Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students

Department Chair
Sudipta Kaviraj
Professor, South Asian Politics
610 Kent Hall
212-854-0714
sk2828@columbia.edu

Director of Graduate Studies
Timothy Mitchell
Professor, Arab Studies
612 Kent Hall
212-854-5252
tm2421@columbia.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Frances Pritchett
Professor, Modern Indic Languages
607 Kent Hall
212-854-4370
fp7@columbia.edu

Staff

Jessica Rechtschaffer
Academic Department Administrator
602 Kent Hall
212-854-6512
jr650@columbia.edu

Jill Kitchen
Administrative Assistant
602 Kent Hall
212-854-2560
jk2989@columbia.edu

Leah Smith
Administrative Assistant
602 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
ls2548@columbia.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Ouijdane Absi
Arabic Language
602 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
oa2171@columbia.edu

May Ahmar
Arabic Language
608A Kent Hall
212-854-9810
ma2550@columbia.edu

Muhsin Al-Musawi
Professor, Arabic Studies
615 Kent Hall
212-854-4732
ma2188@columbia.edu

Gil Anidjar
Associate Professor, Religion & MEALAC
80 Claremont Avenue, Room 207, MC 9610
212-851-4130
ga152@columbia.edu

Ghada Badawi
Lecturer, Arabic Language
621 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
gb2248@columbia.edu

Susham Bedi
Hindi Language
609 Kent Hall
sb12@columbia.edu
On Leave: 2007-2008

Taoufik ben Amor
Gordon Gray Jr Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies
Arabic Language Program Coordinator
Columbia Arabic Summer Program Director
601A Kent Hall
212-854-2895
tb46@columbia.edu

Nehama R. Bersohn
Lecturer, Hebrew Language
611 Kent Hall
212-854-6668
nrb1@columbia.edu

Allison Busch
Assistant Professor, Hindi and Indian Literature
624 Kent Hall
212-854-9626
ab2544@columbia.edu
On leave Academic Year 2008-09

Partha Chatterjee
Professor, Anthropology & MEALAC
452 Schermerhorn Ext
pc281@columbia.edu

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

Hamid Dabashi
Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature
622 Kent Hall
212-854-7524
hd14@columbia.edu
On leave Fall 2008

Ghazzal Dabiri
Lecturer, Persian Language
605 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
gd2287@columbia.edu

Mamadou Diouf
Professor, African Studies
623 Kent Hall
212-854-4083
md2573@columbia.edu

Etem Erol
Lecturer, Turkish Language
605 Kent Hall
212- 854-0473
ee2105@columbia.edu

Reem Faraj
Lecturer, Arabic Language
602 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
rf2273@columbia.edu

Sudipta Kaviraj
Professor, South Asian Politics
Department Chair
610 Kent Hall
212-854-0714
sk2828@columbia.edu

Nanor Kenderian
Assistant Professor, Armenian Studies
602 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
nk2334@columbia.edu

Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Literature, History & MEALAC
1116 IAB
212-854-2584
rik2101@columbia.edu
On leave academic year 2008-09

Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
Political Science, International Affairs, and MEALAC
452 Schermerhorn Extension
212-854-4552
mm1124@columbia.edu

Joseph Massad
Associate Professor, Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History
614 Kent Hall
212-854-4722
jam25@columbia.edu
On leave Academic Year 2008-09

Brinkley M. Messick
Professor, Anthropology & MEALAC
863 Schermerhorn Ext
212-854-4552
bmm23@columbia.edu
On leave academic year 2008-09

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

Timothy Mitchell
Professor, Arab Studies
Director of Graduate Studies
612 Kent Hall
212-854-5252
tm2421@columbia.edu

Suad Mohamed
Lecturer, Arabic Language
621 Kent Hall
212-854-9469
sm2430@columbia.edu

Youssef Nouhi
Lecturer, Arabic Language
608A Kent Hall
212-854-1184
yn2162@columbia.edu

Sheldon Pollock
The William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
626 Kent Hall
sp2356@columbia.edu
On leave Academic Year 2008-09

Frances Pritchett
Professor, Modern Indic Languages
Director of Undergraduate Studies
607 Kent Hall
212-854-4370
fp7@columbia.edu

D. Samuel Sudanandha
Lecturer, Tamil Language
609 Kent Hall
dss2121@columbia.edu
212-854-4702

Noha Radwan
Assistant Professor, Arabic Literature
613 Kent Hall
212-854-5137
nr2147@columbia.edu
On leave Fall 2008

Dalpat Rajpurohit
Lecturer, Hindi-Urdu Language
609 Kent Hall
212-854-2556
Email: TBA

Rakesh Ranjan
Senior Lecturer, Hindi-Urdu Language
609 Kent
212-854-2893
rr2574@columbia.edu

Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko
Senior Lecturer, Hebrew Language
611 Kent Hall
212-854-6519
rr9@columbia.edu
On leave 2009-2009

George Saliba
Professor, History of Islamic Science
604 Kent Hall
212-854-4166
gas1@columbia

Nader Sohrabi
Assistant Professor, Ottoman History
616 Kent Hall
212-854-4766
ns605@columbia.edu

Visiting Faculty

Rym Bettaieb
Associate, Arabic Language
608A Kent Hall
212-851-0487
rb2555@columbia.edu

Ahmad Diab
Visiting Lecturer, Arabic
621 Kent Hall
ad2349@columbia.edu

Hossein Kamaly
Assistant Professor, Persian Language & Culture
1115 IAB
212-854-2332
hk368@columbia.edu

Ruth Livne
Visting Lecturer, Hebrew Language
611 Kent Hall
212-854-6519
rl2452@columbia.edu

Orhan Pamuk
Visiting Professor
960 Schermerhorn Extension

Somdev Vasudeva
Assistant Professor, Sanskrit
603 Kent Hall
212-854-0473
sv2246@columbia.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Edward Allworth

