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INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bloomington, Indiana
Program
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Program
Degrees Offered
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures:
BA
MA
PhD
Department of Central Eurasian Studies various advanced degrees
Middle East Languages
Arabic (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Modern and Classical,
Conversational and Multi-Media)
Persian (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced)
Turkish (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Ottoman - Introductory,
Advanced)
Modern Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced)
Aramaic
Ugaritic
Courses in Linguistics
Courses
Anthropology
Courses in Middle Eastern
Ethnography
Ethnology
Archaeology
Cultural Anthropology
Art
Art of Islam
Art and Archaeology of Anatolia
Byzantine Art
Comparative Literature
Variety of courses dealing with Classic and Modern Literatures
Folklore
Middle Eastern Folklore/Music
Jewish Folklore
Turkish Folk Art
Geography
Geography of Central Asia
History
Courses at various levels in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Near Eastern
History, the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine
Empire, Ancient Civilizations, Islamic Civilization, History of North Africa
and Inner Asia
Literature
Variety of courses in Classical and Modern Arabic, Hebrew, Persian,
Turkish/Ottoman
Political Science
Near East Political Systems
Near East Political Ideas
Religious Studies
Variety of courses on Islam, Judaism and Early Christianity
Iranian religions
Faculty
James Ackerman, Emeritus (religious studies)
Salman al-Ani (Arabic language and linguistics)
Salih J. Altoma, Emeritus (Arabic language and literature)
Ilhan Basgoz, Emeritus (Turkish)
Gustav Bayerle (Ottoman Turkish) Emeritus
Christopher Beckwith (early Islamic Central Asia)
Devin Deweese (Central Asian history and Sufism)
Hasan El-Shamy (folklore)
Henry Fischel, Emeritus (Hebrew language and literature, Aramaic)
Henry H. Glassie (folklore, Turkish traditional art)
John Hanson (history, Islam in Africa)
Iliya F. Harik, Emeritus (political science)
Wadie Jwaideh, Emeritus (Arabic language and literature, history)
Stephen Katz (Hebrew, Israeli literature)
Eugene Kleinbauer (art)
Consuelo Lopez-Morillas (Hispano-Moorish Language and Literature)
Paul Losensky (Persian language and literature)
Herbert Marks (comparative literature)
Michael Satlow (Judaism, Bible)
M. Nazif Shahrani (anthropology, cultures of the Middle East)
Suzanne P. Stetkevych (classical Arabic literature, modern Arabic
literature)
Martha Vinson (Byzantine literature)
John Walbridge (Islamic philosophy, Iranian intellectual history, Babi and
Baha-i studies)
Steven Weitzman (Judaism)
Chair/Directors
Henry Glassie, College Professor of Folklore, Chairman, Near Eastern
Languages and Cultures, Co-director, Turkish Studies
Toivo Raun, Chair, Department of Central Eurasian Studies
Devin DeWeese, Director, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
Scholarships/Graduate Support
University and FLAS
Special Features
The Middle Eastern Studies Program is affiliated with the Department of Near
Eastern Languages and Cultures. MESP
is interdepartmental and interdisciplinary and offers no degrees of its own.
The Department of Central Eurasian
Studies is an NDEA language and area center. Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew
are offered through the
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Additional Information
Degrees offered are BA and MA in NELC
BA, MA, and PhD in NELC
PhD degrees with special emphasis on the Near East are also offered by the
Departments of Folklore, History, and
Political Science.
Inquiries
M. Nazif Shahrani, Chair
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Room 102
Goodbody Hall, 1011 East 3rd Street
Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405 -7005
812-855-4323
fax 812-855-7841
nelcmesp@indiana.edu
www.indiana.edu