Program
G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Interdepartmental programs in Near Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies

Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Spoken Egyptian, Levantine, and Moroccan)
Azeri
Tajik
Turkish (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Middle and Old Turkish, Ottoman)
Persian (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Conversation, Modern Dialects)
Hebrew (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)
Armenian (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Classical, and Modern)
Akkadian (Elementary, Advanced)
Avestan
Bashkir
Chagatay
Coptic
Pahlavi
Sumerian
Uzbek (Elementary, Advanced)
Vedic
Late Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian
Aramaic (Ancient Biblical, Neo)
Syriac Iranian (Old and Middle)
Ugaritic

Courses
Ancient Near East
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Sumerian Literary Texts
Survey of Ancient Near East Literature in English
Introduction to Near East Archaeology of Mesopotamia
Archaeology of Palestine
Archaeology of Iran
Archaeology of Historic Periods in Mesopotamia
Introduction to Biblical Studies
Old Testament Hebrew and Septuagine Texts
Semitics of the New Testament
Greco-Roman Texts
Egyptian Texts of the Greco-Roman Period
Seminar in Ancient Egypt
Demotic
Sumerian Language and Literature
Seminar in Ancient Mesopotamia
Seminar in Ancient Archaeology
Practical Field Archaeology
Seminar in Object Archaeology
Anthropology
Peoples of the Middle East
Comparative Society
Origins of the Old World Civilization
Comparative Religion
Gender Systems
Kinship and Social Organization
Women and Culture in Society
Cultures of the Middle East
Arabic
Introduction to Islam
Islamic Texts
Arabic Poetry
Arab Historians and Geographers
Seminar in Arabic Literature
Introduction to Modern Arabic Dialects
Structure of Classical Arabic
Classical Arabic Texts
Medieval Library Texts
Modern Arabic Literature
Survey of Arabic Literature in English
Archaeology
Fieldwork in Archaeology
Archaeology Colloquium
Graduate Seminar in Archaeology
Greco-Roman Architecture
Greco-Roman Paintings
Greco-Roman Sculpture
Architecture and Urbanization
History of Building Types
Ancient and Islamic Architecture in the Mediterranean
Greco-Roman Architecture
Architecture in Egypt and the Middle East and European Middle East 400-1500
Armenian
Armenian Intellectual History
History of the Armenian Language
Armenian Literature of the Golden Age (Fifth Century AD)
Armenian Literature
Seminar in Armenian Paleography
Survey of Armenian Literature in English
Armenian Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Soviet Armenian Literature
Art History
Ancient Art
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Art of the Ancient Near East
Eastern Islamic Art
Greek Art
Hellenistic Art
Islamic Arts of South India
Early Christian Art
Early Medieval Art
Byzantine Art
Egyptian Art
Topics in Egyptian Art
Western Islamic Art
Eastern Islamic Art
Advanced Studies in Islamic Art
Problems in Islamic Art
Topics in Classical Art
Greco-Roman Art
Classical Art
Topics in Medieval Art
Medieval Art
Medieval Art and Architecture
Indian Art of Muslim Communities
Classics
Survey of Medieval Greek Culture
Byzantine Civilization
Introduction to Comparative Mythology
Languages in Ancient Asia Minor
Seminar in Patristic and Byzantine Literature
Byzantine Poetry
Seminar in Comparative Mythology
World Arts & Cultures Dance of Pursia
Dance of Israel
Dance of India
Dance of South Asia
Dance of Indonesia
Survey of Dancing in Selected Cultures
Economics
International Finance
International Trade Theory
International Economics
Education
Schooling in Comparative Perspective
Introduction to Comparative Education
Education and National Development
Minority Education in Cross-Cultural Perspective
International Efforts in Education
Current Problems in Comparative Education
Asian Education
English/Comparative Literature
Stories of Exile
Arab Literatures and Cultures
Film and Television
Media and Ethnicity
Culture, Media and Society
Ethnographic Film Direction
Non-Western Cinema
Geography
Introduction to Geography
The Middle East
Northern Africa
Sociology
Population and society in Middle East
Public Health
Health and Context in Middle East
Urban Planning
Global Environment and Development
Law
Islamic and Jewish Law
Islamic Law
Hebrew
History of the Hebrew Language
Studies in Hebrew Biblical Literature
Medieval Hebrew Literature
Texts in Judaeo-Arabic
Studies in Modern Hebrew Prose
Biblical Texts
Rabbinic Hebrew Texts
Modern Hebrew Poetry and Prose
Survey of Hebrew Grammar
Studies in Modern Hebrew Poetry
Hebrew Essays
History
