Director, Center for the Study of the Middle East, Professor of Practice, Maurer School of Law, Professor of Practice, International Studies, Adjunct Faculty, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Associate Director
Carl Pearson became the Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East in 2018. He received his PhD from the History of Science Department at Harvard University in 1999. His research interests include Aristotle and the history of Aristotelianism, Late Antique Christianity, Biblical exegesis, contemporary science studies, and the history of skepticism. He has taught at Harvard, Rice University and Indiana University.
In addition to his historical interests, he is an avid fan of jazz, electronic and experimental music, and hosts a weekly jazz program on community radio station WFHB.
Graduate Assistant
SeyedAmir Asghari is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Mear Eastern Languages and Culture. His dissertation project focuses on the continuation of philosophical and Sufi interpretation of revelation in the contemporary Shia Seminaries and their opponents. His research interests also include Islamic tradition (Han Kitab) in China and Sufism in the Balkans. For more, please see:
Graduate Assistant
Recep Erkmen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. His research interests revolve primarily around the 12th and 13th centuries of Islamic thought. He has been working on Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s rational theology.
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies