#  Administration and Staff 

 



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  [### Khaled El-Rouayheb

 ](/people/khaled-el-rouayheb) <kel@fas.harvard.edu>James 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... 

 

 

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   [### Christina Maranci 

 ](/people/christina-maranci) <cmaranci@fas.harvard.edu>Mashtots 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... 

 

 

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   [### Jessica Marglin

 ](/people/jessica-marglin) <jmarglin@fas.harvard.edu>Jacob 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... 

 

 

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   [### Adam Middleton

 ](/people/adam-middleton) <gmiddleton@fas.harvard.edu>Staff Assistant (Courses)

 

 

 Contact for course catalog, department calendar, room scheduling, website 

 

 

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   [### Eva Stathi Misho

 ](/people/eva-s-misho) [eva\_misho@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:eva_misho@fas.harvard.edu)Student Coordinator

 

 

 Contact for undergraduate and graduate programs, course registration, orientation, and graduate admissions. 

 

 

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   [### Carrie Mountain

 ](/people/carrie-mountain) <cmountain@fas.harvard.edu>Department Administrator

 

 

 Contact for faculty affairs, visiting researchers, human resources, financial approvals and budgeting 

 

 

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   [### Kathy Paras

 ](/people/kathy-paras) <kparas@fas.harvard.edu>Language Program Coordinator (On Leave)

 

 

 Contact for Teaching Fellow, Teaching Assistant, and Preceptor appointments, language citations, and language placement exams. 

 

 

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   [### Soma Roy

 ](/people/soma-roy) <roy@fas.harvard.edu>Staff Assistant (Finance)

 

 

 Contact for purchasing and financial policy &amp; procedures; HUIT liaison for faculty. 

 

 

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   [### Nader Uthman

 ](/people/nader-uthman) <naderuthman@fas.harvard.edu>Senior 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... 

 

 

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   [### Malika Zeghal

 ](/people/malika-zeghal) <mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu>Prince 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... 

 

 

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