Faculty

Butterworth, Charles Professor, Department of Government and Politics. B.A. Michigan State University; Doctorate Philosophy, University of Nancy, France; M.A. University of Chicago; PhD Political Science, University of Chicago. Fields of Interest: medieval Arabic and Islamic political philosophy; modern and contemporary Arabic and Islamic political thought; Palestinian-Israeli conflict; modern and contemporary Arabic and North African literature. Office 1149 Tydings Hall, tel. 301-405-4110, e-mail: cebworth@gvpt.umd.edu

Elgibali, Alaa Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. M.A. TAFL, American University in Cairo (AUC); PhD General Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh. Office 3121 Jimenez Hall, tel. 301-405-4037, e-mail elgibali@umd.edu.

Jelen, Sheila E. Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies and Department of English. B.A. University of Michigan; PhD Comparative Literature, University of California Berkeley.  Fields of Interest: literature of the modern Hebrew renaissance; literature of the Holocaust; gender and Jewish literature; Israeli cultural studies.  Office 3101Susquehanna Hall, tel. 301-405-3794, e-mail: sjelen@umd.edu

Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad Professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Founding Director, The Center for Persian Studies. BA Tehran University; MA English Literature, University of Missouri Kansas City; MA Comparative Literature, Rutgers University; PhD Comparative Literature, Rutgers University. Fields of Interest: Persian literature; literary history and theory; Iranian history; translation studies. Office 1220 Jimenez Hall, tel.301-405-3147, Fax 314-9752, email: karimi@umd.edu

Khamis, Sahar Assistant Professor, Department of Communication. Ph.D. in Mass Media and Cultural Studies, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Fields of Interest: Middle Eastern media; comparative Arab media; International Communications; Mass Media Research Methods;Public Relations Theory. Office 2104 Skinner Hall, tel. 301-405-0864. e-mail: skhamis@umd.edu

Lapin, Hayim Professor, Department of History and Department of Jewish Studies; PhD Religion, Columbia. Fields of Interest: ancient Jewish history; rabbinics; Jewish studies. Offices: 2101Q Key Hall, 0142L Holzapfel Hall, tel. 301-405-4296, e-mail: hlapin@umd.edu

Telhami, Shibley Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development, Department of Government and Politics. PhD University of California, Berkeley. Fields of Interest: Middle East foreign policy and politics; Arab-Israeli dispute; psychology of peace. Office 3140 Tydings Hall, tel. 301-405-6734 e-mail stelhami@gvpt.umd.edu

Wien, Peter Assistant Professor, Department of History.  M.A. University of Heidelberg; Master of Studies, Oxford University; D.Phil. Middle East History, University of Bonn.  Fields of Interest:  modern Middle East and North Africa; Iraq and Morocco nationalisms; Islam and secularism.  Office 2141 Taliaferro Hall, tel. 301-405-8402, email: pwien@umd.edu

Zakim, Eric Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Coordinator, Program in Modern Hebrew Language and Literature; Executive Director, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies.  B.A. Oberlin College; B.Mus. Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; PhD University of California, Berkeley.  Fields of Interest: modern Hebrew literature; Israeli cultural studies; critical theory; Mediterranean studies. Office 4225 Jimenez Hall, tel. 301-405-4975, e-mail zakim@umd.edu

Zilfi, Madeline C. Associate Professor, Department of History.  B.A. Mt. Holyoke College; M.A. University of Chicago; PhD Middle East History, University of Chicago.  Fields of Interest:  Ottoman Empire; women and gender issues; comparative slavery systems; Islam in Europe.  Office 2101J Key Hall, tel. 301-405-8403, email: mzilfi@umd.edu

Associated Faculty

Ali, Ibrahim Lecturer, Department of History

Berlin, Adele Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies, Department of English and Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies.  Fields of Interest:  Judaica and biblical studies 

Bushrui, Suheil Professor, Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace, Center for Heritage Resource Studies.

Cooperman, Bernard D. Associate Professor, Department of History. Fields of Interest: early modern Jewish history

Grossman, Maxine Associate Professor, Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies. Fields of Interest: Jewish studies and religious studies

Holum, Kenneth G. Professor, Department of History. Fields of Interest: Greece, Rome, late antiquity

Jones, Hilary Assistant Professor, Department of History. Fields of Interest: West Africa and African diaspora

Lilley, Charles R. Lecturer, Department of History

Manekin, Charles H. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

Yaramanoglu, Naime Dr., School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures