Senior Research Scholars

Rutie Adler

Lecturer Emerita in Hebrew; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Azza Ahmad

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arabic; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Wali Ahmadi

Professor of Persian Literature and Department Chair; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Asad Q. Ahmed

Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures; Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies; Affiliate Professor of Philosophy; Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Hamid Algar

Professor Emeritus of Persian and Islamic Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Nezar AlSayyed

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, and Urban History

Robert Alter

Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Comparative Literature; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Comparative Literature

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Center for Jewish Studies

Peter Bartu

Lecturer, Global Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholars

Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture

Comparative Literature

Adam Benkato

Associate Professor and Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Iranian Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholars

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Daniel Boyarin

Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor Emeritus of Talmudic Culture; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Simon Brelaud

Avimalek Betyoussef Visiting Assistant Professor of Assyrian Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholars

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Benjamin Brinner

Professor Emeritus of Music; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Robin Buller

Tandem Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Migration, Institute for European Studies; Independent Journalist; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Ahmad Diab

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Middle Eastern Cinema; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Ehud Eiran

Visiting Professor; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Elsa El Mahdy

Arabic Language Coordinator; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Elsadig Elsheikh

Director of the Global Justice Program, Othering & Belonging Institute; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Othering & Belonging Institute

Samera Esmeir

Associate Professor of Rhetoric; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Munis Faruqui

Associate Professor of South & Southeast Asian Studies; Director of the Center for South Asian Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

South and Southest Asian Studies

Keith Feldman

Associate Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Mia Fuller

Associate Professor of Italian Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Italian Studies

Reza Ghahramani

Lecturer in Persian; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Soroor Ghanimati

Guitty Azarpay Distinguished Visiting Instructor; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Deniz Göktürk

Professor of German; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Emily Gottreich

Adjunct Professor of Global Studies and Political Economy; CMES Senior Research Scholar

International and Area Studies

Atreyee Gupta

Assistant Professor of Global Modern Art

Bruce Hall

Associate Professor of History; CMES Senior Research Scholar

John L. Hayes

Lecturer Emeritus in Arabic and Comparative Semitics; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Ron Hendel

Norma and Sam Dabby Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Charles Hirschkind

Professor of Anthropology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Victoria Jensen

CMES Senior Research Scholar

Abhishek Kaicker

Associate Professor of History; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Ethan Katz

Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies; Faculty Director of the Center for Jewish Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Center for Jewish Studies

Asma Kazmi

Associate Professor of Art Practice; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Margaret Larkin

Professor of Arabic Literature; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Anneka Lenssen

Associate Professor of Global Modern Art; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Sarah Levin

Lecturer in Jewish Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Center for Jewish Studies

Rita Lucarelli

Associate Professor of Egyptology, Class of 1939 Chair in Undergraduate Education; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Lisa Maher

Associate Professor of Anthropology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Ussama Makdisi

Chancellor's Professor of Middle East History; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Maria Mavroudi

Professor of History and Ancient Greek & Roman Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Nasser Meerkhan

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Arabic Literature

Spanish & Portuguese

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Sanjyot Mehendale

Lecturer in Central Asian Archaeology; Chair of Tang Center for Silk Road Studies; Vice-Chair of the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Tang Center for Silk Road Studies

Numata Center for Buddhist Studies

Minoo Moallem

Professor of Gender and Women's Studies; Director of Media Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Gender & Women's Studies

Haitham Salah El-Din Mohamed

Lecturer in Arabic; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Khalid M. Mosalam

Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering; Director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Laura Nader

Professor of Anthropology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Stefania Pandolfo

Professor of Anthropology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Laurie Pearce

Lecturer in Assyriology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Tomer Persico

Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies; Shalom Hartman Institute Bay Area Scholar in Residence; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies

Center for Jewish Studies

Christine Philliou

Professor of History; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Jaleh Pirnazar

Lecturer Emeritus in Persian; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Benjamin Porter

Associate Professor and Curator of Middle Eastern Archaeology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Sugata Ray

Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Carol Redmount

Associate Professor of Egyptology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Terry Regier

Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science; Director of the Language & Cognition Lab; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Cognitive Science

Barbara Richter

Lecturer in Egyptology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Francesca Rochberg

Professor Emerita of Assyriology, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor Emerita of Near Eastern Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Francesco Spagnolo

Curator, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life; Associate Adjunct Professor of Music; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life

Center for Jewish Studies

Nathan Spannaus

Executive Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Thoraya Tlatli

Associate Professor of French; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Cihan Tuğal

Professor of Sociology; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Neyran Turan

Associate Professor of Architecture, CMES Senior Research Scholar

College of Environmental Design

Niek Veldhuis

Professor of Sumerian; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Jason Vivrette

Lecturer in Turkish; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Dariush Zahedi

Director of the AMENA Center for Building Innovation Economies in the Middle East; CMES Senior Research Scholar

Haas School of Business

Nasser Zakariya

Associate Professor of Rhetoric; CMES Senior Research Scholar