• Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

    Located within the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, on the second floor.

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  • Language Programs

    The Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department offers training in regional languages, including Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali

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Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Recent Awards and Publications

The Loneliest Revolution
A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran
Ali Mirsepassi
The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran
The Monkey’s Wound
and Other Stories
Translated by Tahira Naqvi
The Monkey’s Wound and Other Stories
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
School of Social Science, 2022-Current
Sara Pursley
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
The Wolf King
Ibn Mardanish and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus
Abigail Krasner Balbale
The Wolf King
Wives and Work
Islamic Law and Ethics
Marion Holmes Katz
Wives and Work
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
School of Social Science, 2021-2022
Aslı Iğsız
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
Humanism in Ruins
Entangled Legacies of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange
Aslı Iğsız
Humanism in Ruins
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
School of Humanities, 2020-2021
Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
Visiting Scholar - Institute for Advanced Study
Familiar Futures
Time, Selfhood, and Sovereignty in Iraq
Sara Pursley
Familiar Futures
What Is Religious Authority?
Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia
Ismail Fajrie Alatas
What Is Religious Authority?
Global 1979
Geographies and Histories of the Iranian Revolutio
Edited by Arang Keshavarzian and Ali Mirsepassi
Global 1979
Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses
Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture
Edited by Mehdi Khorrami and Amir Moosavi
Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses

Faculty Spotlight

Please join us in welcoming three new faculty members, and in congratulating Professor Amani Hassan for receiving the NYU Golden Dozen Teaching Award!

Abigail Balbale

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies

Ayse Baltacioglu-Brammer

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies

Amani Hassan

Senior Language Lecturer of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

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