People

Director

Minoo Moallem

Professor of Gender and Women's Studies

Affiliated Faculty

Reza Ghahramani

Lecturer in Persian, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Abhishek Kaicker

Associate Professor of History, Department of History

Maria Mavroudi

Professor of History, Department of History

Francesca Rochberg

Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor Emerita of Near Eastern Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture, Department of Comparative Literature

Core Faculty

Wali Ahmadi

Associate Professor of Persian Literature, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Asad Ahmed

Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Adam Benkato

Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair of Iranian Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Munis Faruqui

Associate Professor of History, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies

Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Roshanak Kheshti

Associate Professor of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies

Sanjyot Mehendale

Lecturer in Central Asian Archaeology, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Salar Memeni

Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies

Fateme Montazeri

Lecturer in Persian, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Christine Philliou

Professor of History, MELC Department Chair

Solmaz Sharif

Associate Professor of English, Shirley Shenker Chair

Ida Yalzadeh

Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies