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School of Middle Eastern
& North African Studies
Marshall Bldg. 440
845 N. Park Ave.
PO Box 210158B
Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
Tel: (520) 621-8013
Fax: (520) 621-2333
sbs-neareast@email.arizona.edu
Director
Scott C. Lucas
Marshall Bldg. 446
845 N. Park Ave.
PO Box 210158B
Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
Tel: (520) 626-9562
Email: sclucas@email.arizona.edu
Department Directory
Lyle Hamblin, pursuing MA, Middle Eastern History
I was born in Tucson, and raised in Gilbert (near Phoenix). I am married, and we just had a son this last semester (Spring 2011). My wife is in the Hispanic Linguistics MA program here. We enjoy the outdoors, visiting family, and playing with our son. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“Mormons”), and attend a...
Ilker Hepkaner, after attending Augusta State University and Sciences-po de Paris as an exchange student, graduated from Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. He joined Near Eastern Studies Department in 2010. He is currently working on Turkish Cinema’s metamorphosis after 1980 Coup d’état beside his efforts in translating some literary...
Associate Professor, Modern Middle East Culture and Political Economy, Associate Director
Marshall 447
Office Hours: Friday morning by appointment
Degrees:
PhD University of Michigan, Anthropology and History
MA University of Michigan, Anthropology
BA Yale University
Research Interests:
Syria, Iraq, late Ottoman Arab provinces, conflict dynamics, political history, media
Courses Taughts:
Middle Eastern Humanities
Islamic Civilization: Classical and Modern Middle East
Histories of Muslim...