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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON
Madison, Wisconsin
Program
Department of African Languages and Literatures
Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Middle East Studies Program
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Middle East Studies Program
Central Asian Studies Program
African Studies Program
Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD (through individual departments)
Courses
Anthropology
Cultural Change
Political Anthropology
Topics in Ethnology: Peoples and Cultures of the Asiatic Part of the Soviet Union
Topics in Ethnology: Peoples of Israel
Problems in Anthropology: Pastoral Nomadism
Central Asia
Invasions and Empires: Central Asia from Genghis Khan to Stalin
Seminar in Problems of Islamic History: Central Asia
Civilization of Central Asia
The Golden Horde and the Rise of the Central Asian Nations
Islam, Reform and Revolution in Central Asia
Central Asia in World Affairs since 1990
Classics
Ancient Egyptian
Comparative Literature
Problems in Genre and Mode: Third World Novels
Problems in Comparative Studies
Literature and Ideas: Critical Cultural Studies
Geography
World Regions: Concepts and Problems
Soviet Union: Topical Analysis
Problems in Human Geography: Soviet Union
Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Survey of Hebrew Literature and Culture
Biblical Archaeology
Jewish Cultural History
Hebrew Literature in Translation
Advanced Hebrew Literature: Biblical and Modern
Aramaic
Syriac
Ugaritic
Ancient Egyptian
History
Crusades East and West
The Making of the Medieval Islamic World
The Middle East in the 20th Century
Egypt and Europe, 1798-1914: Empire, Islam, and Nationalism
Islamic History
Mediterranean Cities: A Cross-Cultural Approach
The Modern Arab World
The Middle East in World Affairs since 1900
The Middle East and the Balkans during the Ottoman Era, 1200-1600
The Balkans and Middle East, 1700-1918: The Rise of National States
The Empire and Nation in the Turkish Republic
The Intellectual Foundations of Middle East and Ottoman History
Seminar on Ottoman and Middle East History
Seminar in Problems of Islamic History
Politics and the State in the Medieval Islamic World
History of North Africa
Nationalist Movements in the Near East and North Africa
Middle East and Central Asian Languages and Literatures
Arabic (First and Second Year, Readings in Advanced Texts)
Turkish (First and Second Year, Readings in Modern Turkish, Topics in Turkish Literature, Topics in Turkish Folklore)
Hebrew (First, Second, Third, and Fourth Years, Language and Literature)
Hindi-Urdu (Elementary)
Urdu (Second Year, Advanced, Studies in Urdu Literature, Topics in Urdu
Literature I and II, Urdu Prose Fiction in the Indian Subcontinent)
Aramaic
Syriac
Ancient Egyptian (First and Second Year)
Northwest Semitic Inscriptions
Ugaritic (Beginning, Intermediate)
Kazakh (Intensive I and II, Third Year)
Uzbek (Intensive I and II, Third Year)
Introduction to Turkic Linguistics
Central Asia
Invasions and Empires: Central Asia from Genghis Khan to Stalin
Seminar in Problems of Islamic History: Central Asia
Civilization of Central Asia
The Golden Horde and the Rise of the Central Asian Nations
Islam, Reform and revolution in Central Asia
Central Asia in World Affairs since 1990
Political Science
Politics of Developing Areas
Comparative Politics of Developing Nations
Political Integration and Nation-Building
Religion
Religion in Africa
Anthropology of Religion
Sociology
Social Structures of Muslim Societies
Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
South Asian
Turkish Literature in Translation
Islam: Religion and Culture
The Hindu-Muslim Encounter
Religions of India
Social Structures of Muslim Societies
Introduction to Sufism
Islamic Culture: Meanings and History
Seminar on Religion and Society in South Asia
Problems and Methods in Study of Religions
Studies in South Asian Religions
Topics in Islamic Studies
Faculty
African Languages and Literatures
Dustin Cowell
Edris Makward
Anthropology
Sharon Hutchinson, Anatoly Khazanov, Herbert Lewis
Classics
Barry Powell (ancient Egyptian)
Comparative Literature
Mary Layoun
Geography
Robert Kaiser (Eurasia)
Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Rachel F. Brenner (modern Hebrew literature, modern Jewish literature)
Michael V. Fox (Biblical language and literature, Semitics, Egyptology)
Gilead Morahg (modern Hebrew literature)
Norman Roth (medieval Jewish studies, Jewish Biblical interpretation, Jewish cultural history)
History
Michael Chamberlain (pre-modern Middle East)
Kemal Karpat (Turkey and Middle East)
David MacDonald (Russian Relations in Central Asia)
Andre Wink (South Asia)
Land Tenure Center
John David Stanfield
Law
Gordon Baldwin
Political Science
Michael Barnett (international relations)
Mark Beissinger (Soviet Union)
Slavic Languages
Uli Schamiloglu (Turkic languages and cultural history)
South Asian Studies
Sarah G Moment Atis
David Knipe (religion)
Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu, Islamic studies)
Chairs
Michael Chamberlain, Middle East Studies Program
David MacDonald, Central Asian Studies Program
Robert Bickner, Department of South Asian Studies
Michael V. Fox, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Linda Hunter, Department of Languages and Literature
Scholarships/Graduate Support
Graduate School fellowships
teaching assistantships
hourly work
FLAS in Urdu through South Asian Studies and in Arabic as part of the African Studies Program
Special Features
Hebrew and Semitic Studies: Junior year in Israel
joint MA in Biblical Studies and Classics
occasional summer program in Israel
summer program in Morocco
study abroad programs in Turkey and Egypt
Additional Information
The Middle East Studies Program does not grant any degrees. A student completing work in a cooperating department may undertake a concentration of studies in the Middle East Program and be eligible to apply for
assistance
Inquiries
Michael Chamberlain, Chair
Middle East Studies Program
Department of History
4118 Humanities Building
608-265-2673
mchamber@facstaff.wisc.edu
David MacDonald, Chair
Department of History
4121 Humanities Building
608-263-1800
Department of South Asian Studies
Robert Bickner, Chair
1238 Van Hise Hall
608-262-3012
Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Michael V. Fox, Chair
1346 Van Hise Hall
608-262-3204
Students interested in North Africa may contact the African Studies Program Director:
Thomas Spear
1466 Van Hise Hall
608-262-3204
Madison WI 53706
www.wisc.edu
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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