Yale and the Middle East
At Yale, we aim to nurture a comprehensive understanding of the Middle East that spans disciplines, regions, languages, and time periods.
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Council on Middle East Studies at Yale’s MacMillan Center
CMES serves as an academic platform where students and faculty can debate the myriad contemporary, historical, political, and cultural issues of relevance to the Middle East and North Africa.
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The program in Iranian studies promotes study of Iran, Afghanistan, and the Persianate cultural sphere, with emphasis on regional and international affairs, domestic political developments as well as society, history, religion, art, art history, culture, law, medicine and public health, economy, and the environment.
Yale Babylonian Collection
The program in Iranian studies promotes study of Iran, Afghanistan, and the Persianate cultural sphere, with emphasis on regional and international affairs, domestic political developments as well as society, history, religion, art, art history, culture, law, medicine and public health, economy, and the environment.
Middle East Legal Studies Seminar at Yale Law School
The Middle East Legal Studies Seminar (MELSS) brings together leading practitioners, judges, and legal academics from across the Middle East to meet yearly with Yale Law School faculty and students.
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