Middle East Studies

Return to: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Taper Hall of Humanities 449
(213) 740-2795
FAX: (213) 740-9354
Email: mesp@usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/mesp
Chair: Laurie A. Brand, PhD

Faculty

Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies: Laurie A. Brand, PhD (International Relations)

Vice Dean and Professor: Philip Seib, JD (Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Professor: Azade-Ayse Rorlich, PhD (History)

Associate Professor: Ramzi Rouighi, PhD (History)

Assistant Professor: Olivia Harrison, PhD (French and Italian)

Assistant Professor (Teaching): Peyman Nojoumian, PhD

Lecturers: Hani Khafipour, PhD; Afaf Nash, PhD; Suzan Wali

Affiliated Faculty

King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity: Sherman Jackson, PhD (Religion)

Professors: Richard Dekmejian, PhD (Political Science); Reuven Firestone, PhD (Hebrew Union College); Jeffrey B. Nugent, PhD (Economics and Business); Bruce A. Phillips, PhD (Hebrew Union College); Bruce Zuckerman, PhD (Religion)

Associate Professor: Sarah Gualtieri, PhD (History & American Studies and Ethnicity)

Assistant Professors: Christelle Fischer-Bovet, PhD (Classics); Veli Yashin, PhD (Comparative Literature)

Associate Professor of the Practice: Lynn Swartz Dodd, PhD (Religion)

Lecturer: Fayez Hammad, PhD (Political Science)

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

• Middle East Studies (BA)

Minor

Courses

Arabic

• ARAB 122 Arabic I
• ARAB 152 Arabic II
• ARAB 222 Arabic III
• ARAB 252 Arabic IV
• ARAB 300 Introduction to Translation
• ARAB 322 Advanced Arabic I
• ARAB 333 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects
• ARAB 334 Media Arabic
• ARAB 352 Advanced Arabic II

Persian

Middle East Studies