Faculty and Academic Personnel

Eman Abdelhadi (Ph.D., NYU, 2019)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development
abdelhadi@uchicago.edu

Hala Abdel Mobdy
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic
habdelmobdyahmed@uchicago.edu

Osama Abu-Eledam
Instructional Professor of Arabic
abu@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-4471

Hussein Ali Agrama (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2005)
Associate Professor of Anthropology
hagrama@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-4503

Muzaffar Alam (Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1976)
George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of South Asian Languages & Civilizations
alam@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-7547

Ariela Almog (M.A., University of Chicago, 1996)
Senior Instructional Professor in Hebrew
afinkels@midway.uchicago.edu
(773) 702-1380

Helga Anetshofer (Ph.D., Vienna University, 2001)
Lecturer in Turkish and Ottoman
anetshofer@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-1047

Kagan Arik (Ph.D., University of Washington - Seattle, 1999)
Associate Instructional Professor; Ayasli Lecturer in Turkish and Turkic Languages; Lecturer in Central Asian Studies
kagana@uchicago.edu
(773)834-4471

Orit Bashkin (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2004)
Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
oritb@uchicago.edu

Persis Berlekamp (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Associate Professor of Art History
berlekam@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-0250

Philip Bohlman (Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1984)
Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, Music and the Humanities
boh6@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-0514

Yousef Casewit (Ph.D., Yale University, 2014)
Associate Professor of Qur'anic Studies
yousefcasewit@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8218

Simeon Chavel (Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible
sbchavel@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-6387

Thibaut d'Hubert (Ph.D., École Pratique des Hautes Études, 2010)
Associate Professor of Bengali Language and Bengal Studies
dhubert@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-1333

Alireza Doostdar (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2012)
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion in the Divinity School
doostdar@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8227

Hoda El Shakry (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
helshakry@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8486

Ahmed El Shamsy (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2009)
Professor of Islamic Thought in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
elshamsy@uchicago.edu

Leah Feldman (Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2013.)
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
feldmanl@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-5809

Noha Aboulmagd Forster (M.A., Princeton University, 1983)
Associate Senior Instructional Professor; Director of Arabic Language Program
nforster@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-8349

Itamar Francez (Ph.D., Stanford University, 2006)
Associate Professor of Linguistics
ifrancez@uchicago.edu
(415) 992-1547

Petra Goedegebuure (Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 2003)
Associate Professor of Hittitology
pgoedegebuure@uchicago.edu

Alessandra L. González (Ph.D., Baylor University)
Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
alg2@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9013

Ehud Har Even (MS, Tel Aviv University, 2005)
Assistant Instructional Professor of Hebrew
ehareven@uchicago.edu

Hripsime Haroutunian (Ph.D., Institut Vostokovedeniya, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1992)
Instructional Professor of Armenian
h-haroutunian@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-4472

Rebecca Hasselbach (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2004)
Professor of Comparative Semitics
hasselb@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-3290

Ghenwa Hayek (Ph.D., Brown University, 2011)
Associate Professor of Modern Arabic Literature
ghenwa@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8306

Angie Heo (Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley)
Associate Professor, Anthropology and Sociology of Religions
heo@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-1867

Zainab Hermes (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic
zhermes@uchicago.edu

Aaron Jakes (Ph.D., New York University, 2015)
Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
ajakes@uchicago.edu

Aidan Kaplan (M.A., University of Chicago, 2019)
Assistant Instructional Professor of Arabic
aidankaplan@uchicago.edu

Janet Johnson (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972)
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
j-johnson@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9530

Hakan Karateke (Ph.D., Bamberg University, 1998)
Kanuni Süleyman Professor for Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies
karateke@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-5375

Darryl Li (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2012; J.D., Yale University, 2009)
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College; Associate Member, Law School
darrylli@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-4001

Khalid Lyamlahy (Ph.D., University of Oxford - St Anne’s College)
Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies and the College, Romance Languages & Literatures
klyamlahy@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-6198

Callie Maidhof (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2016)
Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Associate Director of Global Studies
cmaidhof@uchicago.edu

Augusta McMahon (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993)
Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology
augustamcmahon@uchicago.edu

John J. Mearsheimer (Ph.D., Cornell University, 1980)
R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science
j-mearsheimer@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8667

