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• Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
  (History), Muslims in China; Islam in global perspective
  

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• Peter J. Chelkowski
  Persian Literature; mysticism; Islamic studies and performing arts of the Middle East
  

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• Medhat Credi
  Arabic Language Lecturer
  

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• Sibel Erol
  Turkish Language; role of writing in teaching language; the uses of literature in language teaching; the novel; nationalism; women authors
  

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• Khaled Fahmy
  Social history of the modern Middle East (emphasis on law and medicine); gender studies
  

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• Ahmed Ferhadi
  Applied linguistics; sociolinguistics; Arabic & Kurdish linguistics; pedagogical applications of technology
  

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• Michael Gilsenan
  Anthropology of Arab societies; forms of power and hierarchy; urban studies
  

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• Ogden Goelet
  Egyptian cultural history; ancient Egyptian religion; Egyptian lexicography
  

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• Hala Halim
  Modern Arabic literature
  

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• Amani Hassan
  Arabic Language Lecturer
  

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• Bernard Haykel
  Islamic law and society; Yemeni society and history
  

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• Gabriela Nik. Ilieva
  Foreign language pedagogy; gender and pragmatics in Hindi and Sanskrit; historical Indo-Aryan linguistics; medieval Indian poetics
  

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• Hasan Karatas
  Ottoman Language Lecturer
  

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• Arang Keshavarzian
  Comparative politics and political economy; Middle East politics; modern Iran
  

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• Marion Holmes Katz
  Islamic law, gender, and ritual
  

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• Philip F. Kennedy
  Medieval Arabic language and literature; classical poetry and poetics; adab; narrative and fiction; recognition/anagnorisis in literature; Qur'an and Tafsir
  

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• Mohammad M. Khorrami
  Computer-based language training; modern Persian literature
  

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• Elias Khoury
  Global Distinguished Professor, modern Arabic literature (in residence every spring semester)

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• Tamer el-Leithy
  Islamic history
  

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• Zachary Lockman
  Modern Middle Eastern history
  

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• Mona N. Mikhail
  Modern and contemporary Arabic language and literature; gender studies
  

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• Tahira Naqvi
  Urdu Language Lecturer
  

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• Leslie Peirce
  Ottoman history
  

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• Everett K. Rowson
  Medieval Islamic literature; law; theology; gender and society
  

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• Ella Shohat
  Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Transnational and gender studies
  

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• Nader Uthman
  Arabic Language Lecturer
  

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• James Carse
• Robert McChesney
• Frank Peters

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• Katherine E. Fleming
  (History), post-Byzantine and modern Greek History; the Balkans; religious nationalism; European philhellenism
  

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• Finbarr Barry Flood
  (Fine Arts), Art history, Islamic Art
  

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• Michael Gomez
  (History), West African history; interconnections between Africa and the African diaspora
  

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• Alfred L. Ivry
  (Hebrew and Judaic Studies), Islamic philosophy and theology
  

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• Farhad Kazemi
  (Politics), Civil society and politics; urban and rural politics in the Middle East; political reform in the Middle East
  

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• Timothy Mitchell
  (Politics), Comparative politics; international relations; Middle Eastern politics

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• Deborah Kapchan
  (Performance Studies and Anthropology), Performance and cultural studies, folklore, Morocco
  

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• Ali Mirsepassi
  (Gallatin School), Islam, democracy and modernity; Iranian history, politics and culture

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• Bindeshwari Aggarwal
  Hindi Instructor
  

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• Nahid Mozaffari
  Adjunct Instructor
  

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• Susham Bedi
  Hindi Instructor
  

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• Manouchehr Kasheff
  Persian Instructor
  

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• Robert Mabro
  Visiting Faculty, (Spring 2009)
  

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• Sofian Merabet
  Faculty Fellow/Assistant Professor, Hagop Kevorkian Center

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• Kisha Bailey-Rawls
  Administrator
  

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• Lea Ellison
  Administrative Aide

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• Nasr Abuzeid
  University of Leiden, Distinguished International Visitor, Spring 2001
  

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• Athanasia Anagnostopouolou
  University of Cyprus, Distinguished International Visitor, Fall 2000
  

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• Azyumardi Azra
  State Institute for the Study of Islam, Indonesia, Distinguished International Visitor, Spring 2001
  

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• Rachida Chih
  University of Aix-Marseilles I, Visiting Scholar, 1996-1997
  

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• John Davis
  University of Kent: Distinguished International Visitor, September 1996
  

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• Selcuk Esenbel
  Bosphorus University, Distinguished International Visitor, January 1997
  

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• Cornell Fleischer
  University of Chicago, Visiting Professor, Fall 2000
  

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• Cigdem Kafescioglu
  Bogazici University, Visiting Scholar, 1997-1998
  

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• Isam Khafaji
  University of Amsterdam, CNES Distinguished International Visitor, November 1999
  

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• Mandana Limbert
  Post-Doctoral Fellow in Residence, 2000-2001
  

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• Joseph Lowry
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2000
  

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• Sumit Mandal
  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dinstinguished International Visitor, Spring 2001
  

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• Tozy Mohamed
  Universite Hassan II, CNES Distinguished International Visitor, March and April 2000
  

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• James E. Montgomery
  University of Leeds, Distinguished International Visitor, April 1997
  

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• Jürgen Paul
  Martin-Luther-Universitat, Visiting Scholar, November and December, 1999
  

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• Rudolph Peters
  University of Amsterdam, Distinguished International Visitor, April 1999 and March 2002
  

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• Hugh Roberts
  London School of Economics, Distinguished International Visitor, March 1998
  

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• Reinhard Schulze
  University of Bern, Distinguished International Visitor, October 1996
  

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• Seteney Shami
  Social Science Research Council, Visiting Scholar, 1999-2001
  

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• Sasson Somekh
  Tel-Aviv University, Visiting Scholar, 1998-1999; Visiting Professor, Fall 1999
  

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• Rosemary Stanfield-Johnson
  Visiting Assistant Professor, 2001-2002
  

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• Sanjay Subrahmanyam
  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales, Distinguished International Visitor, Spring 2000
  

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• Salim Tamari
  Institute of Jerusalem Studies, Visiting Professor, Spring 1999, 2001 and 2003
  

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• Shawkat Toorawa
  Cornell University, Non-resident Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2000-2001
  

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• Ali Muhammad Zaid
  Le Delegation du Yemen, UNESCO, Distinguished International Visitor, March 2000.

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