{"id":19,"date":"2018-01-17T07:14:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T07:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-mesic\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:15:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mesic\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engage in the interdisciplinary study of the Middle East and the broader Islamic world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What does the Qur&#8217;an look like from different chronological, geographical, and gendered perspectives? What is the place of art and visual culture in the creation and sustenance of ancient Egypt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our concentration provides students with a basic familiarity of the culture, politics, religion, philosophy, literature, economy, and geography of both the Middle East and the wider Islamic world.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-feature-text block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"callout-feature-text__inner\">\n        <div class=\"callout-feature-text__container\">\n            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-card\">\n                    <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n                                                                            <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Why study the Middle East and Islamic Civilization at Macalester?<\/h2>\n                                                                            <p class=\"base-lockup__copy\">Because our students and faculty approach this study from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, our program permits students to complete this concentration in conjunction with a wide array of majors. The program promotes\u00a0<i>breadth<\/i>\u00a0by requiring students to complete courses (in several departments) dealing with both the Middle East and the wider Islamic world, and it promotes\u00a0<i>depth<\/i>\u00a0by requiring a capstone project focused on a relevant topic.\r\n\r\nThrough meaningful classroom experiences led by expert teachers from many disciplines, students:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Discover an appreciation for the region\u2019s social, political, and cultural diversity and complexity;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Gain an understanding of some of the major theoretical and\/or methodological approaches to this study;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Develop a sympathetic understanding of worldviews and perspectives different from their own;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Learn how to engage thoughtfully and constructively in potentially difficult dialogues affecting the region and civilization.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nStudents may also have the opportunity to both study abroad and facilitate knowledge of a spoken native language by people of the Middle East or Islamic world.<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                     <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t        <h2 class=\"accordion-group__heading\">Life after Macalester<\/h2>\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t           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Gateways<\/li>\n<li>Felsburg Holt &amp; Ullevig<\/li>\n<li>Fraser Autism School &#8211; Minneapolis, MN<\/li>\n<li>Mizna: Prose, Poetry and Art Exploring Arab America<\/li>\n<li>National Association of Attorneys General<\/li>\n<li>New York County District Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n<li>New York Public Library<\/li>\n<li>Spitamen Bank<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Assistant Program in France<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Department of State<\/li>\n<li>University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t 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  <p><ul>\n<li>American University<\/li>\n<li>Emory University<\/li>\n<li>Georgetown University<\/li>\n<li>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>Hebrew Union College<\/li>\n<li>Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<li>London School of Economics<\/li>\n<li>University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign<\/li>\n<li>University of Maryland &#8211; College Park, MD<\/li>\n<li>University of Minnesota\/Twin Cities<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Department Links<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li 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