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/

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Assistant Professor, Barnard
212-854-7628
ne2008@columbia.edu

Lila Abu-Lughod
Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science
212-854-3693
la310@columbia.edu

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

Rhoda Kanaaneh
Adjunct Associate Professor
212-854-4552
rak12@columbia.edu

Brian Larkin
Associate Professor, Barnard
212-854-5402
blarkin@barnard.edu

Brinkley Messick
Professor of Anthropology/Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
212-854-4552
bmm23@columbia.edu

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

Zainab Bahrani
Edith Porada Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
212-854-5351
zb2101@columbia.edu
Department Chair


Arts, Writing Division
http://arts.columbia.edu/writing

Orhan Pamuk
Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities
212-854-2556
op2114@columbia.edu

Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Barnard
http://www.barnard.edu/amec/index.html

Hossein Kamaly
Assistant Professor, Barnard
Persian Language & Culture
212-854-5481
hkamaly@barnard.edu

Rachel Fell McDermott
Professor
Department Chair
212-854-5416
rmcdermott@barnard.edu

English
http://www.barnard.edu/english/

Bashir Abu-Manneh
Assistant Professor, Barnard
212-854-6948
ba2037@columbia.edu

French and Romance Philology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/

Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Professor
212-854-3907
sd2456@columbia.edu

Madeleine Dobie
Associate Professor
212-854-9874
mld2027@columbia.edu

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

Richard Bulliet
Professor
212-854-1741
rwb3@columbia.edu

Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies
212-854-5291
rik2101@columbia.edu
On Leave Spring 2012

Marc Van De Mieroop
Professor
Department Chair
212-851-5913
mv1@columbia.edu

Christine M Philliou
Assistant Professor
212-851-5911
cmp9@columbia.edu
On Leave Spring 2012

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

Iranian Studies
http://cfis.columbia.edu/

Ahmad Ashraf
Associate Research Scholar
212-851-5723
aa398@columbia.edu

Mahnaz Moazami
Associate Research Scholar
212-851-5723
mm1754@columbia.edu

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

Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mesaas

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
On leave Spring 2012

Edward Allworth
Professor Emeritus
pjc1@columbia.edu

Gil Anidjar
Associate Professor
Religion and Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
212-854-4130
ga152@columbia.edu

Ghada Badawi
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-854-2556
gb2248@columbia.edu

Tarik Belhoussein
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-851-9759
tb2315@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

Rym Bettaieb
Lecturer
Arabic Language
212-851-0487
rb2555@columbia.edu

Uri Cohen
Assistant Professor
Hebrew Literature
618 Kent Hall
212-854-4761
uc2107@columbia.edu
On Leave Spring 2012

Zuleyha Colak
Lecturer
Turkish Language
212-854-0473
zc2208@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
On Leave Spring 2012

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

Wael Hallaq
Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities
212-854-2556
Wh2223@columbia.edu
On leave Spring 2012

Charry Karamanoukian
Lecturer
Armenian Language
212-851-7083
ck2444@columbia.edu

Nanor Kebranian
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
212-851-4002
nk2334@columbia.edu

Rina Kreitman
Lecturer
Program Coordinator
Hebrew Language
212-854-6519
rk2617@columbia.edu

Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
212-854-8777
mm1124@columbia.edu

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

Brinkley M. Messick
Professor
212-854-4552
bmm23@columbia.edu

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

Timothy Mitchell
Professor, Arab Studies
Director of Graduate Studies
212-854-5252
tm2421@columbia.edu
On Leave 2010-2011

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

Tsipi Rubin
Visiting Lecturer
Hebrew

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

Nadef Uthman
Visiting Asst Professor
nku2001@columbia.edu

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

David Cuthell
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
212-854-3290
dcc21@columbia.edu

Hossein Modarressi
Senior Research Scholar
hm29@columbia.edu

Lawrence Potter
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
212-854-2584
lgp5@columbia.edu

Gary Sick
Senior Research Scholar
212-222-9614
ggs2@columbia.edu

Nader Sohrabi
Associate Research Scholar
Ottoman History
212-854-4766
ns605@columbia.edu

Political Science
http://www.barnard.edu/polisci/index.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/polisci/

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

Naomi Weinberger
Adjunct Professor
212-854-9846
njw9@columbia.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 General Studies
212-854-1932
pja3@columbia.edu

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

Najam Haider
Assistant Professor of Religion, Barnard
nhaider@gmail.com
212-854-4483

Jonathan Schorsch
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
212-851-4128
js1167@columbia.edu

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

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

Yinon Cohen
Yosef H. Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies
212-854-5361
yc2444@columbia.edu

Gil Eyal
Director, Graduate Studies
212-854-4272
ge2027@columbia.edu

School of International and Public Affairs

Ousmane Kane
Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
212-854-2423
ok2009@columbia.edu

Stephanie Neuman
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
212-854-3903
sgn1@columbia.edu

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

Carine Allaf
Lecturer
allaf@tc.edu

Louis Cristillo
Lecturer
212-678-6623
lfc12@columbia.edu

Jean-Marc R. Oppenheim
Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Studies
Phone: 212-678-4083
Email: jro8@columbia.edu