Focal Themes in Jewish History
Jewish Intellectual History
History of Religions
Religions of South and Southeast Asia
Religions of the Ancient Near East
Undergraduate Colloquium
Special Studies in History
History of North Africa from the Muslim Conquest
History of Islamic Iran
Iranian History
History of the Arabs
History of the Turks
Armenian History
Armenian Oral History
The Caucasus
Early Middle Ages
Mediterranean Heartlands
Late Middle Ages
Mediterranean Middle Ages
Byzantine Civilization
Byzantine History
Topics in Russian History
History of Southeast Europe
History of Northeast Africa
Survey of Jewish History
Special Topics in History: Jewish History
Topics in History: Armenia and the Caucasus
Seminar in Near and Middle Eastern History
Seminar in Medieval Middle East History
Seminar in the Social History of the Middle East
Ottoman and Modern Turkish History
Seminar in Armenian History
Methods in Armenian Oral History
Seminar in Ancient History
Seminar in Byzantine History
Seminar in Medieval Intellectual History and History of Science
Seminar in the History of Religions
Advanced Historiography: The Near East
Advanced Historiography: Jewish History
Advanced Historiography: Armenian History
Topics in History: Ancient Greece
Topics in History: Medieval
Topics in History: Near East
Topics in History: Religions
History of the Near and Middle East
A Cultural Survey of Africa
Survey of Medieval Greek Culture
Introduction to Historical Practice
History of Ancient Egypt
History of Ancient Mesopotamia and Syria
Near and Middle East from 600 AD to 1500 AD
Introduction to Islamic Cultures
Islamic Civilization
Islamic Institutions and Political Ideas
The Middle East: 1500 to the Present
Religious Movements in the Middle East
Middle Eastern History in Film
Women and Gender in the Middle East
Iranian
History of the Persian Language
Major Persian Poets
Classical Persian Texts
Rumi the Mystic Poet of Islam
Vedic
Classical Persian Literature
Seminar in Contemporary Persian Literature
Contemporary Persian Belle Lettres
Contemporary Analytical Prose
Survey of Persian Literature in English
Civilization of Pre-Islamic Iran
Religion in Ancient Iran
Introduction to Modern Iranian Studies
Iranian Civilization
Persian Popular Ethics
Jewish Studies
Social, Cultural and Religious Institutions of the Jews
Jewish Religious National Movement
American Jewish History
History of Modern Anti-Semitism
Hebrew Literature of Biblical and Apocryphal
Rabbinic and Medieval Literature
Modern Jewish Literature in English
Jewish Folklore
Undergraduate Seminar: Jewish Studies
Jewish History in the Middle Ages
History and Institution of the State of Israel
Law
International Business Transaction
Religions and Legal Systems: Islamic Law
International Organization
International Law
Library and Information Science
Ethnic Groups and the Bibliographers
Jewish History and Culture
Linguistics
Field Methods
Linguistics Areas: Africa
Linguistic Structures: Indo-European
Linguistic Structures: Indo-Aryan
Linguistic Structures: Berber
Linguistic Structures: Persian Phonology and Syntax
Linguistic Structures: Persian Syntax
Language in Culture
Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
Language and Society
Management
International Business Economics
Comparative Market Structure and Competition
Business Forecasting for Foreign Economics
International Business Finance
Comparative Industrial Relations
International Marketing Management
Comparative and International Urban Land Studies
International Business Management
Comparative and International Management
International Business Policy
International Business Law
Music/Ethnomusicology
Music of the Arabic Speaking Near East
Music of Iran and Other Non-Arabic Speaking Communities
Classical Music of India
Music of Indonesia
Near Eastern Languages
Bibliography and Method of Near East Languages and Literature
Survey of Afro-Asiatic Languages
Philosophy
Topics in Islamic Philosophy
Political Science
International Relations of the Middle East
Special Studies in International Relations: The Persian Gulf
Government and Politics in the Middle East
Government and Politics in North Africa
Special Studies in Comparative Governments
Special Studies in the Middle East
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Islam and Politics
Public Health
Health in the Middle East
Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition
Human Lactation
Advanced Issues in MCH in Developing Areas
Nutrition Programs and Policy for Mothers and Children in Developing Areas
International Health Agencies and Programs
Issues in International Health Administration
Maternal and Child Health in Developing Areas
The World's Population and Food
