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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Berkeley, California
Program
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
International and Area Studies Teaching Programs:
Interdisciplinary BA in Middle Eastern Studies (BA major and new minor, F1999)
Concurrent MA in Middle Eastern Studies combined with professional and
academic graduate programs
Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD
PhD in Near Eastern Religions (with the Graduate Theological Union)
Joint Doctoral Program in Jewish Studies (w/GTU)
Middle East Languages
Arabic (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and dialects)
Turkish (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Conversational)
Ottoman
Central Asian Turkic Languages
Persian (Modern Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Middle Persian)
Hebrew (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Conversational, Biblical)
Akkadian (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced)
Sumerian
Hittite
Egyptian (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced)
Coptic
Syriac
Aramaic
Ugaritic
Courses
Anthropology
The Middle East and Islam
Arabic
Literary Arabic Usage
Analysis of Grammar and Syntax
Classical Arabic Poetry and Prose
Modern Arabic Poetry and Prose
Survey of Arabic Literature
Advanced Syntax
Arabic Dialectology
Classical Arabic Poetry and Prose
Contemporary Arabic Literature
Hispano-Arabic Literature
Readings in the Qur'an
Arabic Legal Texts
Arabic Historical Texts
Arabic Religious and Philosophical Texts
Architecture
Muslim Cities and Their Architecture
Geography
The City in the Third World
Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew Texts
Post-Biblical Hebrew Texts
Later Rabbinic and Medieval Hebrew Texts
Modern Hebrew Texts
The Structure of Modern Hebrew
Introduction to Bibliography of Jewish Studies
The Structure of Modern Hebrew and Teaching of Hebrew to Speakers of English
Advanced Biblical Hebrew Texts
Advanced Late Antique Hebrew Texts
Advanced Medieval Hebrew Texts
Advanced Modern Hebrew Texts
Ancient and Modern Hebrew Literary Texts
History
Inner Asia
The Middle East
Islamic History
The Middle East 1000-1750
The Middle East from the 18th Century to the Present
Modern Jewish History 1648 to the Present
History of Christianity
History of Art
Byzantine Art
Art and Colonialism
Middle Eastern Studies
Perspectives on the Middle East
Social Issues in the Middle East
Music
Music of the Middle East
Near Eastern Studies
Introduction to the Near East
Middle East Religions
Introduction to Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
Introduction to Islamic Art
History and Culture of Ancient Western Asia
Introduction to Languages and Scripts of the Near East
Introduction to Egyptology
Ancient Babylonian Legends and Myths
Introduction to Judaism
Hebrew Literature in Translation
Topics in Near Eastern Studies
Hebrew Bible in Translation
Introduction to Islam
Introduction to Sufism
Introduction to Literatures of the Islamic Middle East
Introduction to Linguistics of Near Eastern Languages
History of Ancient Egypt
Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Religion of Ancient Egypt
Selected Topics in Mesopotamian History
Ancient Mesopotamian Documents and Literature
Near Eastern Art
Islamic Art
Iranian Archaeology
Mesopotamian Archaeology
Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean
History of Ancient Israel
Aspects of Biblical Religion
Judaism and Hellenism
Judaism in Late Antiquity
Talmud and Midrash in Translation
Modern and Contemporary Islamic Thought
Shi'ite Islam
Islam in Iran
Introduction to Islamic Law
Islamic Bibliography
Arabic Literature in Translation
Religions of Ancient Iran
Introduction to Comparative Study of Iranian Languages
History of Persian Literature
Turkish Sufi Literature
Seminar in the Archaeology of Israel and Jordan
Seminar in Near Eastern Archaeology
Seminar in Near Eastern Art
Seminar in Islamic Art
Field Research in Archaeology
Problems in Egyptian Archaeology
