Core & Affiliated Faculty

CORE FACULTY

George McLendon, Interim Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center

Trinity College, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Abdullah Antepli, Duke Divinity School faculty; Division of Student Affairs, Chaplain, Muslim Student Association

miriam cooke, Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Education Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center

Katherine P. Ewing, Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology

Christof Galli, Middle East Subject Librarian, Perkins Library

Jehanne Gheith, Associate Professor, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Co-director, International Comparative Studies

Erdağ Göknar, Assistant Professor, Turkish Studies, Dept. of Slavic and Eurasian Studies (on leave 2009-2010)

Güven Güzeldere, Associate Professor, Philosophy (on leave 2009-2010)

Muhammad Habib, Arabic / Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Bruce Hall, Assistant Professor, History

Mona Hassan, Assistant Professor, Religion and History

Engseng Ho, Professor, History and Cultural Anthropology

Carnegie Scholar

Mary Hovsepian, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Sociology

Mohsen Kadivar, Visiting Instructor, Department of Religion

Timur Kuran, Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies; Professor, Economics and Political Science

Associate Director for Programs and Curriculum, Duke Islamic Studies Center

To see Timur Kuran's CV, publications, biography, and contact information visit his website.

Bruce B Lawrence,  Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion
Associate Director for Development and Strategic Partnerships, Duke Islamic Studies Center;

Carnegie Scholar

Mbaye Lo, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Arabic / Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Abdeslam E. Maghraoui, Associate Professor of the Practice, Political Science

Ellen A. McLarney, Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Ebrahim Moosa, Associate Professor, Religion

Carnegie Scholar

Negar Mottahedeh, Assistant Professor, Literature

Jen'nan Ghazal Read, Associate Professor, Sociology / Global Health; more information

Carnegie Scholar

Rebecca L. Stein, Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology

Mustafa Tuna, Assistant Professor of Russian and Central Eurasian History and Culture

 

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Alison Hubbard Ashton, Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business

Middle East GATE courses (Global Academic Travel Experiences), Executive MBA program

Robert H. Ashton, Professor, Fuqua School of Business

Middle East GATE courses (Global Academic Travel Experiences), Executive MBA program

Azeddine Chergui, Instructor, Arabic / Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Donald L. Horowitz, Professor, Law and Political Science

Bruce W. Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy Studies

Claudia Koonz, Professor, History

Bruce R. Kuniholm, Professor, Public Policy Studies and History
Director, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Chair of Public Policy Studies

David N.Need, Visiting Instructor,  Religion / Comparative Area Studies

Lincoln Pratson, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, EOS Division

 

 

 

 

Of Further Interest

CARNEGIE SCHOLARS Enrich Public Discourse on Islam

Since 2005, the Carnegie Corporation has supported over 90 scholars whose work seeks to promote American understanding of Islam as a religion, the characteristics of Muslim societies, in general, and those of American Muslim communities, in particular. DISC is fortunate to have 4 Carnegie Scholars among our faculty: Engseng Ho (2007)

Bruce Lawrence (2008)

Ebrahim Moosa (2005)

Jen'nan Ghazal Read (2006)

See Profiles of New Faculty Arriving on Campus Fall 2009

There are several new Islamic Studies faculty who will be joining us on campus this fall: Mona Hassan, Engseng Ho, Mohsen Kadivar, and Mustafa Tuna.

Learn More About Course Offerings

Click here to see a complete list of Islamic Studies courses. View course offerings for the current semester. You can read the course descriptions and assignment details in the course synopsis handbook.

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