UC Berkeley Middle Eastern Studies Resources

Speakers Bureau

The CMES accepts requests from K-12 teachers, community colleges, and civic groups for speakers on Middle East-related topics. These topics vary according to speakers' availability, but may include Islam, current events, gender roles in Middle Eastern society, Middle Eastern minorities, Arab culture, the Arabic language, etc. Please contact the Vice Chair of the CMES for more information: emilyrg@berkeley.edu.


Undergraduate Program in Middle Eastern Studies

 

IAS International and Area Studies

  • IAS Teaching Program


  • Office of Resources for International and Area Studies(ORIAS)


  • Berkeley Language Center ( BLC)




    • The Library at the University of California at Berkeley

    The work of CMES is greatly facilitated by the extensive library resources of the Berkeley campus in Middle Eastern subjects. The Middle East Collection of UC Berkeley's Main Library is divided between Middle Eastern Collection and Judaica/Hebraica.

    Berkeley's extensive Middle Eastern Collection comprises more than 150,000 volumes in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and other less commonly collected languages such as Kurdish, Azeri, and the Berber languages. The collection also includes about 35,000 Middle Eastern related publications in English, French, German, Russian, Dutch, Italian, among other languages. A recent endowment from the Assyrian community has provided funds for new purchases in that language. The collection also includes more than 500 current periodicals and about 1,000 sets of archived periodicals . The collection is particularly strong in the areas of literature, religious studies, society, ancient studies, politics and government; and it contains an especially large group of linguistics source materials. Persian-language materials in all disciplines published outside of Iran are also very numerous. The Bancroft Library holds quite a few rare manuscripts, some dating to the 15th century and a special selection of maps.

  • Near Eastern Collections


  • Islamica collection


  • Judaica collection





    • Architecture Slide Library, CED, UC Berkeley

  • SPIRO Image Database at Architecture Slide Library, UC Berkeley

     

    • Islamic Cities Historic Map Collection

     

    Middle Eastern | American: An Interactive Video Tapestry

    This project focuses on video-taped interviews of young Americans, ages 16 - 24 across a spectrum of religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Responses were then assembled within an interactive framework. By allowing the simple juxtaposition of divergent, first person perspectives, each person’s interview stands alone, and yet also contributes to the larger dialogue surrounding the impact of 9/11. This project was partially funded by a grant from the Al-Falah Program.

     

    Middle East National Resource Centers

    Columbia University, Middle East Institute
    http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei/

    Emory University, Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium
    http://www.mesas.emory.edu/gmesc

    Georgetown University, National Resource Center on the Middle East
    http://nrcme.georgetown.edu/

    Georgia State University, Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium
    http://www.cas.gsu.edu/dept/mec/

    Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
    http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu

    New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Center
    http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast/

    Ohio State University, The Middle Eastern Studies Center
    http://mesc.osu.edu/

    Princeton University, Program in Near Eastern Studies
    http://www.princeton.edu/~nep/

    University of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
    http://www.cmes.arizona.edu

    University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Near Eastern Studies
    http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/

    University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Middle East Studies
    http://www.cmes.ucsb.edu

    University of Chicago, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
    http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu

    University of Michigan, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
    http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cmenas

    University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center
    http://mec.sas.upenn.edu

    University of Texas, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
    http://menic.utexas.edu/

    University of Utah, Middle East Center
    http://www.hum.utah.edu/mec/

    University of Washington, Middle East Center
    http://jsis.washington.edu/mideast/

    Yale University, Middle East Studies Council
    http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/cmes

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