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!!! The Application Deadline for Summer 2008 FLAS fellowships has been extended to April 1 !!!
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A New Major and Minor at Penn

This new interdisciplinary degree is designed to allow students to specialize in the Middle East as a region of the world and human experience by combining course work using both social scientific and humanistic approaches, underpinned by relevant language skills. more ...

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The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1965 to expand and strengthen Middle East Studies on campus in all relevant academic disciplines. The Center’s activities bring together contemporary research on the modern Middle East with the university’s long-standing and renowned programs in ancient and medieval languages and civilizations.

In 2007 the Center introduced a new undergraduate major and minor in Modern Middle East Studies. For more information, please click here.

The Middle East Center is proud to announce a new Certificate of Study in Middle East and Islamic Studies for students in Law School at the University of Pennsylvania. To qualify for a certificate, a Penn Law student must successfully complete four courses in the general area of Middle East and Islamic Studies. For more information on requirements, click here.

The Middle East Center Outreach Program at the University of Pennsylvania is uniquely situated to offer interested K-12 educators and the wider public in the Greater Philadelphia area access to the multitude of resources available at Penn. Our outreach activities reflect the diverse nature of the region and embrace a wide array of religions, languages, civilizations, countries, and contemporary issues in the Middle East. We are available to cater to the different needs and interests of educators, the media, members of the faith-based community, and the general public.

Several of our faculty have organized conferences and symposia for this spring. Visit Faculty News or Events page for more information about the Afternoon Colloquia on Modern Arabic Literature, the Symposium on Ottoman-Iranian Relations, and Christian Missions and National Identities: Comparative Studies of Cultural ‘Conversions’ in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

For all of our upcoming events, click here!

Click here for a message about the Center's co-sponsorship of events on campus.