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The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) promotes research and scholarship in South Asia and the Middle East. CSAMES was recently designated a National Resource Center (Title VI) by the US Department of Education for the study and teaching of the Middle East, enabling the Center to further strengthen its commitment to an academic inquiry into a region that is home to some of the world's oldest religions and civilizations. CSAMES works with more than a dozen departments and affiliated faculty of over 100 faculty members, who bring to the Center their expertise and diverse areas of interest. These members actively participate in lectures and events, including the annual Turkish Studies Symposium and the Middle East and Islamic Studies Lecture Series. Some of the disciplines that CSAMES faculty are associated with are contemporary and historical studies of South Asia and the Middle East, and inquiries into such topics as religious and social identities, cultural values, literary expression, urbanization, politics and gender. Courses recently developed in conjunction with these faculty include Muslim-Christian Interactions and Islam in East Africa. Site contents: * About (Overview, Mission Statement, Giving); * People (Staff, Faculty, Emeritus Members, Associate Members, Student Members, Masters Students); * Academic Program (Overview, Masters Program, Islamic World Studies, Minor South Asian Studies, Minor Current Courses, Student Paper Prizes, Study Abroad, FLAS [Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships & Scholarships]); * News & Events (Calendar, Brown Bag Lectures, News & Announcements, Features, Highlighted, Members, Newsletter, India Studies Lecture, Iranian Studies Symposium, Middle East Summer Institute, Turkish Studies Symposium, Archived Events); * Resources (Library Resources, Faculty Fellowships & Grants, Related Campus Units and Organizations, Middle Eastern Studies Programs and Resources, South Asian Studies Programs and Resources); * Outreach (Overview, Middle East Curriculum Resources, South Asia Curriculum Resources, Our Library, Acknowledgments, Contact); * Contact; * I-NIMS [The Illinois Network on Islam and Muslim Societies] (About, Members, Speakers Bureau, Events, Resources); * Upcoming Events; * News & Announcements; * Featured; * RSS feeds.
http://www.csames.illinois.edu/
Keywords: Education, Higher education, Research, South Asia,
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