Pierre Cachia
pjc1@columbia.edu

Theodore Riccardi, Jr.
Indian and Himalayan Culture
tr9@columbia.edu

Graduate Students

Leyla Amzi
la2142@columbia.edu

Ari Ariel
aa2093@columbia.edu

Soraya Batmanghelichi
ksb2010@columbia.edu

Eugenie Bietry
eb40@columbia.edu

Neda Bolourchi
nb2294@columbia.edu

Laurel Brown
lab2102@columbia.edu

Ajay Singh Chaudhary
asc2112@columbia.edu

Victor Bartholomew D'Avella
vbd2101@columbia.edu

Abdullah Daouk
aad28@columbia.edu

Deborah Deffaa
dtd2123@columbia.edu

Valentine Boatwrright Edgar
vbel@columbia.edu

Bedross Der Matossian
bvd2001@columbia.edu

Elazar Elhanan
ee2202@columbia.edu

Elain Fisher
emf2127@columbia.edu

Shira Hadad
sh2361@columbia.edu

Bana Hajj
bmh2111@columbia.edu

Elizabeth Holt
emh2105@columbia.edu

Mu'nis Hojairi
mmh2019@columbia.edu

Farbod Honarpisheh
fh2180@columbia.edu

Elizabeth Johnston
eej2101@columbia.edu

Armen Karayan
adk30@columbia.edu

Jai Kasturi
jak68@columbia.edu

Prashant Keshavmurthy
pk2036@columbia.edu

Mohamad Khan
mk2580@columbia.edu

Yasmine Khayyat
ymk2103@columbia.edu

Chad Kia
ck50@columbia.edu

Wesley Michel
whm2104@columbia.edu

Haroon Moghul
hsm2115@columbia.edu

Ali Motlagh
aam2115@columbia.edu

Mara Na'aman
mn220@columbia.edu

Tsolin Nalbantian
tn2111@columbia.edu

Kaveh Farzad Niazi
kfn2101@columbia.edu

Cenk Palaz
cc2408@columbia.edu

Dina Ramadan
dar2103@columbia.edu

Yasmine Ramadan
yar2104@columbia.edu

Hamid Rezai
hr2106@columbia.edu

Farrah Lisa Sarafa
fls2105@columbia.edu

Linda Sayed
ls2168@columbia.edu

Suzanne Schneider
sls2001@columbia.edu

Nathanael Shelley
nps2104@columbia.edu

Andrea Siegel
als159@columbia.edu

Kamal Soleimani
ks2473@columbia.edu

Ann Strachan
aes2153@columbia.edu

Audrey Truschke
aat2120@columbia.edu

Kadir Ustun
ku2005@columbia.edu

Nader Uthman
nku2001@columbia.edu

Maheen Zaman
maz2105@columbia.edu


Home Faculty Programs Courses Languages Events News Faculty Openings Affiliates Admissions		Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students Staff \| Full-Time Faculty \| Adjunct Faculty \| Visiting Faculty \| Emeritus Faculty \| Grad Students Department Chair Sudipta Kaviraj Professor, South Asian Politics 610 Kent Hall 212-854-0714 sk2828@columbia.edu Director of Graduate Studies Timothy Mitchell Professor, Arab Studies 612 Kent Hall 212-854-5252 tm2421@columbia.edu Director of Undergraduate Studies Frances Pritchett Professor, Modern Indic Languages 607 Kent Hall 212-854-4370 fp7@columbia.edu Staff Jessica Rechtschaffer Academic Department Administrator 602 Kent Hall 212-854-6512 jr650@columbia.edu Jill Kitchen Administrative Assistant 602 Kent Hall 212-854-2560 jk2989@columbia.edu Leah Smith Administrative Assistant 602 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 ls2548@columbia.edu Full-Time Faculty Ouijdane Absi Arabic Language 602 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 oa2171@columbia.edu May Ahmar Arabic Language 608A Kent Hall 212-854-9810 ma2550@columbia.edu Muhsin Al-Musawi Professor, Arabic Studies 615 Kent Hall 212-854-4732 ma2188@columbia.edu Gil Anidjar Associate Professor, Religion & MEALAC 80 Claremont Avenue, Room 207, MC 9610 212-851-4130 ga152@columbia.edu Ghada Badawi Lecturer, Arabic Language 621 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 gb2248@columbia.edu Susham Bedi Hindi Language 609 Kent Hall sb12@columbia.edu On Leave: 2007-2008 Taoufik ben Amor Gordon Gray Jr Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies Arabic Language Program Coordinator Columbia Arabic Summer Program Director 601A Kent Hall 212-854-2895 tb46@columbia.edu Nehama R. Bersohn Lecturer, Hebrew Language 611 Kent Hall 212-854-6668 nrb1@columbia.edu Allison Busch Assistant Professor, Hindi and Indian Literature 624 Kent Hall 212-854-9626 ab2544@columbia.edu On leave Academic Year 2008-09 Partha Chatterjee Professor, Anthropology & MEALAC 452 Schermerhorn Ext pc281@columbia.edu Uri Cohen Assistant Professor, Hebrew Literature 620 Kent Hall 212-854-4761 uc2107@columbia.edu Hamid Dabashi Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature 622 Kent Hall 212-854-7524 hd14@columbia.edu On leave Fall 2008 Ghazzal Dabiri Lecturer, Persian Language 605 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 gd2287@columbia.edu Mamadou Diouf Professor, African Studies 623 Kent Hall 212-854-4083 md2573@columbia.edu Etem Erol Lecturer, Turkish Language 605 Kent Hall 212- 854-0473 ee2105@columbia.edu Reem Faraj Lecturer, Arabic Language 602 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 rf2273@columbia.edu Sudipta Kaviraj Professor, South Asian Politics Department