Administration and Staff
Khaled El-Rouayheb
kel@fas.harvard.eduJames Richard Jewett Professor of Islamic Intellectual History
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
Khaled El-Rouayheb’s research interests include: the intellectual and cultural history of the Arabic-Islamic world in the Mamluk and early-Ottoman periods (1200-1800); the history of Arabic logic; Islamic theology and philosophy. He holds a BA in...
Christina Maranci
cmaranci@fas.harvard.eduMashtots Professor of Armenian Studies
Chair of the Department
Christina Maranci is Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University, a Harvard College Professor, Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and holds a joint appointment in the History of Art and Architecture. She...
Jessica Marglin
jmarglin@fas.harvard.eduJacob E. Safra Professor of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jessica Marglin’s research examines the history of Jews in North Africa and the Mediterranean in the modern period, with a particular emphasis on law. She draws on sources in Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and multiple European languages. Her first book...
Adam Middleton
gmiddleton@fas.harvard.eduStaff Assistant (Courses)
Contact for course catalog, department calendar, room scheduling, website
Eva Stathi Misho
eva_misho@fas.harvard.eduStudent Coordinator
Contact for undergraduate and graduate programs, course registration, orientation, and graduate admissions.
Carrie Mountain
cmountain@fas.harvard.eduDepartment Administrator
Contact for faculty affairs, visiting researchers, human resources, financial approvals and budgeting
Kathy Paras
kparas@fas.harvard.eduLanguage Program Coordinator (On Leave)
Contact for Teaching Fellow, Teaching Assistant, and Preceptor appointments, language citations, and language placement exams.
Soma Roy
roy@fas.harvard.eduStaff Assistant (Finance)
Contact for purchasing and financial policy & procedures; HUIT liaison for faculty.
Nader Uthman
naderuthman@fas.harvard.eduSenior Preceptor in Arabic
Director of the Modern Language Programs
At NELC, I teach courses in Arabic and direct the Modern Language Programs, where I work with colleagues teaching Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, and Yiddish. I was educated in New York, both upstate and downstate, as...
Malika Zeghal
mzeghal@fas.harvard.eduPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life
Director of Graduate Studies
Malika Zeghal is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at Harvard University. She is also a member of the Committee on the Study of Religion and a...
