GRADUATE FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS

Duke’s interdisciplinary Islamic Studies faculty has expanded in recent years, with new hires in cultural anthropology, economics, history, political science, religion, Slavic and Eurasian studies, and sociology. We expect the growth of Islamic Studies at Duke will soon be reflected in an increase in the number of graduate students pursuing research on Islam and the Muslim world in departments and programs across the university.

Like our faculty, Islamic Studies graduate students come from a number of departments and programs, from religion and history to cultural anthropology, economics, and law. Duke's institutional commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship enables students to take courses outside their departments, and many courses are cross-listed in multiple departments.

If you are interested in graduate Islamic Studies at Duke, you must meet the admission and graduation requirements of the Graduate School and the department or program that will serve as the disciplinary home for your research on Islam and the Muslim world.

The Graduate Program in Religion does offer a Ph.D. concentration in Islamic Studies. The Department of Religion also offers an M.A. in Islamic Studies. It is highly competitive but not as competitive as the Ph.D.

GRADUATE ISLAMIC STUDIES COMMUNITY

Islamic Studies at Duke is an interdisciplinary community of scholars with shared interests in Islam and the Muslim world, and graduate students are an important part of our Islamic Studies community. Our graduate students come from many departments and have a wide range of research interests.

Duke is part of regional Islamic Studies network that includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and North Carolina Central University.

The relationship between Islamic Studies faculty and students at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill is especially strong. The Islamic Studies programs at Duke and UNC complement each other, greatly expanding the resources available to students at each institution. The Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilization at UNC- Chapel Hill is a peer to the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and we frequently collaborate on programs and events. Cross-registration in courses and use of the complementary Islamic collections in the Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill library systems enhance the graduate experience. The Robertson Scholars bus provides convenient, free transportation between Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill.

Each spring, DISC cosponsors the annual Duke / UNC Islamic Studies Graduate Research Conference. This conference, now in its 6th year, has expanded in topics and attendance each year. Each year, a graduate student committee determines the conference theme and works with DISC staff to plan and organize the conference. Read the Call for Papers for the Spring 2008 Conference: Embodying Islam: Religious Practice and Muslim Constructions of Self.

Duke and UNC Islamic Studies graduate students keep up through the IslamReading listserv maintained at UNC. To subscribe to this list, contact Canguzel Zulfikar at UNC. DISC also maintains a graduate student mailing list as well as a global DISC group on Facebook.

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCES

The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is the hub of international activities at Fuqua School of Businness. CIBER sponsors Fuqua's "Gate" courses, part of Fuqua's internationalizaiton efforts. The Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security was established in 1993 at Duke Law School.