Chair 610 Kent Hall 212-854-0714 sk2828@columbia.edu Nanor Kenderian Assistant Professor, Armenian Studies 602 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 nk2334@columbia.edu Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Literature, History & MEALAC 1116 IAB 212-854-2584 rik2101@columbia.edu On leave academic year 2008-09 Mahmood Mamdani Herbert Lehman Professor of Government Political Science, International Affairs, and MEALAC 452 Schermerhorn Extension 212-854-4552 mm1124@columbia.edu Joseph Massad Associate Professor, Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History 614 Kent Hall 212-854-4722 jam25@columbia.edu On leave Academic Year 2008-09 Brinkley M. Messick Professor, Anthropology & MEALAC 863 Schermerhorn Ext 212-854-4552 bmm23@columbia.edu On leave academic year 2008-09 Dan Miron Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew Literature 618 Kent Hall 212-854-4730 dm20@columbia.edu Timothy Mitchell Professor, Arab Studies Director of Graduate Studies 612 Kent Hall 212-854-5252 tm2421@columbia.edu Suad Mohamed Lecturer, Arabic Language 621 Kent Hall 212-854-9469 sm2430@columbia.edu Youssef Nouhi Lecturer, Arabic Language 608A Kent Hall 212-854-1184 yn2162@columbia.edu Sheldon Pollock The William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit & Indian Studies 626 Kent Hall sp2356@columbia.edu On leave Academic Year 2008-09 Frances Pritchett Professor, Modern Indic Languages Director of Undergraduate Studies 607 Kent Hall 212-854-4370 fp7@columbia.edu D. Samuel Sudanandha Lecturer, Tamil Language 609 Kent Hall dss2121@columbia.edu 212-854-4702 Noha Radwan Assistant Professor, Arabic Literature 613 Kent Hall 212-854-5137 nr2147@columbia.edu On leave Fall 2008 Dalpat Rajpurohit Lecturer, Hindi-Urdu Language 609 Kent Hall 212-854-2556 Email: TBA Rakesh Ranjan Senior Lecturer, Hindi-Urdu Language 609 Kent 212-854-2893 rr2574@columbia.edu Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko Senior Lecturer, Hebrew Language 611 Kent Hall 212-854-6519 rr9@columbia.edu On leave 2009-2009 George Saliba Professor, History of Islamic Science 604 Kent Hall 212-854-4166 gas1@columbia Nader Sohrabi Assistant Professor, Ottoman History 616 Kent Hall 212-854-4766 ns605@columbia.edu Visiting Faculty Rym Bettaieb Associate, Arabic Language 608A Kent Hall 212-851-0487 rb2555@columbia.edu Ahmad Diab Visiting Lecturer, Arabic 621 Kent Hall ad2349@columbia.edu Hossein Kamaly Assistant Professor, Persian Language & Culture 1115 IAB 212-854-2332 hk368@columbia.edu Ruth Livne Visting Lecturer, Hebrew Language 611 Kent Hall 212-854-6519 rl2452@columbia.edu Orhan Pamuk Visiting Professor 960 Schermerhorn Extension Somdev Vasudeva Assistant Professor, Sanskrit 603 Kent Hall 212-854-0473 sv2246@columbia.edu Emeritus Faculty Edward Allworth Pierre Cachia pjc1@columbia.edu Theodore Riccardi, Jr. Indian and Himalayan Culture tr9@columbia.edu Graduate Students Leyla Amzi la2142@columbia.edu Ari Ariel aa2093@columbia.edu Soraya Batmanghelichi ksb2010@columbia.edu Eugenie Bietry eb40@columbia.edu Neda Bolourchi nb2294@columbia.edu Laurel Brown lab2102@columbia.edu Ajay Singh Chaudhary asc2112@columbia.edu Victor Bartholomew D'Avella vbd2101@columbia.edu Abdullah Daouk aad28@columbia.edu Deborah Deffaa dtd2123@columbia.edu Valentine Boatwrright Edgar vbel@columbia.edu Bedross Der Matossian bvd2001@columbia.edu Elazar Elhanan ee2202@columbia.edu Elain Fisher emf2127@columbia.edu Shira Hadad sh2361@columbia.edu Bana Hajj bmh2111@columbia.edu Elizabeth Holt emh2105@columbia.edu Mu'nis Hojairi mmh2019@columbia.edu Farbod Honarpisheh fh2180@columbia.edu Elizabeth Johnston eej2101@columbia.edu Armen Karayan adk30@columbia.edu Jai Kasturi jak68@columbia.edu Prashant Keshavmurthy pk2036@columbia.edu Mohamad Khan mk2580@columbia.edu Yasmine Khayyat ymk2103@columbia.edu Chad Kia ck50@columbia.edu Wesley Michel whm2104@columbia.edu Haroon Moghul hsm2115@columbia.edu Ali Motlagh aam2115@columbia.edu Mara Na'aman mn220@columbia.edu Tsolin Nalbantian tn2111@columbia.edu Kaveh Farzad Niazi kfn2101@columbia.edu Cenk Palaz cc2408@columbia.edu Dina Ramadan dar2103@columbia.edu Yasmine Ramadan yar2104@columbia.edu Hamid Rezai hr2106@columbia.edu Farrah Lisa Sarafa fls2105@columbia.edu Linda Sayed ls2168@columbia.edu Suzanne Schneider sls2001@columbia.edu Nathanael Shelley nps2104@columbia.edu Andrea Siegel als159@columbia.edu Kamal Soleimani ks2473@columbia.edu Ann Strachan aes2153@columbia.edu Audrey Truschke aat2120@columbia.edu Kadir Ustun ku2005@columbia.edu Nader Uthman nku2001@columbia.edu Maheen Zaman maz2105@columbia.edu