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USC Catalogue 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Middle East Studies

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

The Department of Middle East Studies (MDES) is committed to the teaching and study of the languages, cultures, peoples and societies throughout the Middle East region. With faculty in Arabic, Classics, Comparative Literature, Economics, French, History, International Relations, Judaic Studies, Persian, Political Science and Religion, MDES is home to an interdisciplinary major and minor in Middle East Studies, a minor in Iranian Studies, and a minor in Arabic. The department organizes lively and exciting lectures, colloquia, conferences and film series on a broad range of topics ranging from politics and economics to religion and popular culture.

Taper Hall of Humanities 256
(213) 740-2795
FAX: (213) 740-9354
Email: mdes@usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/mdes
Chair: Ramzi Rouighi, 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 Professors: Sarah Gualtieri, PhD (History & American Studies and Ethnicity); Olivia Harrison, PhD (French and Italian); Ramzi Rouighi, PhD (History)

Assistant Professors (Teaching): Yasmeen Daifallah, PhD; Peyman Nojoumian, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching): Mehmet Sinan Birdal, PhD (International Relations)

Lecturers: Hani Khafipour, PhD; Afaf Nash, PhD; Sozan Wali, EdD

Affiliated Faculty

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

Professors: 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: Christelle Fischer-Bovet, PhD (Classics)

Assistant Professor: 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

Minor

Courses

Arabic

Persian

Middle East Studies