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The Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations (CCSMEMC) promotes understanding of the Middle East through teaching, research, and community outreach.

Our center is distinguished by its cross-regional approach to Middle East studies, one that breaks down area studies barriers in order to track global flows of ideas, commodities, and people.

CCSMEMC is part of the Consortium in Middle East Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

	A new way to study the Middle East UNC's approach represents a fruitful hybrid between traditional area studies approaches and cross-regional Islamic studies. Read more.
	Where is the Middle East? The concept of a region called the "Middle East" is a relatively recent and unstable construction. Read more.