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News and Events
Lectures in 2008 :
* Lecture by Professor Suraiya Faroqhi on Thursday December 11,
2008 in College Hall, Auditorium B1 at 5:00 PM. Title: " Refugees
and Asylum Seekers in Ottoman Territory in the Early Modern Period"
Poster
* Lecture by Professor Winfried Held on Thursday April, 3, 2008
in West Hall, room 204 at 5:00 PM.
Title: "
Seleucid Temples: Royal Ideology and Cult in the Hellenistic Near
East".
Poster
* Lecture by Paul Newson on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in West
Hall, room 204 at 3:30 PM. Title : "
Imperialism,
Cultural Ideals and Customs: The Rural Landscape of the Roman Near
East".
Poster
* Lecture by Dr. Paul Du Quenoy on Thursday, March 13, 2008 in
West Hall, room 301 at 4:00 PM.
Title : " Russia
and Egypt in the Imperial Era: Cultural Tropes".
Poster
* Lecture by Mr. Chad Parker on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 in
West Hall, room 301 at 4:00 PM. Title : " Partners
in Progress: The Arabian American Oil Company, Corporate Diplomacy,
and American Modernization in Saudi Arabia."
Poster
News :
The PhD Program in
Arab and Middle Eastern History
General
The re-launching of
this doctoral program heralds the return of AUB’s Department of
History to its leadership role in the formation of top-rank
professional historians. PhD students will acquire research,
critical, interpretive, and writing skills that will enable them to
become main contributors to the advancement of historical studies
both in our region and abroad.
Outcomes
Upon receiving their
degree, graduates of the program will be equipped with the
methodological, language and research skills that will qualify them
to serve as educators or professional researchers in local, regional
and overseas universities or in other advanced centers of higher
learning in their fields of specialization or in related cultural
and inter-disciplinary studies. Their training enables them as well
to be eligible for broader academic, administrative, media and
diplomatic posts.
Admission
Requirements
Admission to the
doctoral program is on a competitive and selective basis and is
dependent upon the recommendation of the department and the approval
of the University Board of Graduate Studies. Applicants normally
hold an MA and have demonstrated outstanding academic ability (minimum
average grade of 85 or its equivalent) and potential to conduct
scholarly research. In certain cases, BA holders whose academic
performance is superior (minimum average grade of 80 or its
equivalent) will be considered for admission to the program.
Depending on their point of entry, the completion of the program
will extend between 3 to 5 years.
Study and Course
Requirements
For MA holders, 12
credits of graduate level courses are required. For BA holders directly admitted
to the program 30 credits of graduate level courses. The department
may require such students to take additional graduate or
undergraduate courses whenever it deems that to be necessary. The
language of instruction is English; Arabic, however, can be
considered as such depending on the area of specialization.
Additionally, all students are required to attain a working knowledge
of either French or German and any ocher language required by their
field of specialization. All students must take a comprehensive
examination and submit a dissertation.
Admission to
Candidacy
Students with an MA
must achieve candidacy status not later than 5 semesters after
admission to the program. In the case of BA holders directly
admitted to the Program, candidacy must be achieved nor later than
three years. For admission to candidacy, students are expected to
have submitted a study program approved by the Board of Graduate
Studies, completed at least 12 credits of graduate courses and
required language courses, attained a cumulative average of at least
85 in all courses taken, passed the comprehensive and language
examinations set by the department and submitted and defended a
dissertation proposal.
For further
information about admissions, kindly click on the link below to
access the admissions office website :
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webadmit/applications/applications%2008-09.html
The deadline for applying for the fall semester 2008 - 2009 is on
Wednesday April 30, 2008. The notification date will be by the end
of June. As for the deadline for the spring semester, it is on
Saturday, November 1, 2008. The notification date will be by the end
of December.
For an application form please follow the link below:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webadmit/applications/2008-9/PhD/inside.pdf
Curriculum
The history graduate
curriculum is subject to periodic departmental review. Overall it is
a flexible and an individually driven program designed to build up a
critical mass of information, based on the historical literature
relating to the area of specialization, which will serve as the
necessary foundation for a continuing process of life-long
education. To teach historical research and writing, the curriculum
adopts a problem-solving approach with a view to enabling graduates
to think critically, to work independently and ultimately to take
conscious ownership of their learning activity and to align it with
their own educational, academic and career aspirations.
For details on the
full curriculum, kindly click on the link below :
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webhist/historycourses.htm
Faculty (Professorial rank
and general areas of specialization)
A.
Abu-Husayn
Professor, PhD, American
University of Beirut
Ottoman Lebanon and the Syrian Provinces
N.
El-Cheikh
Professor, PhD, Harvard
University
Byzantine, Early Islamic History and Gender Studies
T. Khalidi
Adjunct Professor, The Shaykh
Zayid Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan
Chair, PhD University of Chicago
Early Islamic History and Historiography
J.
Meloy
Associate Professor, PhD,
University of Chicago
Mamluk History.
P. Du Quenoy
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Georgetown University
Modern European and Russian History
S.
Seikaly
Professor, PhD, School of
Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
Modern Middle East History
Resources
In addition to
computer and other technical facilities provided by AUB, students
will have access to the department’s private library as well as to
the main University library. Jafet Library holds over half a million
printed volumes, many of which relate to the history of the Arabs
and the Modern Middle East. The University Library also owns over
1400 manuscripts, overwhelmingly concerned with matters pertaining
to Islam and other aspects of Middle Eastern life and history. Its
periodical subscriptions include about three thousand periodicals of
which 182 are in Arabic. The Library moreover has one of the largest
and most complete collections of Arabic newspapers covering the 19th
and 20th centuries. To this must be added the vast array of primary
and secondary material available on microfilm and microfiche and in
a multiplicity of databases which are accessible to all AUB
students.
The Department
also has an additional Faculty line for Visiting Professors: the
Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair.
Financial
Assistance
The University
will award graduate or teaching assistantships to PhD candidates, on
a merit or need basis, entitling them to a tuition waiver and to a
monthly stipend of $800 covering each academic year of their study.
It will also assist in covering the cost of language instruction
should this be sought outside the AUB campus.
AUB has 6 other PhD programs in several other
fields, for more information please click on the links below :
http://www.aub.edu.lb/news/archive/preview.php?id=71242
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webprov/phdProgramsAUB/NYSED.htm
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