Center for Middle East Studies

Center for Middle East Studies

Promoting research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner

Center for Middle East Studies

Promoting research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner

About CMES

The Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University promotes research, teaching and public engagement on the Middle East in a historically and culturally grounded manner. Its coverage extends from antiquity to the present day, and regards the Middle East as both a geographical region as well as a conceptual entity that is part of global discourses.

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As an agenda-driven center with a multi-disciplinary faculty, Middle East Studies organizes several signature initiatives and projects, spearheaded by annual conferences, that sustain ongoing research, programming, and teaching initiatives.

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Undergraduate Concentration

The concentration in Middle East Studies is designed to help students develop an interdisciplinary understanding of culture, history, and contemporary issues in the Middle East.

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