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Graduate Program in Near Eastern StudiesThe graduate field of Near Eastern studies at Cornell University offers training in the history, cultures, religions, literatures, and languages of the Near East from the dawn of civilization down to the present. The program places great emphasis on comparative and interdisciplinary methods of inquiry and analysis whether the student is working in the antique, late antique, Islamic (corresponding to Christendom’s Middle Ages), pre-modern or modern period. The program offers a Ph.D. degree. Although the student’s particular in depth course of study will vary according to the their specific historical and disciplinary interests the NES graduate program expects the future scholars and teachers it trains to take advantage of the opportunity to appreciate the sweep and encounter the breadth of Near Eastern civilization. For example, students interested in the modern history of the region are strongly encouraged to acquire a background in its pre-modern history and culture; and students interested in a particular Near Eastern literary or religious tradition are advised to investigate another such Near Eastern tradition. Students will find that our field’s commitment to comparative and interdisciplinary training enriches understanding of their chosen sub-field and prepares them to assume the teaching responsibilities and research regimens of the specialist. It also affords them the possibility of entering into conversations with different sub-fields and disciplines in Near Eastern studies.
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