Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)
Academic Year 2022-2023 FLAS Awards (Graduate Students Only)
The Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies will be holding a Foreign Languages & Area Studies fellowship competition for the coming academic year for graduate students only. Awards are contingent on the successful grant application by the Center to the US Department of Education.
The Center supports awards for the study of Arabic, Hebrew (modern), Persian, Turkish, and Urdu.
Deadline: Feb. 4, 2022
For more information and to apply: https://areastudies.unc.edu/flasunc/
Graduate students who wish to apply for a Summer 2022 award may submit an application to one of the other Area Centers below.
Undergraduate students who wish to apply for a Summer 2022 and/or Academic Year 2022-2023 award may submit an application to one of the Area Centers below.
For any questions, please reach out to Shai Tamari at tamari@unc.edu.
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 |
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Summer 2018 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2017-2018 |
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| Lily Herbert | Geography | Turkish | |
| Nikki Behnke | Environmental Science and Engineering | Arabic | |
| Ryan Branagan | Arabic | History | |
| Tara Di Cassio | Global Studies | Arabic | |
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Summer 2017 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2016-2017 |
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| Meghan Cutherell | Maternal and Child Health | Arabic | |
| Michelle Dromgold-Sermen | Sociology | Arabic | |
| Susan Epling | Maternal and Child Health | Arabic | |
| Kathryn Hewitt | Global Studies | Persian | |
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Summer 2016 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2015-2016 |
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| