At its core, the Initiative in Islamic Studies is cross-disciplinary. It aims to foster research and training in the field of Islamic Studies that will incorporate the traditional philological, historical, and developmental approach to Islam into suitable theoretical frameworks and perspectives drawn from allied disciplines (such as ethnography, literary criticism, sociology, and anthropology). This innovative approach to the field will lead research and teaching in the textual traditions that are fundamental to virtually every aspect of Islamic Studies, while bringing such work to bear on contemporary topics of global and transregional concern.
Program Faculty
Azza Ahmad
Wali Ahmadi
Asad Q. Ahmed
Benjamin Brinner
Peter Bartu
Ahmad Diab
Elsa Elmahdy
Samera Esmeir
Munis Faruqui
Emily Gottreich
Bruce Hall
John Hayes
Charles Hirschkind
Abhishek Kaicker
Ethan Katz
Asma Kazmi
Margaret Larkin
Anneka Lenssen
Haitham Mohamed
Maria Mavroudi
Nasser Meerkhan
Minoo Moallem
Laura Nader
Stefania Pandolfo
Christine Philliou
Cihan Tugal
Jason Vivrette
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of California, Berkeley
340 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2314
510.642.8208
cmes@berkeley.edu