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Middle Eastern Studies—Chairs and Directors

Chair of the Standing Committee on Middle Eastern Studies: Salmaan A. Keshavjee

Faculty of the Standing Committee on Middle Eastern Studies

Rosie Bsheer, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of History (on leave fall term)
Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture (School of Design)
Luis Girón Negrón, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature
Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koc Professor of Turkish Studies (on leave 2024-2025)
Salmaan A. Keshavjee, Faculty Dean of Adams House (Medical School)
Shady Nasser, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Gülru Necipoğlu-Kafadar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art (on leave 2024-2025)
Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History
Intisar Rabb, Professor of History (FAS) and Professor of Law (Law School)
Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy (Kennedy School)
Kristen Stilt, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Professor of Islamic Legal Studies (Law School)

Additional Information

For additional information, please visit https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/about