Visiting Scholars
The Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies welcomes visiting scholars.
How to apply: Researchers who wish to apply for visiting scholar affiliation with the Center should begin by approaching a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research collaboration and sponsorship. A list of the Center’s faculty affiliates can be found here. If a match is found, the interested visiting scholar should contact the Center and provide a CV and a proposal outlining the intended research and the UNC faculty sponsor’s name and department. Please note that administrative fees for visiting scholars will apply. Normally applications for visiting scholar status must be received with full documentation for visa processing at least four months before arriving at UNC.
What the Center offers: Assistance with visa paperwork, library privileges, and study space. The availability of resources such as office space is limited.
What the Center asks of Visiting Scholars: Visiting scholars are asked to provide a public lecture on their research during their stay at UNC.
For any further inquiries, or to submit your proposal, please contact Shai Tamari at tamari@unc.edu.
Housing Resources: It is the responsibility of the Visiting Scholar to find appropriate accommodation in Chapel Hill, or in the surrounding area. The links below may provide some available options.
Past & Present Visiting Scholars
2017-2018
Visiting from: The City University of New York, NY
Visiting from: Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Research Collaborator from: Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan
Visiting from: The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Visiting from: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Visiting from: University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Visiting from: Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
2016-2017
Abdel-Baset Athamneh
Visiting from: Yarmouk University of Jordan, Irbid, Jordan
2015-2016
Omar al-Shehabi
Visiting from: Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Chen Fayan
Visiting from: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
Louise Harrington
Visiting from: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
Kareem Kamel
Visiting from: Future University, New Cairo, Egypt
Moein Kazemifar
Visiting from: Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Pranav Prakash
Visiting from: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2014-2015
Mohsen Kadivar
Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship
Visiting from: Duke University
Abdeslam Badre
Visiting from: Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Zaynab El Bernoussi
Visiting from: Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
2012-2013
Osman Nuri Kucuk
Visiting from: School of Divinity, Department of History of Islamic Sufism, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Asyraf Isyraqi bin Jamil
Visiting from: Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mohd Zaidi bin Daud
Visiting from: Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011-2012
Ahmad Hidayat Buang
Visiting from: Visiting from: Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Ghadamali Sarami
Visiting from: Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zanjan University, Iran
American Institute of Iranian Studies Visiting Research Fellow
2010-2011
Muhammet Mustafa Cakmaklioglu
Visiting from: School of Divinity, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
2008-2009
Receb Alpyagil
Visiting from: Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University, Turkey
Nasrollah Pourjavady
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies
Visiting from: Department of Philosophy, Tehran University, Iran
American Institute of Iranian Studies Visiting Research Fellow
2007-2008
Tanvir Anjum
Pakistan Higher Education Commission Fellow
Visiting from: Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Amal Moustafa
Fulbright Scholar
Visiting from: Department of Library Science, Cairo University, Egypt