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

Doctor's degree History 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. As soon as possible after entering the History and Middle Eastern Studies program, and no later than the end of the first year, the student should select an advisor (who must be a member of the history department) in consultation with whom four fields of study will be chosen for presentation at the General Examination. This selection of fields is to be set down in written form and signed by the advisor. This plan will also state the candidate's choice of courses and language examinations during the first two years. A student wishing subsequently to propose changes in this study plan must do so in the form of a written petition to the advisor. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Area Studies courses.