Resources for Students

LIEBICH FAMILY FUND FOR MIDDLE EAST INTERNSHIP SUPPORT

Thanks to Don and Marcia Liebich's dedication to making a positive impact and improving their community and the world, a fund has been established to support Korbel MA student internships in the Middle East and North Africa.

Funding will go to students with an un- or under-funded internship or educational experience based in the region, and awards go up to $2,500.

For questions, please e-mail: [email protected]

MACKENZIE AND WASSON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS

Thanks to the MacKenzie and Wasson endowed scholarship funds, CMES offers two competitive scholarships annually for continuing graduate students at Korbel with a strong interest in issues related to Israel and Palestine. Korbel admissions will email all continuing students during the summer with more information, including an essay prompt.

GRADUATE INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP GRANT

As part of the RenewDU initiative, the Office of Graduate Education has funding available for Graduate International Internship Grants (GIG). These competitive grants are available to graduate students at the University of Denver who meet certain application criteria.

Read more.

Additional DU departments, courses, and opportunities related to the Middle East:

DU Department of Religious Studies: Across these programs, students explore religious traditions as avenues into contemporary issues. Understanding religious identities, practices and beliefs deepens our understanding of cultures, politics, economics and relations with one another — around the world and in our local communities.

DU Middle East Minor: This interdisciplinary undergraduate minor provides students with an in-depth and substantive exposure to the politics, society and religions of the Middle East through a variety of humanities and social sciences approaches, and through study of at least one major regional language. The minor helps DU undergraduates pursuing any major to develop deeper and more nuanced understandings of the Middle East.

Below you will find links to some of the best scholarly journals published on subjects relating to the history, politics and culture of the Middle East and broader Islamic world. 

Note: Access to journal articles is available only when using the DU network. Library permissions will not be granted otherwise.

MIDDLE EAST POLITICS & POLICY

Middle East Policy
A journal dedicated to the study and analysis of contemporary Middle Eastern politics with a heavy emphasis on its relation to U.S. foreign policy. Strong current events focus.

The Middle East Journal
A journal focused on political and economic development in the Middle East and the implications for Western policy. Strong current events focused.

Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP)
Policy and current event analysis geared towards the media and general public. Focused on non-specialist consumption and generating public awareness.

MIDDLE EAST HISTORY

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
Journal of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES). Strong emphasis on modern cultural, religious, intellectual, and political history.

International Journal of Middle East Studies
The journal of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). Arguably the most prominent journal in the field. Heavy emphasis on cultural, religious, intellectual, and political history from the modern period.

Journal of North African Studies
The journal of the American Institute of Maghrib Studies. Primarily focused on the modern history of North Africa, frequently publishes pre-modern historical research.

Middle East Critique
Critical examination of contemporary Middle Eastern political, economic, social, and cultural history.

Middle Eastern Studies
Journal of modern historical research with an emphasis on political, economic, and military history.

AREA STUDIES

Arab Studies Journal
Journal focusing on the modern histories of Arab societies.

Contemporary Arab Affairs
Focused on contemporary social, economic, and political/policy affairs within the Arab world.

Iranian Studies
Journal focused on the modern history of the Persianate world (Iran, Central Asia, Northern India, and the Caucuses), with particular emphasis on Iranian society and politics.

Israel Affairs
Focused primarily on contemporary Israeli politics and policy

Turkish Studies
Focused on post-Ottoman Turkish political, social, and economic history, in addition to contemporary policy debates.

The first step for any student interested in working overseas or domestically is to identify suitable employers. To help start that process, CMES has compiled an extensive--but by no means comprehensive--list of organizations that offer competitive internships, both throughout the academic year and in the summer. We hope you find it useful.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• International Monetary Fund

• World Bank

• World Health Organization

• United Nations

  • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

  • UN Development Programme

  • UN Headquarters New York

  • UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Palestine)

  • UNICEF

  • UN Refugee Agency

  • UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Mid-East (Amman, Beirut, and Jerusalem)

NGO’S AND NON-PROFITS

• The Arab-American Language Institute in Morocco (Meknes, Morocco)

• Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (Cairo)

• Carnegie Middle East Center (Beirut)

• CDRF Global (Jordan)

• Columbia University Global Centers – Middle East (Amman)

• Columbia University Global Centers – Turkey (Istanbul)

• Freedom House (North Africa)

• Human Rights Watch (Beirut)

• Heinrich Böll Foundation – Middle East Office (Beirut)

• International Peace Institute (Bahrain)

• Oxfam International (Sudan, Egypt, Jordan)

• Palestinian American Research Center (Palestine)

MIDDLE EAST INTERNSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, DC

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute

• American Enterprise Institute

• American Islamic Congress

• Amnesty International

• Atlantic Council

• The Brookings Institute

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The Carter Center

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Council on Foreign Relations

• Foreign Policy Research Institute

• Henry L. Stimson Center (Middle East and Southwest Asia)

• Hudson Institute

• Institute for Policy Studies

• The Jerusalem Fund: Palestine Center

• National Democratic Institute

• National Council on US-Arab Relations

• New America Foundation

• Project on Middle East Democracy

• Middle East Institute

• The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

• The Wilson Center – Middle East Program

Arabic

AMIDEAST - Egypt, Jordan, Morocco

Arabic, Persion, & Turkisk Language Institute, University of Wisconsin - USA
Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) - Morocco
Arabic School, Middlebury Language Schools - USA
Center for Arabic Study Abroad, University of Arizona - Jordan<
Center for Cross-Cultural Learning (Rabat, Morocco)

Center for International Learning – Oman (Muscat) 

CIEE Summer, Semester, & Year-long Programs - Jordan, Morocco
Critical Language Scholarship Program - Jordan, Morocco, Oman

Institute for Intensive Arabic Language and Culture at the Lebanese American University (Beirut)
Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies - MoroccoQasid Arabic Institute - JordanSWSEEL Summer Language Workshop, Indiana University - USAYemen College of Middle East Studies (Sana'a)
Hebrew

Hebrew and Israeli Culture Program, Hebrew University - IsraelIntensive Hebrew Study Program (Ulpan), Ben Gurion University - IsraelBrandeis University, Middlebury School of Hebrew - USA
Persian

Critical Language Scholarship Program - TajikistanArabic, Persian, & Turkish Language Institute, University of Wisconsin - USA
Turkish
Critical Language Scholarship Program - TurkeySWSEEL Summer Language Workshop, University of Indiana - USATurkish Language & Culture Program, Boğaziçi University - TurkeyArabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion Institute, University of Wisconsin - USA