Networks

In the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, the following eight subject areas are represented by professorial chairs:

• Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Arabic Studies
• Egyptology
• Iranian Studies
• Islamic Studies
• Middle East Economics
• Middle Eastern Politics
• Semitic Studies

Moreover, firmly established academic programs exist for the subject areas:

• Geography
• Cultural Studies
• Turkish Studies (part-time lectureships, Erasmus program, visiting professorships)
• Archaeology of the Middle East and Central Asia (adjunct professor)

This combination of subjects established at the CNMS represents a unique variety of Near and Middle Eastern expertise.

In addition to the core competencies in these subject areas, the Center benefits from a broad network of contacts within the Philipps University. This table shows which agreements on module exchange, joint courses and research groups are in place.