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Benjamin Porter Benjamin Porter
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology, Middle East, Arid Environments, Heritage, tourism, museum studies
Minoo Moallem Minoo Moallem
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Transnational and Postcolonial Feminist Studies, cultural studies, Commodity Cultures, Visual and Material Cultures of Religion, Immigration and Diaspora Studies, Middle East Studies, Iranian Studies
Anneka Lenssen Anneka Lenssen
Dept of History of Art
global modern art, the Middle East, theories of decolonization, visual culture, contemporary art
Ussama Makdisi Ussama Makdisi
Dept of History
Ottoman history, Arab history, U.S.-Arab relations, U.S. missionary work in the Middle East
Charles Hirschkind Charles Hirschkind
Dept of Anthropology
Islam, anthropology, religious practice, media technologies, political community, Middle East, Europe
Ahmad Diab Ahmad Diab
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Arabic literature, translation studies, Arabic philology, postcolonial studies, linguistics, Middle Eastern Cinema
Christine Philliou Christine Philliou
Dept of History
Mediterranean, Modern Greece and Turkey, Middle East, Ottoman Empire political and social history, Turkey and Greece as parts of the post-Ottoman world
Stefania Pandolfo Stefania Pandolfo
Dept of Anthropology
cultural anthropology, Islam, Middle East, theories of subjectivity, postcolonial criticism, anthropology and literature, the Maghreb, mental illness
Cihan Tugal Cihan Tugal
Dept of Sociology
political sociology, social movements, religion, Islam and the Middle East, culture, poverty and class, social theory, ethnography
Adam Benkato Adam Benkato
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Old and Middle Iranian languages, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Arabic dialectology, sociolinguistics, philology, Libyan Studies, archives
Daniel O'Neill Daniel O'Neill
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian literatures and cinema, gender and sexuality studies, environmental humanities and media theory
Elora Shehabuddin Elora Shehabuddin
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
transnational feminism, history and politics of feminist movement, activism, critical approaches to development, political economy, South Asia, Middle East, Global South, United States
Mark Danner Mark Danner
Dept of English
School of Journalism
foreign affairs, voting and elections, journalism, Central America, politics, Balkans, Haiti, documentaries, terrorism, the Middle East, contemporary literature, modernist writers, contemporary literature and film
Jennifer Miller Jennifer Miller
Dept of English
Old English language and literature, textual criticism, drama, disability studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, Scottish literature, Renaissance and Early Modern literature, Middle English literature
Samera Esmeir Samera Esmeir
Dept of Rhetoric
critical theory, Middle Eastern Studies, Legal and political thought, law and humanities, law and society, legal histories, colonialism and post-colonialism, anti-colonialism
Wen-hsin Yeh Wen-hsin Yeh
Dept of History
history, East Asian studies, Qing and Modern China, Maritime Asia, Taiwan, Pacific Rim societies
Robert Sharf standing with group of students in library, holding a plague and flowers Robert Sharf
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian languages and cultures, medieval Chinese Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Buddhist art, ritual studies, Buddhist philosophy, methodological issues in the study of religion
Miryam Sas in outdoor environment Miryam Sas
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Dept of Film and Media
20th century avant-gardes, Japanese literature, film, theater and dance, East Asia, media theory, contemporary art, critical theory, gender theory, memory studies
Raka Ray in outdoor setting Raka Ray
Dept of Sociology
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
feminist theory, gender, masculinity, middle-class, social movements, South and Southeast Asian studies, relations between dominant subaltern groups in India, women¹s movements in India
Julian Chun-Chung Julian Chun-Chung Chow
School of Social Welfare
East Asian studies, social welfare, community practice and service delivery in urban poverty, ethnic, immigrant neighborhoods, community analysis and needs assessment, program planning and development, cultural competency services
Michael Nylan Michael Nylan
Dept of History
gender, history, East Asian studies, early China, the fifth century BC to the fifth century AD, with an emphasis on the sociopolitical context, aesthetic theories and material culture, belief
Maura Nolan Maura Nolan
Dept of English
drama, Middle English literature, Renaissance and Early Modern literature
Headshot (J. Habu) Junko Habu
Dept of Anthropology
Japan, anthropology, archaeology, climate change, sustainability, East Asia, Jomon hunter-gatherers
Alexander von Rospatt Alexander von Rospatt
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
ritual studies, Nepalese studies, Buddhist traditions of South Asia, doctrinal history, Newar Buddhism, art
Jeroen Dewulf Jeroen Dewulf
Dept of German
folklore, Dutch studies, transatlantic slavery, German literature, Portuguese Studies, post-colonial studies, hybridity
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