Middle East Faculty at Columbia University

The following is a list of faculty at Columbia University, Barnard College and Teachers College teaching Middle East courses. The list includes both full-time as well as part-time instructors, adjuncts and visiting faculty. The list is organized by department, with connecting links to home pages of both departments and individual faculty members, where available.

Anthropology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/anthro/

Lila Abu-Lughod
Professor
212-854-3693
la310@columbia.edu
(on leave Spring 2009)

Brinkley Messick
Anthropology Professor
212-854-7459
bmm23@columbia.edu
(on leave 2008-2009 academic year)

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Assistant Professor, Barnard
212-854-4316
ne2008@columbia.edu

M. Elaine Combs-Schilling
Associate Professor
212-854-4564
mec3@columbia.edu

Brian Larkin
Assistant Professor, Barnard
212-854-5402
BL190@columbia.edu


Art History
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/

Zainab Bahrani
Edith Porada Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
212-854-4505
zb2101@columbia.edu


History
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/

Richard Bulliet
Professor
212-854-3581
rwb3@columbia.edu

Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies
212-854-2584
rik2101@columbia.edu
(on leave 2008-2009 academic year)

Christine M Philliou
Assistant Professor
212-854-4646
cmp9@columbia.edu
(on leave 2008-2009 academic year)

Michael Stanislawski
Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
212-854-2482
mfs3@columbia.edu


Iranian Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mealac/affiliates/iranianstudies/

Mohsen Ashtiany
Associate Research Scholar
212-851-5724
ma419@columbia.edu

Ehsan Yarshater
Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies
212-280-4366
ey4@columbia.edu


Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mealac/

Ouijdane Absi
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-854-2057
oa2171@columbia.edu

May Ahmar
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-854-9801
ma2550@columbia.edu

Muhsin Al-Musawi
Professor
Arabic Studies
212-854-4732
ma2188@columbia.edu

Gil Anidjar
Associate Professor
Religion and MEALAC
212-854-4739
ga152@columbia.edu

Ghada Badawi
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212.854.9649
gb2248@columbia.edu

Taoufik ben Amor
Gordon Gray Jr Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies
Arabic Language Program Coordinator
Columbia Arabic Summer Program Director
212-854-2895
tb46@columbia.edu

Nehama R. Bersohn
Lecturer
Hebrew Language
212-854-6668
nrb1@columbia.edu

Uri Cohen
Assistant Professor
Hebrew Literature
618 Kent Hall
212-854-4761
uc2107@columbia.edu

Hamid Dabashi
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
212-854-7524
hd14@columbia.edu

Ghazzal Dabiri
Lecturer
Persian Language
212-854-6664
gd2287@columbia.edu

Etem Erol
Lecturer
Turkish Language
212-854-0473
ee2105@columbia.edu

Hossein Kamaly
Assistant Professor, Persian Language & Culture
hk368@columbia.edu

Joseph Massad
Assistant Professor
Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History
212-854-4722
jam25@columbia.edu

Brinkley M. Messick
Professor
Anthropology & MEALAC
212-854-4552
bmm23@columbia.edu
(on leave academic year 2008-09)

Dan Miron
Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew Literature
212-854-4730
dm20@columbia.edu

Timothy Mitchell
Professor, Arab Studies
212-854-5252
tm2421@columbia.edu

Ghassan Salame
Visiting Professor
(on leave Fall 2008)

Youssef Nouhi
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-854-1184
yn2162@columbia.edu

Noha Radwan
Assistant Professor
Arabic Literature
500B Kent Hall
212-854-5137
nr2147@columbia.edu
(on leave Fall 2008)

Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko
Senior Lecturer in Discipline
Hebrew Language
212-854-6519
rr9@columbia.edu
(on leave 2008-2009 academic year)

George Saliba
Professor
History of Islamic Science
212-854-4166
g.saliba@columbia.edu

Nader Sohrabi
Assistant Professor
Ottoman History
212-854-4766
ns605@columbia.edu



Visiting Faculty

Abeer Aloush
Associate
Arabic Language
212.851.4001
aa2829@columbia.edu

Rym Bettaieb
Associate
Arabic Language
619 Kent Hall
212-851-0487
rb2555@columbia.edu

Reem Faraj
Lecturer
Arabic Language
619 Kent Hall
212-854-9917
rf2273@columbia.edu

Ruth Livne
Visiting Lecturer
Hebrew Language
212-854-6519
rl2452@columbia.edu

Orhan Pamuk
Visiting Professor


Middle East Institute
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/mei/

David Cuthell
Adjunct Associate Professor
13th Floor IAB
212-854-3290
dcc21@columbia.edu

Lawrence Potter
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Afghanistan, Iran and Persian Gulf
lgp5@columbia.edu

Gary Sick
Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor
US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
ggs2@columbia.edu

Maximilian Terhalle
Adjunct Assistant Professor
212-854-3231
mt2563@columbia.edu


Political Science
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/polisci/

Lisa Anderson
James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations
Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs
212-854-4847
la8@columbia.edu
Professor Anderson is on leave while serving as Provost of the American University in Cairo.

Mona El-Ghobashy
Assistant Professor, Barnard
212-854-3779
melghoba@barnard.edu


Religion
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/religion/
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/religion/faculty.html

Peter Awn
Professor
Director, Middle East Institute
Dean of the School of General Studies
212-854-6321
awn@columbia.edu

Elizabeth Castelli
Associate Professor, Barnard
212-854-8291
ec225@columbia.edu

Jonathan Schorsch
Assistant Professor
212-851-4128
js1167@columbia.edu


Sociology
http://www.sociology.columbia.edu/

Karen Barkey
Associate Professor
212-854-3692
kb7@columbia.edu

Yinon Cohen
Professor
yc2444@columbia.edu

Gil Eyal
Professor
212-854-4272
ge2027@columbia.edu


SIPA

Ousmane Kane
Associate Professor
212-854-0092
ok2009@columbia.edu

Teachers College
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ITS

Reza Arjmand
Instructor, International & Transcultural Education Studies
212-678-4117
ra2353@columbia.edu

Louis Cristillo  
Instructor, International & Transcultural Education Studies
212-678-6623
lfc12@columbia.edu