Program  
Center for Middle East Studies

Anthropology
Comparative Literature
Global & International Studies
Ethnomusicology
History
History of Art and Architecture
Political Science and Women’s Studies
Religious Studies
Sociology

Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD

Middle East Languages
Arabic (elementary, intermediate, advanced)
Classical Aramaic dialects, including Syriac
Persian (elementary and intermediate)
Punjabi (elementary and intermediate)
Hebrew (all periods)
Hindi (elementary and intermediate)

Courses
Anthropology
Archaeology of Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Historical World Systems
Comparative Literature
Middle Eastern Literatures in Translation
Oral Epics of the World (Middle East/Central Asia)
German, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Readings in Israeli Hebrew
Global & International Studies
Global Religion
Global Ideologies
Global Diasporas and Cultural Change
Social Analysis of Terrorism
History
Survey of Middle East History
The Crusades and the Near East, 1095-1291
Topics in the History of the Crusades
History of North Africa
The Islamic World, I: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 600-1000
The Islamic World II: Expansion and Consolidation, 1000-1700
War and Diplomacy in the Middle East since 1876
Literature
Advanced Historical Literature
Seminar in Islamic History
Seminar in the Modern History of the Middle East
Women and Gender in Middle Eastern and North African History
History of Art and Architecture
Islamic Art and Architecture
Survey of Islamic Architecture
Medieval Mediterranean Cities
Masterpieces of Islamic Art and Architecture
Architecture and Ideology from Constantine to Suleyman the Magnificent
Seminar in Islamic Art and Architecture
Music
Introduction to World Music
Indian Music Performance Ensemble
Middle East Performance Ensemble
Music Cultures: Middle East, Europe, and Africa
Special Topics: The Arab System of Melodic Modes
Music of India
Political Science
Comparative Religion and Politics of the Middle East
Politics of the Middle East
The Middle East in World Affairs
Middle East Regional Politics
Religious Studies  
Arabic Literature (Medieval & Modern)
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Literature and Religion of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
The Prophets
Origins of Christianity
The Language and Religion of the Mishnah and Talmud
Religions of the Ancient Near East
Judaism, Palestinian Judaism from Ezra to Akiba
Judaism in the Graeco-Roman World
Judaism in the Medieval World
Judaism in Modern Times
Politics and Religion in the City: The Case of Jerusalem
Rabbinic Literature
Religious Literature in Hebrew
Islamic Traditions
Islam and Culture
Islam in America
The Arabic Quran
Islam in the History of Religions
Islamic Theology and Mysticism
Modern Islamic Movements
Religion, Politics and Society in the Persian Gulf Region
Society and Culture in Medieval Spain
Guided Readings in Hebrew Religious Texts
Guided Readings in Arabic Religious Texts
Seminar on Religion and Violence
Seminar on Hellenistic Judaism
Seminar in the Hebrew Bible
Sociology
Sociology of Development
Development and Social Change in the Middle East
Politics and Religion in Jerusalem
Sociology of Revolutions
Seminar on Development
Third World Cultural Studies
Women's Studies
Women's Struggles in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Faculty  
Anthropology
Stuart T. Smith (Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia)
German, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Staff  (modern Hebrew)
Global & International Studies
Mark Juergensmeyer (Sociology of Religion; Middle East & South Asia)
Gurinder Singh Mann (Sikhism)
History  
Adrienne Edgar (Central Asia)
Nancy E. Gallagher (Middle East, North Africa, women's studies)
R. Stephen Humphreys (Middle East and Islam)
History of Art and Architecture
Fikret Yegul (Mediterranean architecture)
Librarian
Staff
Music
Scott Marcus (music of the Middle East and India)
Political Science
Marguerite Bouraad-Nash (Middle East politics)
Religious Studies
Juan E. Campo (Islamic studies, history of religions, Arabic)
Magda Campo (Arabic)
W. Randall Garr (Ancient Near East, Northwest Semitic Languages, Comparative Semitics)
Richard Hecht (Judaic studies, history of religions, Hebrew)
Barbara Holdrege (history of religions, Hebrew, Hinduism, Judaism)
Dwight Reynolds (Arabic language and literature)
Christine Thomas (Early Christianity, Coptic, Greek literature, Anatolian archaeology)
Sociology  
John Foran (political economy, Middle East, Iran, comparative sociology)
Roger Friedland (economy and society, religion and societal change)

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Regular University of California financial aid is avail­able on a competitive basis. Graduate student support consists of fellowships, tuition waivers, and teaching assistantships. FLAS scholarships for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students available. Limited tuition, fellowship and graduate assistant support is available from endowment funds given in support of graduate study in Islamic and Near Eastern studies. Graduate research funds also available for specific projects on a competitive basis from the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and from the UC Global Peace and Security Program. 

Special Features
UCSB's new Center for Middle East Studies opened in August 2000 with National Resource Center funding from the U.S. Department of Education.  The Center coordinates the activities of the B.A. program in Islamic & Near Eastern Studies, nine MA/PhD degree programs with Middle Eastern emphases, UCSB campus programming and outreach activities to Central California.  The Center faculty jointly oversee the UCSB Islamic Studies endowment which supports Middle East graduate studies and the federally funded FLAS fellowships.

Center and oral Programs
For additional information, 
 www.create.ucsb.edu/ucsbmee/.

Inquiries
Garay Menicucci, Assistant Director
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106 
gmenicucci@ishu.ucsb.edu
(905) 893-4245