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Middle Eastern Studies - Chairs and Directors

Chair of the Standing Committee on Middle Eastern Studies: William Granara

Faculty of the Committee on Middle Eastern Studies

Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
Melani Cammett, Professor of Government
Steven Caton, Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies
Luis M. Giron Negron, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (on leave Spring term)
William Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies (on leave Fall term)
William Granara, Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment
Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences
Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Studies (Divinity School)
Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koc Professor of Turkish Studies
Ousmane Kane, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mary Lewis, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History (on leave 2015-16)
Mohsen Mostafavi, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design (School of Design)
Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History (on leave Spring term)
Afsaneh Najmabadi, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Professor of the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
G�lru Necipoglu, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art
David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History
Kristen Stilt, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Professor of Islamic Legal Studies (Law School)
Malika Zeghal, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life

Additional Information

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