations in one of the following disciplines:
- anthropology
- comparative literature
- economics
- education
- history
- literary translation
- philosophy
- political science

Middle East Languages
Arabic
Biblical Hebrew
Aramaic

Courses
Anthropology  
Ancient Middle East
Middle East Cultures
Peoples and Cultures of World Regions
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Seminar in Egyptology
Anthropology of Religion
Anthropology of Islam

Comparative Literature
Survey of Arabic Literature (in translation)
Modern Arabic Poetry (in translation)
Modern Arabic Literature (in translation)
Arabic Women in Literature
Autobiography and Travel Literature
Pre-Islamic Poetry
Hispano-Arabic Literature

Economics
Comparative Economic Systems

Geography
Emerging Nations
Geography of the Middle East

History
Islamic Civilization
History of the Modern Middle East
Israel and Arabs in the 20th Century
Middle East 600-1500
Mamluks and Mongols 1250-1520
Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran 1300-1722
Social History of Modern Middle East
America’s Emergence as a Superpower 1900-1960
US in World Affairs
US-Arab Relations, 1787-1945
Sufism
The Islamic West, 632-1600

Humanities
World Religions
Jewish-Christian Relations
Literature of India and the Near East

Interdepartmental
Middle East Studies Colloquium

Language
Arabic (elementary, intermediate, and advanced language at regular and intensive paces)
Survey of Modern Arabic Literature
Arab Culture.
Biblical Hebrew (four-semester course)

Political Science
Politics of the Middle East
Political Economy of the Middle East
Political Economy of the Middle East
Islam and Politics
Middle East Politics
Topics in Politics of the Middle East
Global Politics
The Middle East in World Affairs

Faculty
Anthropology
Jerome Rose
Ted Swedenburg
JoAnne D'Alisera

Arabic
Adnan Haydar
Rkia E. Cornell

Comparative Literature
Adnan Haydar
Mohja Kahf

Education
Mounir Farah

Geography
Thomas Paradise

History
Joel Gordon
William Tucker
Vincent J. Cornell
Lynda L. Coon

Humanities Program
Lynda L. Coon

Literary Translation
John DuVal

Philosophy
Jacob Adler

Political Science
Najib Ghadbian
Gwenn Okruhlik
Margaret Reid

Religious Studies Program
Lynda L. Coon
Vincent J. Cornell
JoAnne D'Alisera

Director
Vincent J. Cornell

Associate Director
Mounir Farah

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Four-year and two-year full ($11,000 per year) and partial ($6,000 per year) undergraduate scholarships, as well as fellowships and graduate assistantships ($12,000 per year) are available for American and Middle Eastern students.  Masters students may be supported up to three years, doctoral students may be supported up to five years.

Travel
Scholarships are available for intermediate and advanced level Arabic language training and study abroad.  The program also supports a summer archaeological field school in Jordan.

Special Features
The King Fahd Middle East Studies Program was inaugurated in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas in 1993-94. It currently functions as an independent area studies program.  Besides its commitment to academic research and teaching, the Program also emphasizes outreach activities to both pre-collegiate institutions and community organiations.  The King Fahd program currently sponsors a regional Model Arab League at the pre-collegiate and collegiate levels.  The Program also sponsors collaborative efforts in the Middle East and related areas such as the Archeological Field School with Yarmouk University, a student and faculty exchange agreement with al-Akhawayn University in Morocco, and a new collaboration with the Aga Khan Humanities Project in Central Asia.

Inquiries  

King Fahd Middle East Studies Program
202 Old Main
501-575-4157
fax 501-575-3629
www.uark.edu/depts./mesp/index.html

For graduate admission catalog and application :
Graduate School Admissions Office
119 Ozark Hall
501-575-4401
gradinfo@cavern.uark.edu

For undergraduate application materials :
Office of Admissions
200 Silas Hunt Hall
501-575-5346 or 800-377-8632

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville AR 72701
ww.uark.edu

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004