About Our Program
The Middle East Studies degree is designed to provide students with language and cultural competence in the region of the Middle East that can become the foundation for careers in public affairs, public service, business, and many other fields. Students are strongly encouraged to combine the Middle East Studies Major with a major in another discipline so that upon graduation they have acquired a foundation of career-oriented skills as well as a high degree of global competency.
Why Study the Middle East?
Middle East Center News & Events
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The Water Prince and the Saltwater Kingdom
Muhammad Bin Faisal and the Saudi Desalination Revolution Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 2pm - CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143
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Sayed Kashua
Film Screening: Let it Be Morning Talk: "Impossible Hope: The Journey of a Palestinian Writer in Hebrew Literature, Journalism and Popular Culture
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Post/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle
a book celebration with author Alborz Ghandehari Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 12pm - CTIHB Jewel Box/Room 143
Faculty Publications
The University of Utah Press, in collaboration with the University of Utah Middle East Center, is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative new book series, Transregional Middle Easts. This series seeks to expand the boundaries of Middle Eastern scholarship by welcoming manuscripts that address the traditionally defined Middle East, including Egypt, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, and Iran. Additionally, the series invites innovative approaches that situate the specificities of the Middle East within global, comparative, and connective frameworks. Topics of interest include diasporas, mobility, the flow of ideas, disease, environmental change and technological exchange.
