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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Washington, DC
Program
Middle East Studies Program
Degree Offered
BA; Regional Specialization in Masters of International Affairs graduate program
Middle East Languages
Arabic (beginning to advanced)
Hebrew (beginning to advanced)
Yiddish
Turkish and Persian available through Washington Consortium of Universities and Middle
East Institute
Courses
Anthropology
Cultures of the Near East
Art
Egypt and the Ancient Civilizations
Classics
Language courses:
Modern Hebrew Literary Classics
Modern Hebrew Fiction
Modern Hebrew Nonfiction
Advanced Hebrew Literature
Modern Arabic Fiction
Modern Arabic Non-Fiction
Israeli Society and Culture
Contemporary Israeli Short Stories and Poetry
Classical Islamic Literature
Modern Middle Eastern Literature
Geography
Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
Population Geography
The Population-Food Balance
Energy Resources
Water Resources
History
The Ancient Near East and Egypt to 322 BC
Greece and the Near East 359 BC to the 2nd Century AD
Crisis or Conspiracy? A History of the International Politics of Oil
European Diplomatic History
European Diplomatic History
Modern Jewish History
History of the Muslim Empires
History of the Modern Middle East
Israel, Zionism, and the Arab World (g)
Imperialism in the Middle East (g)
Nationalism in the Middle East (g)
eadings in the Social History of the Middle East(g)
Islam and Social Movements (g)
Political Science
Government and Politics of the Middle East
International Relations of the Middle East
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israeli Foreign Policy
Government and Politics of North Africa
Government and Politics of the Middle East (g)
International Relations of the Middle East (g)
The Powers in the Middle East (g)
The Arab-Israeli Conflict (g)
Religion
Introduction of Judaism
Rabbinic Thought and Literature
Early Post-Biblical Judaism
Issues in Jewish Ethics
Islam
Islamic Religion and Art
Islamic Philosophy and Theology
Sufism
Topics in Jewish Thought (g)
Topics in the Study of Islam (g)
Topics in Islamic Thought (g)
Islamic Civilization and the West (g)
Persian Sufi Literature in East and West (g)
Please note: Graduate courses are marked with a "g"
Faculty
Classics
Marc Bernstein (Hebrew)
Yael Moses (Hebrew)
Max Ticktin (Hebrew, Yiddish, Hebrew literature)
Samia Montasser (Arabic)
History
Muriel Atkin (Central Asia, Russian-Iranian relations)
Dina Khoury (Ottoman Empire; Fertile Crescent)
H. M. Sachar (diplomatic history, Jewish history)
Political Science
Nathan Brown (rural politics, legal reform, Arab World)
Dalia Dasse Kaye (regional security)
Bernard Reich (Arab-Israel conflict, Arab World)
Religion
Robert Eisen (Judaism)
Syed Nasr (Islam, Sufism, philosophy of science)
Director
Nathan J. Brown
Features
Undergraduate students may either major in Middle East studies specifically or concentrate
on the region within an international affairs degree. Graduate students in the Masters of
International Affairs Program can specialize in the Middle East as an area of focus.
Inquiries
Nathan J. Brown
Program Director,
Middle East Studies
The George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW
Washington DC 20052
202-994-6240
fax 202-994-7743
nbrown@gwu.edu
www.gwu.edu/~mesp
www.gwu.edu
Last updated Wednesday, September 24, 2003