
Rutie Adler (270 Barrows). radler@berkeley.edu
Coordinator. Hebrew Language Program.
Lecturer in Biblical, Post Biblical and Modern Hebrew, Hebrew linguistics and Israeli culture.
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Azza Ahmad (260 Barrows). azza.ahmad@berkeley.edu
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arabic.
Wali Ahmadi (284 Barrows). ahmadi@berkeley.edu
Associate Professor of Persian Literature.
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Asad Q. Ahmed (272 Barrows). asad.ahmed@berkeley.edu
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
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Hatem Bazian (278 Barrows). hatemb@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Arabic. Arabic language.
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Adam Benkato (274 Barrows). abenkato@berkeley.edu
Assistant Professor & Bita Daryabari Professor of Iranian Studies.
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Daniel Boyarin (248 Barrows). boyarin@berkeley.edu
Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture. Cultural studies in Talmud and Midrash;
gender and sexuality; hermeneutics; ancient Judaism and Christianity.
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Ahmad Diab (290 Barrows). diab@berkeley.edu
Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature.
Modern Arabic Literature.
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Elsa Elmahdy (288 Barrows). e.elmahdy@berkeley.edu
Coordinator: Arabic Language Program
Lecturer in Arabic.
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Reza Ghahramani (272 Barrows). reza246@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Persian.
John L. Hayes (268 Barrows). jlhayes@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Arabic and Comparative Semitics.
Semitic linguistics, Arabic, Akkadian, Sumerian.
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Ronald Hendel (276 Barrows). hendel@berkeley.edu
Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible.
Ancient Hebrew language, literature, religion and culture.
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Chana Kronfeld (246 Barrows). kronfeld@berkeley.edu
Professor of Modern Hebrew and Comparative Literature.
Modern Hebrew Literature. Literary theory; Yiddish language and literature, linguistic methods in literary criticism.
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Margaret Larkin (244 Barrows). larkin@berkeley.edu
Professor of Arabic Literature.
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Rita Lucarelli (266 Barrows). rita.lucarelli@berkeley.edu
Associate Professor of Egyptology.
Religion of ancient Egypt, ancient Egyptian religious iconography; hieratic magical and funerary texts.
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Maria Mavroudi (2223 Dwinelle Hall). mavroudi@berkeley.edu
Professor of History.
Byzantium and the Arabs; Byzantine and Islamic science; Byzantine intellectual history; Byzantine culture .
Nasser Meerkhan (5218 Dwinelle). meerkhan@berkeley.edu
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Arabic Literature.
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Sanjyot Mehendale (294 Barrows). sanjyotm@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology. Central Asia.
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Haitham Mohamed (278 Barrows). hsalaheldin@berkeley.edu
Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced Arabic, Colloquial Arabic.
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Laurie Pearce (282 Barrows). lpearce@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Akkadian. Assyriology, Akkadian, and Cuneiform.
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Benjamin Porter (240 Barrows). bwporter@berkeley.edu
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology.
Carol Redmount (242 Barrows). redmount@berkeley.edu
Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology.
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Barbara Richter (292 Barrows). richter@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Egyptology, Beginning Egyptian, Intermediate Egyptian, and Demotic.
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Francesca Rochberg (262 Barrows). rochberg@berkeley.edu
Chair of Near Eastern Studies. Professor of ancient Near Eastern history, history of science. `
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Niek Veldhuis (280 Barrows). veldhuis@berkeley.edu
Professor of Assyriology.
Ancient Mesopotamian languages and cultures.
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Jason Vivrette (286 Barrows). vivrette@berkeley.edu
Lecturer in Turkish (Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Turkish)
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AFFILIATED FACULTY
Diliana Angelova, Dept. of History
Karen Barkey, Dept. of Sociology, Haas Distinguished Chair of Religious Diversity
Peter Bartu, Continuing Lecturer, Global Studies; Senior Research Scholar, CMES
Benjamin Brinner, Dept. of Music, Director of Program in Jewish Studies
Samera Esmeir, Dept. of Rhetoric
Munis Faruqui, Dept. of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Keith Feldman, Dept. of Ethnic Studies
Emily Gottreich, Dept. of History and Program in Global Studies
Bruce Hall, Dept. of History
Chris Hallett, Classics, Art History and AHMA
Todd Hickey, Dept. of Classics, Director, Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
Charles Hirschkind, Dept. of Anthropology, Director, Religious Studies Program
Ethan Katz, Dept. of History Anneka Lenssen, History of Art Dept.
Lisa Maher, Dept. of Anthropology
Ussama Makdisi, Dept. of History
Minoo Moallem, Dept. of Gender and Women's Studies, Director, Media Studies
Stephania Pandolfo, Dept. of Anthropology, CMES
Christine Philliou, Dept. of History
Thoraya Tlatli, French Dept.
Cihan Tugal, Dept. of Sociology
VISITING FACULTY & LECTURERS
Simon Brelaud, Avimalek Betyousef Visiting Assistant Professor. brelaudsimon@gmail.com
Tomer Persico, Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Jewish Studies. tomerpersico@berkeley.edu
Soroor Ghanimati, Guitty Azarpay Distinguished Visiting Instructor. ghanimati@berkeley.edu
Stephanie Rotem, Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Jewish Studies. srotem@netvision.net.il
Amel Belguith, Lecturer in Arabic (Elementary Arabic). abelguith@berkeley.edu
Nathalie Khankan, Lecturer in Arabic (Elementary Arabic, Intermediate Arabic). khankan@berkeley.edu
Maurizio Viano, Visiting Assistant Professor (Babylonian and Sumerian Wisdom Literature). mviano@berkeley.edu
LIBRARIAN
Mohamed Hamed (website)
Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Studies Librarian
Email: mhamed@berkeley.edu
Ph: (510) 664-9822"