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  • About
  • People
    • Core Faculty & Staff
    • Associated Faculty
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • Other Faculty
    • Students
  • Admissions
    • Program Information
    • MA / BA Program
    • Concentrations and Dual Degrees
    • Apply
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Scholarships & Funding
  • MA Program
    • Resources for Current Students
    • Master's Thesis Guidelines
    • Summer Language Programs
    • Courses
    • Funding Opportunities for Current Students
    • Falak Sufi Scholarship
    • Internship Program
    • Independent Study
    • NYU Migration Network
    • Career
  • Events
    • Public Events Series
    • Past Events
  • K-16 Outreach
    • Teacher Fellowships
    • Summer Institutes
    • Lesson Plans & Curricular Resources
    • Faculty Resource Network
    • Speakers Bureau
    • Past Outreach Events
  • Practitioners-in-Residence
    • Current Practitioner-in-Residence with Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
    • Past Practitioners-in-Residence
  • Special Initiatives
    • Coverage in Context
    • Jack G. Shaheen Archive
    • Ottoman & Turkish Studies at NYU (OTS-NYU)
    • Iranian Studies Initiative
    • Alliance for Pakistan and Urdu Studies
  • Employment
    • The Kevorkian Center Mourns the Passing of Dr. Jack G. Shaheen

Job Placement 

Graduates of the Kevorkian Center's MA program have pursued a wide variety of career paths; some have furthered their education at NYU, Oxford, Princeton and other institutions in doctoral programs in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Fine Arts, History, and Politics, and others have gone on to law and medical school. Former students have worked at the United Nations and various missions and consulates, as well as at cultural institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Bard College of Decorative Arts. In the business world, our graduates have worked at American Express, Deloitte and Touche and Merrill Lynch; in government, for the City of New York and the Peace Corps; as journalists, with the Associated Press and in governmental and consular press offices; and in policy research institutes such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Online Networking

LinkedIn is a great platform for networking with other NYU and Kevorkian alums! Consider connecting with other students and alums that graduated from our program by clicking here.  You can also join the closed group of students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU by clicking here. 

On Campus Resources

We highly encourage students to be in touch with the Wasserman Center for Career Development as early as possible in their time at the Hagop Kevorkian Center.

Alumni Listserv

Through Google Groups, we have a great listserv for our alumni. Consider joining this listserv to get updates, employment opportunities and to network with other alums. If you are interested, please email Fidele Harfouche at fh38@nyu.edu 

Search Engine Links 

Each job sector has its own search engines. As many of our students opt to go into NGOs, non-profits, think tanks and academia, we have provided several search engines below that we hope can facilitate your job search. 

Indeed

Idealist

Global Jobs

UN Careers

UNDP Careers

International Development Jobs and Consulting Opportunities

Careers in Relief & Development 

Council of Europe

Reliefweb

USA Job

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Fidele Harfouche

fh38@nyu.edu

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