Lombard Gradual, Italy, mid 15th century Medievalists at Cornell

This section provides information on the people in the Program of Medieval Studies at Cornell, including faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni/ae. Dissertation abstracts from previous years are available under the graduate students heading.


Medieval Studies Faculty and Staff


Near Eastern Studies

Brann, Ross | Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies (chair)
Campus Address: 405 White Hall
Contact:  (607) 255-5450 | rb23@cornell.edu | web

Scholarly interests:  Classical Arabic; Hebrew poetry and poetics; Islamic Spain.

Haines-Eitzen, Kim | Associate Professor
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Campus Address: 409 White Hall
Contact: (607) 255-2519 | kjh10@cornell.edu | web

Scholarly Interests: Early Christianity and early Judaism; religion in Late Antiquity; text transmission in Late Antiquity; asceticism and monasticism.

Powers, David S. | Professor
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Campus Address: 406 White Hall
Contact: (607) 255-6275 | dsp4@cornell.edu | web

Scholarly Interests:  Medieval Islamic history and law.

Toorawa, Shawkat | Assistant Professor
Department of Near Eastern Studies (Director of Graduate Studies)
Campus Address: 407 White Hall
Contact: (607) 255-1330 |  smt24@cornell.edu | web

Scholarly Interests:  Classical and medieval Arabic literature, modern Arabic poetry, plural Islam, and the Indian Ocean.