Doctor's degree Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies - Harvard University

Doctor's degree Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University is a Campus Ph.D Area Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) was established in 1954 for the purpose of supporting research and teaching in the languages, literatures, history, governments, economics, and cultures of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia, with the emphasis on the modern period. At the core of its teaching and research is the pursuit of firsthand knowledge about the Middle East based on literacy in its languages and an understanding of its political and economic realities, its culture and traditions. To achieve these aims, the center cooperates with faculty having a Middle Eastern interest, with other regional studies centers, and with Harvard libraries and museums holding collections related to Middle Eastern and Islamic studies . The center's aim is to offer a comprehensive program of training for those planning careers in education, government service, and in the private sector, as well as to support research on the area. More than 50 members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are associated with the center; in addition, Middle East specialists are found in the Law School, the Business School, the Kennedy School of Government, the Divinity School, and the Graduate School of Design. The Center publishes a listing of courses relating to the Middle East each year, usually totaling over 200 undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars offered in the departments of Government, History of Art and Architecture, History, Anthropology, Religion, and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Candidates will fulfill all the requirements for the PhD in social anthropology. In addition, the candidate will also fulfill the following language and area requirements of the Committee on Middle Eastern Studies : Languages — Each candidate must demonstrate a reading knowledge of one of the following European languages: German, French, Italian, or Russian. This requirement may be fulfilled either by a departmental examination or by satisfactory completion of two years of language study. The student must also demonstrate a thorough knowledge of a modern Middle Eastern language: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish. Depending on the student's specialization, another Middle Eastern or Islamic language (e.g., Kurdish, Bahasa Indonesia, Urdu) may be substituted with the approval of the Committee on Joint PhD Programs. "Thorough knowledge" would normally translate into a minimum of four years of language study with a final grade of B- or above. Native speakers of these languages will be required to master a second Middle Eastern language. A written examination in the Middle Eastern language selected will be administered by the Committee on Middle Eastern Studies and must also be taken before the completion of course work. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Area Studies courses.