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

Brinkley Messick
Anthropology Professor
212-854-7459
bmm23@columbia.edu

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
Director of the Middle East Institute
212-854-2584
rik2101@columbia.edu

Christine M Philliou
Assistant Professor
212-854-4646
cmp9@columbia.edu

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/

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

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

Gil Anidjar
Assistant Professor
Comparative Literature
212-854-4739
ga152@columbia.edu

Taoufik ben Amor
Lecturer in Discipline
Arabic Language
212-854-2895
tb46@columbia.edu

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

Hamid Dabashi
Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies
Department Chairman
212-854-7524
hd14@columbia.edu

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

Helen Evans
Lecturer

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

Manouchehr Kasheff
Lecturer in Discipline
Persian Language
212-854-5001
mk12@columbia.edu

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

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

Suad Mohamed
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-854-9469
sm2430@columbia.edu

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

Ruth Raphaeli
Senior Lecturer in Discipline
Hebrew Language
212-854-6519
rr9@columbia.edu

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

Nader Sohrabi
Assistant Professor
Turkish Language, Literature and Culture
212-854-4766
ns605@columbia.edu

Tamar Ben Vered
Associate Professor
Hebrew Language
212-854-3550

Nehama Bersohn
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Hebrew Language
212-854-4766
nrb1@columbia.edu


Visiting Faculty

Rym Bettaieb
Associate Professor, Arabic Language

Hannan Hever
Visiting Professor, Hebrew Language


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

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

Lawrence Potter
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Afghanistan, Iran and Persian Gulf
718-793-4030
lgp5@columbia.edu

Gary Sick
Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor
US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
212-222-9614
ggs2@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

Mona El-Ghobashy
Instructor, Political Science
702 IAB
212-854-4611
me27@columbia.edu


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

Peter Awn
Professor
Dean of the School of General Studies
212-854-6321
awn@columbia.edu

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

David Weiss-Halivni
Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
212-854-2181
dw13@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

Naomi Weinberger
Adjunct Professor
njw9@columbia.edu

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

Reza Arjmand
Instructor, International & Transcultural Education Studies

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