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Goals and Objectives of the Doctoral
Program |
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The program aspires to bring students to
a level of competency in their chosen fields of specialization that
would empower them to play a principal role in enhancing liberal
education in the region. PhD candidates will acquire critical,
interpretive and analytical skills; benchmark methodologies leading to
the conduct of advanced research; and deeper, more sophisticated and
more nuanced understanding of Arabic language and literature, and
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Curriculum |
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The offerings of the Department fall
within three broadly defined fields:(1) Arabic language and related fields (phonetics, morphology, syntax,
history of grammar, lexicology, stylistics, etc.);(2) classical and pre-modern Arabic literature and thought (including
poetry, prose, belles letters and other forms of literary expression);
and(3) modern Arabic literature and thought (including poetry, prose,
literary theory, etc.).
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Admission Requirements |
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Admission requirements are in line with
those set by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and are found in
the AUB Graduate Catalogue. The Department requires the following
three additional requirements:
(1) A master’s degree in Arabic from a recognized university, or an
equivalent acceptable
to the Department, plus three recommendation,
sample writings by the student, and an
interview (when deemed
necessary by the Department). Students of exceptional
promise may be
admitted after finishing their BA.
(2) Proven unimpaired Arabic.
(3) English proficiency (see the AUB catalogue for the required level
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Library Resources and Services |
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Students will have access to the
University Libraries print and virtual collections. Jafet Library, the main
library, is centrally located on campus, and has branch libraries in
engineering, architecture, the pure and agricultural sciences.
Its holdings include over 600,000 volumes and a print journal collection of around 2500 titles and approximately
22,000 titles within electronic databases.Over 22,000 volumes pertain to
Arabic language and literature. Of the 207 Arabic language periodicals, many
are in the fields of Arabic linguistics, literary translation and literature. A
valuable collection of 1392 Arabic manuscripts exists and covers Arabic
language, literature, history and culture. The Library is rich in pre 1900
publications in the Arabic language arts, literature, “Turath”, and Arabic and Islamic philosophy.
Of the virtual resources, JSTOR, Index Islamicus,
MECAS and Encyclopedia of Islam fulfill research needs, as well as the History
eBook package.The services of the University Libraries include
an active program of enrichment to support PhD programs, research assistance
offered in classes and on an individual basis, and Document Delivery Services
for material not available in the collections.
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webjafet/
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Financial Support |
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The Department offers, on competitive
basis, substantial support which fully covers tuition and includes a
monthly stipend of up to $1000/month, for 10 months a year. In
return, a PhD candidate is expected to begin teaching in the middle of
his/her third year. Students may also apply for support to carry out
research in archives and libraries outside of Lebanon, and to attend
international scholarly conferences. Other forms of financial support
may be available. For further details, contact the Admissions Office
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Requirements for the completion of the PhD
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• Course Requirements: A minimum
of 16 credits are required beyond the MA. These comprise five
three-credit graduate seminars, and one–credit tutorial, in the
following fields: (a) Arabic language and linguistics, (b) classical
Arabic literature, (c) modern Arabic literature, (d) Arab cultural
history (Qur’an, Hadith, heresiography, kalam, tasawwuf, etc.), (e)
literary theory (comparative: Arab/ Western), (f) a one-on-one
exploratory tutorial, conducted by the candidate’s advisor, and
leading to the production of the candidate’s doctoral proposal. The
distribution of the above requirements over the said fields will be
decided by the Department in each case on its own merit. Students who
are admitted directly after the B.A. are required to take 37 credits
and write the equivalent of an M.A. thesis.
• Language Requirements: A working
reading knowledge of a second European language, preferably French or
German, must be attested before candidacy status is attained.
• Residency Requirements: These
are in line with the requirements set by the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences.
• Supervision: During the first
semester of graduate study, the Department will appoint an academic
committee to draw up a program of study for the student and to follow
up on his/her progress. At a later stage, the Department, in
consultation with the student, will assign an academic advisor who
will monitor the student until he/she chooses a dissertation
supervisor.
• Candidacy Status: The student must
achieve candidacy status not later than three years from the date of
admission, and at least one year before graduation. Achieving
candidacy is conditional upon completion of course requirements, i.e.,
five courses plus the required tutorial for students with a Masters
degree or 37 credits and the equivalent of an M.A. thesis for students
with a BA; and upon satisfying the proposal and the language
requirements. To achieve candidacy, a student must sit for a written
comprehensive examination comprising at least three different papers.
• Doctoral Proposal: A detailed
proposal defining the dissertation problem, describing the pertinent
literature, and suggesting the proposed approach to solving it, must
be presented to, defended before, and approved by a proto-examining
committee from the Department. The proposal must also be approved by
the Graduate Committee of the FAS and the Board of Graduate Studies.
• Dissertation: Candidates are
expected to write their dissertations in Arabic. Members of the
proto-examining committee may, however, grant permission for a
candidate to write in English. |
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Faculty List |
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Agha, Saleh Said
1993, PhD; University of Toronto
Pre-Islamic and Umayyad, Poetry and
History
Baalbaki, Ramzi
1978, PhD; University of London
Grammar, Comparative Semitic Grammar,
History of Grammatical Theory
Heath, Peter
1981, PhD; Harvard University
Popular Literature, Pre-modern Prose
Jarrar, Maher
1989, PhD; University of Tübingen
Arabic & Islamic Studies, Narratology
Khairallah, Assaad
1971, PhD; Princeton University
Modern Literature, Comparative
Literature,
Persian Literature
Khalidi, Tarif
1970, PhD; University of Chicago
Islamic Studies
Makarem, Sami
1963, PhD; University of Michigan
Sufism, Islamic Studies, Classical
Literature
Tuqan, Fawwaz
1968, PhD; Yale University
Arabic Literature (Umayyad and Abbasid)
For more information, visit:
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