We are proud of the Center's affiliated graduate students, who specialize in Middle East and North African topics across a wide range of disciplines, including Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Archaeology, Art History, Comparative Literature, Education, Ethnomusicology, French, Gender Studies, Geography, German, History, Islamic Studies, Law, Management, Music, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Political Science, Social Welfare, Sociology, Spanish, Theater, and Urban Planning. A list of recent fellows are listed below.
UCLA graduate students with Middle East specialties are invited to join the Center's activities. To add your name to our mailing list, send an email message.
The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) awards are provided by a grant from the US Department of Education Title VI program.
FLAS Summer 2024
Andrew Admiraal, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Ivanna Berrios, Comparative Literature
Taylor Carr-Howard, Archaeology
Morgan Hartshorn, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Andrew Sayegh, Prehistory/Arabic and Islamic Studies
FLAS Academic Year 2024-25
Glen Maur, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Liza Kiork Mardoyan, Information Studies
Atiyeh Taghiei, Islamic Studies
Defne Tanyildiz, Statistics
Mona Tavassoli, Political Science Lori Pirinjian, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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2024-25 Mosafer Centennial Fund Fellows
Emine Naz Oktay, Gender Studies Ashkaan Kashani, Iranian Studies
Mustapha Outbakat, Anthropology Gilad Wenig, Sociology
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Roxanne Corbeil, Sociology (2024-25)
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Dima El-Mouallem, Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Mustapha Outbakat, Anthropology
Safa Hamzeh, History
Cihangir Can, Gender Studies