The Department of History offers graduate and undergraduate courses in medieval and modern Middle Eastern and North African history. R. Stephen Humphreys, holder of the Chair in Islamic Studies, specializes in early Islamic historiography, as well as in the history of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey. Nancy Gallagher specializes in the history of modern North Africa, Egypt, and the Levant. The Department offers doctoral degrees in medieval and modern Middle East history. Students interested in the Middle East should consider affiliating with UCSB's new Islamic and Near Eastern Studies program, which is housed in the Global and International Studies Program.
The following faculty are in this field
The following courses are in this field
- History 200ME Historical Literature: Middle East
- History 201ME Advanced Historical Literature - Middle East
- History 245 Special Topics in Islamic History
- History 245A Seminar in Islamic History
- History 245B Seminar in Islamic History
- History 246 Special Topics in Modern Middle Eastern History
- History 246A Postcolonial and Postmodern Discourses on Africa and the Middle East: Points of Contention
- History 246B Postcolonial and Postmodern Discourses on Africa and the Middle East: Points of Contention