Elham Mireshghi (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2016)
Assistant Instructional Professor in the Divinity School and the College
emireshghi@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8240

Brian Muhs (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996)
Associate Professor of Egyptology and Director of CMES Ancient Track MA Program
bpmuhs@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9533

Cecilia Palombo (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2020)
Assistant Professor of Early Islamic History
cpalombo@uchicago.edu

Robert A. Pape (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988)
Professor of Political Science
rpape@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-0770

Dennis Pardee (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974)
Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies
d-pardee@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9541

Susanne Paulus (Ph.D., University of Münster, 2011)
Associate Professor of Assyriology
paulus@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-2778

Jennifer Pitts (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2000)
Professor of Political Science
jpitts@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8868

Na'ama Rokem (Ph.D, Stanford University, 2007)
Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature & Comparative Literature
nrokem@uchicago.edu

Guy Rolnik (MBA, Northwestern University)
Clinical Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Guy.Rolnik@chicagobooth.edu

Kamala Russell (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2021)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
kamala@uchicago.edu

Marlis Saleh (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Bibliographer for Middle East Studies; Editor of the Mamlūk Studies Review
msaleh@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8425

Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi (Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 2012)
Instructional Professor of Persian
pshabanijadidi@uchicago.edu

Holly Shissler (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995)
Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History
ashissle@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-4390

Rochelle Terman (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
rterman@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-4879

Anna Elena Torres (Ph.D., UC Berkeley.)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
aetorres@uchicago.edu

Paul Walker (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974)
Senior Lecturer in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Director of CMES Modern Track MA Program
pwalker@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-4619

Lisa Wedeen (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1995)
Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science
lwedeen@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8065

Emeritus Faculty

Howard Aronson, Professor Emeritus Departments of Slavic Languages and Literature & Linguistics	hia5@uchicago.edu (773) 702-8195
Ralph Austen, Professor Emeritus Department of History	wwb3@uchicago.edu (773) 702-8344
Bruce Craig, Former Bibliographer of Middle East Studies	brcr@uchicago.edu
Robert Dankoff, Professor Emeritus Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	r-dankoff@uchicago.edu (773) 702-7909
Fred M. Donner (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1975) Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern History	f-donner@uchicago.edu (773) 702-9544
Michael Fishbane (Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1971) Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School	mfishbane@midway.uchicago.edu (773) 702-8234
Victor Friedman (Ph.D., Chicago, 1975) Professor Emeritus, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Linguistics and Humanities Collegiate Division	v-friedman@uchicago.edu (773) 702-0732
Saeed Ghahremani (Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2004) Senior Lecturer in Persian	syousef@uchicago.edu (773) 834-8347
McGuire Gibson (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1968) Professor Emeritus of Mesopotamian Archaeology	m-gibson@uchicago.edu (773) 702-9525
Wadad Kadi, Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	w-kadi@uchicago.edu
Carolyn Killean, Associate Professor Emerita Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Linguistics
Bruce Lincoln (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976) Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions in the Divinity School	blincoln@midway.uchicago.edu (773) 702-5083
Paul Mendes-Flohr (Ph.D., Brandeis University) Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought in the Divinity School	prmendes@uchicago.edu (773) 702-5084
John Perry, Professor Emeritus Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	j-perry@uchicago.edu (773) 702-7251
Tahera Qutbuddin (Ph.D, Harvard University, 1999) Professor Emerita of Arabic Literature	btq@uchicago.edu (773) 834-8786
Michael Sells (Ph.D., University of Chicago) John Henry Barrows Professor Emeritus of Islamic History and Literature	msells@uchicago.edu (773) 702-8238
Matt Stolper (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974) Professor of Assyriology Emeritus	m-stolper@uchicago.edu (773) 702-8932
Bernard Wasserstein (D.Phil., Oxford, 1974; D.Litt., Oxford, 2001) Harriet & Ulrich E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Modern European Jewish History	bmjw@uchicago.edu (773) 702-3627
Edward Wente, Professor Emeritus Oriental Institute and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	e-wente@uchicago.edu (773) 702-9539
John E. Woods (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1974) Professor of Middle Eastern History Emeritus	j-woods@uchicago.edu (773) 702-8343