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CDEISI
The Carolina Duke Emory Institute for the Study of Islam About CDEISIThe Carolina-Duke-Emory Institute
for the Study of Islam is a consortium
founded in 1997 by the Department
of
Religious Studies at the University
of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Department
of Religion at Duke University,
and the Graduate
Division of Religion
at Emory University. For more
information
about specific programs, see:
The rationale for CDEISI is based on the unique availability of faculty specialists at these Universities in the comparative study of Islamic religion in various regions, including South Asia, West Asia (Middle East), and the Maghreb (North Africa), in both the premodern and modern periods. At UNC, Duke, and Emory, students can receive broad and in-depth graduate training in history of religions with a specialization in the Islamic tradition, much more so than at universities that rely mainly on Middle East area studies centers. What distinguishes CDEISI is the insistence on the analytical and comparative dimensions of the study of religion, rather than a specialist emphasis on language, literature or politics and public policy issues; this places the CDEISI venture firmly in the humanities, unlike the more politically instrumental Middle East area studies programs. The present and longstanding scarcity of graduate programs in Islam and the history of religions is dramatized by the growing number of new positions and announced vacancies in religion departments for specialists in Islam. The principal programs of CDEISI focus on faculty lecture exchange between the N.C. Triangle universities and Atlanta, and graduate student semester exchange. This arrangement is designed to maximize scholarly interaction and to increase the areas of available expertise that can be shared among the participating universities.
About This SiteThis site is designed to provide
basic links to CDEISI and its
participants. Full details are available from the separate university
members of this consortium.
Contact InformationYou can contact CDEISI by sending
e-mail to:
Or by contacting one of the core
participant programs listed above.
Related organizations at the sponsoring institutions include: |
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