Resources for Students

From Morocco to Jordan, from Oman to Turkey, University of Denver students are more interested in working, studying and travelling in the Middle East than ever before in our school's history. We aim to encourage and support this student interest by providing relevant and timely resources. 

• Funding Opportunities

  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: korbelinternships@du.edu

  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.

• DU Undergraduate Courses on the Middle East (Winter 2021)

  Course Number & Subject	Course Name	College	Professor	Schedule Type	Course Day(s)	Course Time(s)
  ARAB 2002	Intermediate Arabic	CAHSS	Maha Saliba Foster	Combined/Hybrid	Tues/Thurs	8:00-8:50 AM
  ARAB 3391	Arabic: Independent Study	CAHSS
  ARAB 3702	Topics in Arabic: Effect of Corruption on the Lebanese Society	CAHSS	Maha Saliba Foster	Asynchronous
  ARAB1002	Elementary Arabic	CAHSS	Maha Saliba Foster	Combined/Hybrid	Tues/Thurs; Mon/Wed	9:00 AM-9:50 AM
  ASEM 2697	Muslims and Identity in Europe	Morgridge College	Andrea Stanton	In-Person	Thurs	4:00-5:50 PM
  HIST 2105	The Dark Ages: Survey in Early Medieval History	CAHSS	Daniel Melleno	Online	Tues/Thurs	2:00-3:50 PM
  HIST 2300	A History of Israel-Palestine, 1800-Present	CAHSS	Jonathan Sciarcon	In Person & Online	In Person: Wed Online: Mon	10:00 AM-11:50 AM
  INTS 3215	Major Issues in International Security	Josef Korbel School	David Goldfischer	Combined/Hybrid	Thurs	10:00-11:50 AM
  INTZ 1810	Directed Independent Language Study: Arabic	CAHSS	Maha Saliba Foster	In Person	Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs	9:00 AM-9:50 AM
  RLGS 3500	Religious Studies: Islam	CAHSS	Bridget Blomfield	Online	Tues/Thurs	10 AM-11:50 AM

• DU Graduate Courses on the Middle East (Winter 2021)

  Course Number/Subject	Course Name	College	Professor	Schedule Type	Course Day(s)	Course Time(s)
  RLGS 3500	Religious Studies: Islam	CAHSS	Bridget Blomfield	Online	Tues/Thurs	10 AM-11:50 AM
  INTS 4526	Modern Islamic Political Thought	Josef Korbel School	Nader Hashemi	Online	Wed	3:00-4:50 PM
  INTS 4649	Human Rights and the Middle East	Josef Korbel School	Micheline Ishay	In-Person	Tues	9:00-11:50 AM
  INTS 4722	U.S. Policy in the Middle East Since World War II	Josef Korbel School	Gary Grappo	Online	Wed	2:00-4:50 PM

• Journals

  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.

• Internship resources

  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

• Graduate Certificate in Religion and International Affairs

  The Graduate Certificate in Religion and International Affairs provides students pursuing MA degrees in the Department of Religious Studies (CAHSS) or the Josef Korbel School of International Studies with the opportunity to enhance their home program of study with specific expertise in the scholarly and professional field of religion and international affairs. This certificate program emphasizes scholarly and practitioner approaches to understanding the intersections between religion and international affairs in the modern world, providing students with an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary case studies as well as theoretical issues.

  This certificate is open to students pursuing an MA Degree in Religious Studies (CAHSS), an MA Degree within the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and those enrolled in the DU/Iliff Joint Doctoral Program (JDP).

  If you are interested in pursuing the certificate, please reach out to the degree directors.

  Directors

  Nader Hashemi – Director, Center for Middle East Studies | Associate Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies

  Andrea L. Stanton – Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

• Language Study Abroad

  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 - Morocco

  Qasid Arabic Institute - Jordan

  SWSEEL Summer Language Workshop, Indiana University - USA

  Yemen College of Middle East Studies (Sana'a)

  Hebrew

   

  Hebrew and Israeli Culture Program, Hebrew University - Israel

  Intensive Hebrew Study Program (Ulpan), Ben Gurion University - Israel

  Brandeis University, Middlebury School of Hebrew - USA

   Persian

   

   

  Critical Language Scholarship Program - Tajikistan

  Arabic, Persian, & Turkish Language Institute, University of Wisconsin - USA

  Turkish 

   

  Critical Language Scholarship Program - Turkey

  SWSEEL Summer Language Workshop, University of Indiana - USA

  Turkish Language & Culture Program, Boğaziçi University - Turkey

  Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion Institute, University of Wisconsin - USA