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Middle East and Islamic Studies at Duke University Libraries
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Duke University Middle East Studies Center

The Duke University Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC) is a hub for research, policy, education, and outreach about the Middle East. DUMESC supports in-depth Middle Eastern language training and a variety of interdisciplinary courses on the region's geopolitics, culture, and society.

On Duke's campus, DUMESC creates an intellectual community by supporting curricular programs such as study abroad, DukeEngage, Middle East related majors and minors, and the graduate certificate in Middle East Studies. It also offers a wide array of programming from guest speakers to conferences and film festivals.

With its renowned faculty expertise in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences, DUMESC emphasizes the importance of the Middle East to global education, engaging in a variety of topics from literature to policy. As part of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, DUMESC reaches a wide community of scholars seeking to understand the Middle East. 

Subscribe to the DUMESC newsletter to keep updated!

 

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Critical Genealogies of Middle East Studies

The Middle East Studies and Islamic Studies faculty, course offerings and library resources available to students at Duke are enhanced by the close collaboration between Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Duke-UNC graduate certificate trains students for interdisciplinary research in Middle East Studies and is designed to complement the disciplinary training in their home departments.

Learn more about the Middle East studies certificate.

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Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies

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DUMESC is part of the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies. The consortium combines the strengths of our center with those of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at UNC. 

With Title IV support, the center encourages collaboration and cooperation in all aspects of Middle Eastern studies across our two campuses and across disciplines. 

Visit the consortium website.

View past events that we have put together over the years. 

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