Organizations

Middle East and Islam

Duke Islamic Studies Center

The Duke University Islamic Studies Center (DISC) seeks to advance interaction and understanding between citizens of American and Muslim cultures. DISC’s ultimate objective is to provide teaching and training to future world leaders for productive, positive interaction between Muslim and western individuals and institutions. DISC will focus on unique programs devised for Duke undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in partnership with premier universities in Muslim majority countries.

http://www.duke.edu/web/muslimnets/DISC/

Carolina Center for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Civilizations

The mission of the Carolina Center for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is to promote understanding of the Middle East through teaching, research, and community outreach and to explore and promote cross-regional approaches to
Middle Eastern studies.

http://www.unc.edu/mideast/index.shtml

Triangle Center for Middle East Studies

The Triangle Center for Middle East Studies is an educational consortium collaboratively administered by officers of centers at three campuses: Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University.  The Center promotes understanding of Middle Eastern languages and cultures through teaching, research, and community outreach at the Center's three constituent universities, in the state of North Carolina, and in the Southeastern region.

http://www.tcmes.org/