Faculty: Middle East Studies at Brown University : The Watson Institute for International Studies

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Faculty

Engin Akarli
Joukoswky Family Professor of Modern Middle East History
Engin_Akarli@Brown.edu

Susan E. Alcock
Director, Artemis A.W. and Martha Sharp Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Joukowsky Family Professor in Archaeology
Professor of Classics
Susan_Alcock@brown.edu

James P. Allen
Wilbour Professor of Egyptology,  Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies
jamespallen@Brown.edu

Reda Bensmaia
Chair, French Studies
Professor of French Studies and Comparative Literature
University Professor
Reda_Bensmaia@Brown.edu

Sheila Bonde
Dean of the Graduate School
Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Sheila_Bonde@brown.edu

Marcy Brink-Danan
Dorot Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Marcy_Brink-Danan@Brown.edu

Melani Cammett
Kutayba Alghanim Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Department of Political Science
Melani_Cammett@Brown.edu

Mirena Christoff
Lecturer in Arabic, Center for Language Studies
Mirena_Christoff@brown.edu

Elliott Colla
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Director of Middle East Studies
Elliott_Colla@Brown.edu

Lina Fruzetti
Professor of Anthropology
Lina_Fruzzetti@Brown.edu

David Jacobson
Director of the Program in Judaic Studies
Professor of Judaic Studies
David_Jacobson@Brown.edu

Pauline Jones Luong
Associate Professor of Political Science.
Pauline_Luong@Brown.eduPauline_Luong@Brown.edu

Sherine Hamdy
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology.
Sherine_Hamdy@brown.edu

Ömür Harmansah
Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Omur_Harmansah@brown.edu

Maud Mandel
Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and History
Maud_Mandel@Brown.edu

Dris Soulaimani
Lecture in Arabic, Center for Language Studies
Dris_Soulaimani@Brown.edu

Ian Straughn
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Archaeology, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Ian_Straughn@Brown.edu

Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
Assistant Professor of History.
Vazira_F-Y_Zamindar@brown.edu

Librarians

William Monroe
Senior Scholarly Resources Librarian
William_Monroe@Brown.edu

Ali Hassan
Joukowsky Family Middle Eastern Studies Librarian
Ali_Hassan@brown.edu

Administrator

Margareta Levitsky
Telephone: 401-863-3318
Fax: 401-863-3808
Margareta_Levitsky@Brown.edu