Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)
The Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies is currently unable to award FLAS fellowships. Students interested in applying for a FLAS fellowship in a Middle Eastern language should consider applying to the Area Studies Centers below. Applicants are encouraged to contact the FLAS administrator of the selected center before submitting an application.
Arabic
- African Studies Center (African/North African context)
- Carolina Asia Center (Asian context)
- Center for European Studies (European context)
Hebrew
- Center for European Studies (European context)
Persian
- Carolina Asia Center (Asian context)
Turkish
- Center for European Studies (European context)
Urdu
- Carolina Asia Center (Asian context)
Past FLAS Awardee Information
| Name | Department | Language | Program/Location |
|
Summer 2018 |
|||
| Brandie Banner | Environmental Science and Engineering | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institution, Amman, Jordan |
| Chloe Arrojado | Media and Journalism | Arabic | Qalam wa Lawh, Rabat, Morocco |
| Hina Muneeruddin | Religious Studies | Arabic | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Jay Yeo | Religious Studies | Arabic | UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Maggie McKenzie | Arab Cultures and French and Francophone Studies | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institution, Amman, Jordan |
| Matthew Gibson | History | Arabic | University of Chicago |
| Maya Little | History | Turkish | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| Rachel Cochran | History | Persian | ASPIRANTUM – Armenian School of Languages and Cultures and ARMACAD Persian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia |
| Ryan Branagan | History | Arabic | Middlebury College – Oakland, CA |
|
Academic Year 2017-2018 |
|||
| Lily Herbert | Geography | Turkish | |
| Nikki Behnke | Environmental Science and Engineering | Arabic | |
| Ryan Branagan | Arabic | History | |
| Tara Di Cassio | Global Studies | Arabic | |
|
Summer 2017 |
|||
| Hannah Cook | Franco-Arab Studies | Arabic | Arabic Summer Institute at University of Texas-Austin |
| Gray Gilbert | History | Persian | University of Maryland-College Park |
| Lily Herbert | Geography | Turkish | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| David Kaibah | Economics and Political Science | Arabic | Qalam wa Lawh, Rabat, Morocco |
| Jessica Yeo | Religious Studies | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institution, Amman, Jordan |
|
Academic Year 2016-2017 |
|||
| Meghan Cutherell | Maternal and Child Health | Arabic | |
| Michelle Dromgold-Sermen | Sociology | Arabic | |
| Susan Epling | Maternal and Child Health | Arabic | |
| Kathryn Hewitt | Global Studies | Persian | |
|
Summer 2016 |
|||
| Meghan Cutherell | Health Sciences | Arabic | Middlebury College |
| Michelle Dromgold-Sermen | Sociology | Arabic | University of Texas at Austin |
| Alexandra Gombar | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institution, Amman, Jordan | |
| Kathryn Hewitt | Global Studies | Persian | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Abbie Largess | Global Studies | Arabic | SIT Jordan: Intensive Arabic Studies -Amman, Jordan |
| Misbah Noor | Management | Arabic | Morocco Arabic Language and Community Service Summer SIT |
|
Academic Year 2015-2016 |
|||
| Maryam Al-Zoubi | Law | Turkish | |
| Lillie Armstrong | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Micah Hughes | Religious Studies | Arabic | |
| Mark Reeves | History | Arabic | |
|
Summer 2015 |
|||
| Maryam al-Zoubi | Law | Turkish | University of Pennsylvania |
| Elizabeth Brown | Public Policy | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco |
| Danny Hage | Ecology | Arabic | CET Intensive Arabic Language in Jordan (Amman) |
| Micah Hughes | Religion | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco |
| Noah Ponton | Political Science | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco |
| Mark Reeves | History | Arabic | Middlebury College |
| Amanda Zink | Global Studies | Turkish | Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey |
|
Academic Year 2014-2015 |
|||
| Lillie Armstrong | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Patrick D’Silva | Religion | Persian | |
| Ansev Demirhan | History | Arabic | |
| Carissa Landes | Global Studies | Persian | |
| Maryam Al-Zoubi | Law | Turkish | |
| Academic Year 2013-2014 | |||
| Ansev Demirhan | History | Arabic | |
| James Kuras | Geography | Turkish | |
| Ahmed Osub | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Kathryn Stein | Health Sciences | Urdu | |
|
Summer 2013 |
|||
| Brian Coussens | Religious Studies | Hebrew | Jerusalem Ulpan at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Israel |
| Ansev Demirhan | History | Arabic | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Amanda Eglen | English | Arabic | Indiana University – Bloomington |
| Brandon Gorman | Sociology | Arabic | Qalam wa Lawh Arabic Language Center, Rabat, Morocco |
| Jacob Hill | Library Science | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institute; Jordan |
| Sonya Khattak | Global Studies | Arabic | Qasid Arabic Institute; Jordan |
| James Kuras | Geography | Turkish | Bogaziçi University’s Turkish Language and Culture Program; Turkey |
| Caroline Zullo | Global Studies | Arabic | The Arabic Language Institute at the American University of Cairo; Egypt |
| Ansev Demirhan | History | Arabic | UNC |
|
Academic Year 2012-2013 |
|||
| Ali Eshraghi | Communications | Arabic | |
| Matthew Hotham | Religious Studies | Persian | |
| Anna Levett | Literature | Arabic | |
| Ashley Robertson | Architecture/Urban and regional planning | Urdu | |
| Cory Wolfe | Law | Arabic | |
|
Summer 2012 |
|||
| Camille Bossut | Political Science | Arabic | UVA- Yarmouk; Jordan |
| Amanda Click | Library Science | Arabic | Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies, Cairo, Egypt |
| Lauren Donoghue | Ecology/natural resources | Hebrew | Jerusalem Ulpan, Hebrew University Rothberg International School; Israel |
| Anna Levett | Literature | Arabic | Qasid Institute; Jordan |
| Ashley Robertson | Architecture/Urban and regional planning | Urdu | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Madison Scott | Drama | Arabic | IL-TASOL; Jordan |
|
Academic Year 2011-2012 |
|||
| Atiya Husain | Sociology | Urdu | |
| Kari Samuel | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Nathan Swanson | Geography | Hebrew | |
| Theresa Viera | Law | Arabic | |
|
Summer 2011 |
|||
| Adrianna Beaman | Literature | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF); Morocco |
| Elizabeth Benninger | Literature | Arabic | UNC |
| Mattis Hennings | Political Science | Arabic | UVA-Yarmuk Summer Arabic Program, Irbid, Jordan |
| Atiya Husain | Sociology | Urdu | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Anna Levett | Literature | Arabic | UNC |
| Nathan Swanson | Geography | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez; Morocco |
| Ernst Thompson | Linguistics | Arabic | UVA-Yarmuk Summer Arabic Program, Irbid, Jordan |
| Sarah Wentz | Political Science | Arabic | Arabic Language Institute in Fez; Morocco |
|
Academic Year 2010-2011 |
|||
| Rose Aslan | Religious Studies | Persian | |
| Brandon Gorman | Sociology | Arabic | |
| Layla Lavasani | Health Sciences | Persian | |
| Nathan Swanson | Geography | Arabic | |