Health Care in International Perspective
Current Issues in Maternal and Child Health
Semitics
Readings in Old Ethiopic Literature
Comparative Study of Ethiopic Languages
Seminar in Northeast Semitic Languages
Seminar in Akkadian Languages
Seminar in Akkadian Literature
Comparative Semitics
Comparative Morphology of the Semitic Languages
Akkadian Literary Texts
Biblical Aramaic
Sociology
Population and Society in the Middle East
Comparative Sociology of the Middle East
Middle East Immigrants
Turkish Studies and Turkic Languages
Ottoman Diplomatics
Cultural History of the Turks
Introduction to Turkish Studies
Historical and Comparative Survey of the Turkic Language
Islamic Texts in Ottoman
Islamic Texts in Chagatay
Seminar in Modern Turkish Literature
Seminar in Classical Turkic
Turco-Mongolian Nomadic Empires
Modern Turkic Languages and People
Urban Planning
Climatic Issues in Urban Design
Faculty and Staff
Gia Aivazian (Librarian, Armenian and Greek)
Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid-Marsot (Near Eastern history)
Emily Apter (French, comparative literature)
Berge Aran (architectural history)
Amin Banani (Persian and history)
Arnold J. Band (Hebrew)
Ali Behdad (English, comparative literature)
Irene Bierman (Islamic art)
Leonard Binder (political science)
Andras Bodrogligeti (Turkic and Iranian)
Robert L. Brown (art history)
Giorgio Buccellati (Ancient Near East and history)
Robert Burns (history of Islamic Spain)
Elizabeth Carter (Near Eastern archaeology)
Eliezer Chammou (Arabic Cataloger)
Michael Cooperson (Arabic)
Herbert A. Davidson (Hebrew)
Susan Downey (ancient art)
David Ellenson (Jewish studies)
Nancy Ezer (Hebrew)
Michael Fishbein (Arabic)
Jonathan Friedlander (Assistant Director/Outreach Coordinator)
Saul Friedlander (Jewish history)
Osman Galal (public health)
James Gelvin (Near Eastern history)
Baruch Givoni (architecture)
Janet Hadda (Yiddish)
Latifeh Hagigi (Persian)
Lev Hakak (Hebrew)
Nasrin Hakimi (sociology)
Gerry A. Hale (geography)
Sondra Hale (anthopology, women's studies)
Gail Harrison (public health)
David Hirsch (Middle East and Judaica Bibliographer)
Caroline Holt (Hebrew Cataloger)
Richard G. Hovannisian (Armenian and Near Eastern history)
Ralph Jaeckel (Turkish)
Nazir Jairazbhoy (ethnomusicology)
Nikki Keddie (Near Eastern history)
Barisa Krekic (Balkan history)
Antonio Loprieno (Egyptology)
Michael G. Morony (Near Eastern history)
David Myers (Jewish studies)
Sule Ozler (economics)
Claire Panosian (Medicine and immigrant populations)
Rubina Peroomian (Armenian)
Daniel Polz (Egyptian archaeology and history)
Ismail K. Poonawala (Arabic)
Donald Preziosi (ancient Near East art)
Jihad Racy (ethnomusicology)
Claudia Rapp (Byzantine history)
Georges Sabagh (Near Eastern demography and sociology)
Yona Sabar (Hebrew)
Damodar Sar Desai (Indian history)
Hanns-Peter Schmidt (Indo-Iranian studies)
Samy Shavit (Center Research Associate)
Stanford J. Shaw (Ottoman history)
Susan Sims (Assistant Director)
Ed Soja (urban planning)
Steven L. Spiegel (political science)
Leslie Wilcox (Center Administrator)
Stanley Wolpert (Indian history)
Barbara Zeitler (Byzantine art)
Hossein Ziai (Persian)

Chair/Director
Irene A. Bierman, Director, G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
William Schniedewind, Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Scholarships/Graduate Support
NDEA Title VI Fellowships, research assistantships, fellowship stipends

Special Features
Extensive library holdings, feature and documentary film collection, multifaceted outreach program (summer seminar for educators, museum exhibitions, film festivals, cultural events, public lectures)
student-faculty seminars
colloquia on Middle Eastern Urban Identities in the Middle East
Levi Della Vida Islamic Studies award and conference
participation in inter-university activities including the American Research Center in Egypt
the American Research Institute in Turkey
the Center for Arabic Study Abroad
the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science
and the American Institute of Maghribi Studies
affiliation with the Center for Political Studies and Research, Cairo University and the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. The Center publishes a series of scholarly works: Intersections, a newsletter
the proceedings of the Levi Della Vida conference
and Jusur: The UCLA Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. The Center also publishes conference papers in the form of a Working Papers series.

Inquiries
Irene A. Bierman, Director
G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles CA 90095
310-825-1181
fax 310-206-2406
cmes@isop.ucla.edu
www.isop.ucla.edu/cnes/