Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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Univ. to step up Middle East studies

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Council on Middle East Studies will unveil an initiative today that will commit more of the University’s resources to studying the contemporary Middle East.

The primary component of the initiative will be the Yale-Middle East Visiting Faculty Program, which will bring three visiting scholars to the University each year to teach classes and conduct research on the modern Middle East, concentrating on regional issues and their global implications. The program will also strengthen Yale’s Iranian Studies and Turkish Studies curricula, and create a public health component that will...

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