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The Center administers a two-year terminal master's degree through either the
Division of Humanities or the Division of Social Science, wherein a student may structure his or her own course of study in such areas as contemporary Middle Eastern studies, Middle Eastern history, Islamic studies, Islamic
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and external reviews. In the most recent competition for
Department of Education's Title VI funds in 2014, the Center was awarded both NRC (National Resource Center) and FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) grants, which support courses, extracurricular programs, educational outreach, and
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Common Room and in formal settings, such as the Center's lectures, conferences, symposia, and panel discussions. The Center also serves the general public by providing free educational resources and organizing professional development programs for local educators.
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in the East. As a result, this Area Center covers some of the most important and controversial regions - including
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The primary function of the Center is to stimulate and coordinate research and teaching about the
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Additionally, the Center offers a series of joint
Masters of Arts programs. These include:
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Institute for the Study of
Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa
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National Resource Center for the study of a region extending from
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M.A. in Middle
Eastern Studies/Masters in Business Administration
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Center for Middle
Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
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Center for Middle
Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
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Graham School of
Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
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M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies/Masters in Public Policy
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Rashid Khalidi lead the center between 1991 and 1995
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199:Associate Director: Thomas E.R. Maguire
456:Center for Research in Security Prices
400:Harris School of Public Policy Studies
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731:Cannon v. University of Chicago
618:George Herbert Jones Laboratory
451:Center for Population Economics
623:Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
551:Toyota Technological Institute
127:graduate student fellowships.
112:National Defense Education Act
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756:University of Chicago sit-ins
653:Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
187:at the University of Chicago
867:Contemporary Chamber Players
516:Marine Biological Laboratory
556:University of Chicago Press
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807:Women's basketball
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695:Rockefeller Chapel
663:Regenstein Library
638:Hutchinson Commons
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380:The College
320:M.P.P./A.M.
304:: 1965-1968
298:: 1968-1972
292:: 1973-1976
286:: 1976-1979
277:: 1985-1991
271:: 1991-1995
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259:: 1998-2004
253:: 2004-2007
241:: 2009-2014
239:Fred Donner
235:: 2014-2017
137:Middle East
104:Middle East
988:Categories
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561:Journals
491:Fermilab
63:Director
46:Location
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792:Maroons
721:History
648:Library
373:Schools
155:Turkish
92:Morocco
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908:People
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