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Middle East Issue
Experts Editorial Director for AALL Spectrum Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Law Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Islamic experts Ervand
Abrahamian, Historian at Baruch College Dr.
Jamal Badawi, Islamic Information Foundation Jonathan
Brockopp, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bard College Jerome
Wright Clinton, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
University Hamid
Dabashi, a sociologist who heads Columbia's department of
Middle Jamal
J. Elias, Religion Department of Amherst College
Carl
W. Ernst, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is a specialist on Islamic
Studies, with focus on Iran and South Asia. His research mainly devoted to
Sufism. John
Esposito, Founding
Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding: History and
International Affairs at Georgetown University
Irene
Gendzier, Professor at Boston University with
Specialization in Comparative Politics, Political Development,
International Political Economy, Middle Eastern Studies Alan
Godlas, Professor in the Department of Religion at the
University of Georgia Pieternella
(Nelly) HarderVandoorn, Department of Theology,
Valparais University Amir
Hussain, Dr. Hussain teaches at California State University
Northridge, and his research focuses on the North American Muslim
communities. Zayn
Kassam,
Assistant
Professor of Religious Studies, Pomona College Bruce
Lawrence, Chair of the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke
University. Research interest: Comparative Fundamentalism, Muslim
Networks. Ingrid
Mattson, Vice President, Islamic Society of North America Timothy
P. Mitchell, Associate Professor, Politics, Middle Eastern
Studies; Director, Hagop Kevorkian Center, New York University Gordon
Newby, Department of Middle East Studies, Emory University Abdulaziz
Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies at the University
of Virginia Omid
Safi, Islamic Studies & Comparative Religions, Colgate
University Barbara
R. von Schlegell,
Assistant
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania Centers for the Study of Islam in North
America Center
for Middle East Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
This contains an excellent set of links to each of the countries of the
Middle East Centers
for the Study of Islam in North America. A
list of Centers for Islam studies. The
Hagop Kevorkian Center at NYU. The
center was created in 1966 to support the study of the modern Middle East
and promote a more informed understanding of the region. Harvard's
Center of Middle Eastern Studies. CMES
was founded in 1954 for the purpose of furthering the study of the Middle
East at Harvard University. Middle
East Links. Compiled at Macquarie University in Australia. Middle
East Resources at the University of California, Berkeley.
From the Library University of
California, Berkeley. Middle
East Studies: Columbia University. A
compilation of resources. Academic
Institutions focusing on study of Islam and Religious Studies American
Academy of Religion. From their
website: Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of
academics who research or teach topics related to religion.
American
Oriental Society. Basic research in the languages and
literatures of Asia is its tradition.
Canadian
Muslim Civil Liberties Association (CMCLA). A website of
resources for Canadian Muslims. Canadian
Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR CAN).
From their website: CAIR
was established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in
America. The
Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
Middle
East Studies Association, From their website: MESA is a
private nonprofit, non-political organization of scholars and other
persons interested in the study of the Middle East, North Africa and the
Islamic world. Other resources “Afghanistan:
A Country Study”, an e-version of the book published
by Library of Congress in 1986 by Luke Griffin, IIT. American
Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, informational
resources/bibliography on Arab Americans, the Arab World and Islam. Arabic
Programs in the U.S. and Around the World, a good resource of
links. Islam
from Minnesota State University, brief
encyclopedia-type entries on the various aspect of Islamic history and
culture as well as beliefs. Islam
- learning modules and resources, Washington State University
presents a learning module of history, culture and basic resources. Religion
- Muslim or Islam, posted by University of Vermont. It has
many links to Muslim Organizations and Groups. The Islamic groups also are
divided geographically with links to opinions and current politics. |
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