Depending upon the student’s specialization, another Middle Eastern language may be substituted with the approval of the Committee on Joint PhD Programs. Students are expected to develop Middle Eastern language skills (in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish) that will enable them to work at the highest levels of scholarship and teaching in their chosen field. Students in the joint PhD Program in History and Middle Eastern Studies fulfill all the requirements for the PhD in History in addition to the language and area studies requirements established by the Committee on Middle Eastern Studies. As a student in an interdisciplinary program you are a full member of the Department of History cohort, but also have an intellectual home at CMES and access to CMES faculty, facilities, and resources.

The joint program in History and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students interested in enriching their program of study for the PhD in History with firsthand knowledge about the Middle East based on literacy in its languages and an understanding of its history.

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