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WELCOME!

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.

NEWS AND UPDATES

Exhibit closing reception for "Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self Portraits" by Todd Drake. September 9, 7-9:00 p.m., G.E.C. Learn more.

The Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies has won Title VI funding for 2010-2014! Read more.

UNC Libraries have hired their first Middle Eastern and African Studies librarian, Mohamed Abou El Seoud, beginning on October 1, 2010. Read more.

Joint Duke-UNC graduate certificate in Middle East studies is approved. Informational meeting: Monday, May 3, 2010, 11:00 a.m., Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke.  Read more.

UNC grad Rashad Hussain is named U.S. special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference.  Read more.

Prof. Sahar Amer has won a book prize from the Modern Language Association.  Read more.

Middle East Studies Newsletter, Summer 2009, celebrating 50 years of Arabic at UNC. Read here.


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