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 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 Professorr 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)
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)
Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of Music

boh6@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-0514

Yousef Casewit (Ph.D., Yale University, 2014)
Assistant 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 Mohammadi Doostdar (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2011)
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)
Associate 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.)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

feldmanl@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-5809

Michael Fishbane (Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1971)
Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School

mfishbane@midway.uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8234

Cornell H. Fleischer (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1982)
Kanunî Süleyman Professor of Islamic and Ottoman History

c-fleischer@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8342

Noha Aboulmagd Forster (A.B.D., 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 and Director of CMES Ancient Track MA Program

pgoedegebuure@uchicago.edu

Alessandra L. González (Ph.D., Baylor University)
Senior Research Associate, 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)
Associate Professor of Comparative Semitics

hasselb@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-3290

Ghenwa Hayek (Ph.D., Brown University)
Associate Professor of Modern Arabic Literature

ghenwa@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8306

Angie Heo (Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley)
Assistant 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 (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)
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)
Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Culture, Language, and Literature

karateke@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-5375

Franklin Lewis (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1995)
Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature

flewis@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-4504

Darryl Li (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2012; J.D., Yale University, 2009)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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

Brian Muhs (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996)
Associate Professor of Egyptology

bpmuhs@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9533

David Nirenberg (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1992)
Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor of Medieval History and Social Thought; Dean, Divinity School

nirenberg@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-3423

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)
Associate Professor of Political Science

jpitts@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8868

Tahera Qutbuddin  (Ph.D, Harvard University, 1999)
Professor of Arabic Literature

btq@uchicago.edu
(773) 834-8786

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)
Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023; Assistant Professor since 2023

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 Professor of Political Science

lwedeen@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-8065

Donald Whitcomb (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1979)
Research Associate Professor, Islamic Archaeology

d-whitcomb@uchicago.edu
(773) 702-9530

 

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

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

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