Persian
Selected Readings in Persian Literature
Readings in Classical Persian Prose and Poetry
Persian Reading and Composition
Contemporary Literature
Advanced Persian Grammar
Persian Sufi Writings
Persian Historical Texts
Political Science
Middle East Politics
Pre-Islamic Iranian Studies
Old Iranian
Iranian Philology
Religious Studies
Origins of Christianity
Origins of Judaism
Babylonian Religion
Semitics
Studies in Comparative Semitics
South Asian Studies
South Asian Archaeology: Protohistoric and Early Historical Periods
Seminar in South Asian Archaeology
Turkish
Readings in Modern Turkish
Ottoman Turkish Texts
Central Asian Turkic Languages
Faculty
Agricultural Economics
Alain DeJanvry
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Anthropology
Laura Nader
Stefania Pandolfo
Paul Rabinow
Architecture
Nezar AlSayyad
Raymond Lifchez
Jean-Paul Bourdier
City and Regional Planning
David Dowall
Classics
Crawford Greenewalt
Comparative Literature
Robert Alter
James Monroe
Chana Kronfeld
Economics
Bent Hansen, Emeritus
Geography
Theodore Oberlander, Emeritus
Robert Reed
History
Beshara Doumani
Erich Gruen
Raymond Kent, Emeritus
Ira Lapidus, Emeritus
Leslie Peirce
John Smith, Emeritus
Richard Webster, Emeritus
History of Art
Darcy Grimaldo-Grigsby
Andrew Stewart
David Wright
Linguistics
Gary Holland
Sharon Inkelas
Karl Zimmer, Emeritus
Middle Eastern Studies
Laurence Michalak
Music
Benjamin Brinner
Near Eastern Studies
Rutie Adler
Wali Ahmadi
Ayla Algar
Hamid Algar
Robert Alter
Guitty Azarpay, Emeritus
Ariel Bloch, Emeritus
Daniel Boyarin
William Brinner, Emeritus
Marian Feldman
John Hayes
Ronald Hendel
Wolfgang Heimpel, Emeritus
Cathleen Keller
Anne Kilmer
Chana Kronfeld
Margaret Larkin
Jacob Milgrom, Emeritus
Jaleh Pirnazar
Carol Redmount
Martin Schwartz
Muhammad Siddiq
Ruggero Stefanini, Emeritus
David Stronach
East Asian Languages
James Bosson, Emeritus
Psychology
Dan Slobin
Rhetoric
Bridget Connelly, Emeritus
Social Welfare
Ralph Kramer, Emeritus
Scholarships/Graduate Support
Various fellowships and scholarships, including FLAS, Al-Falah Program,
Sultan Program
Special Features
Summer intensive language study in elementary Hebrew and Arabic. Member of Western
Consortium of University Centers of Middle East Studies for summer intensive language
study. Affiliated with American Research Center in Egypt, American Schools of Oriental
Research, American Research Institute in Turkey, the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, the
American Institute for Maghribi Studies, and the American Institute for Yemeni Studies.
The Center sponsors visiting faculty and lecturers, lecture and film series, cultural
>events, and interdisciplinary colloquia, workshops and conferences, in addition to
encouraging research in the Middle East. In addition, there is an Outreach Program with
services to teachers, schools, business groups and community organizations. American
Institute for Iranian Studies
Additional Information
Middle East related courses are offered in 23 different departments and professional
schools. The principal department for Middle East offerings, primarily in languages,
literature, and ancient history, is the Department of Near Eastern Studies. The
interdisciplinary undergraduate Group Major/Minor in Middle Eastern Studies focuses on the
contemporary Middle East, its peoples and their histories and cultures, and international
relations.
Inquiries
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
340 Stephens Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-2314
510-642-8208
fax 510-643-3001
cmes@uclink.berkeley.edu
Interdisciplinary BA in Middle Eastern Studies
International and Area Studies Teaching Programs
101 Stephens Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-2306
510-642-4466
www.ias.berkeley.edu/iastp
You are encouraged to write directly to any department in which degree study is desired:
Department [name]
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720
www.berkeley.edu
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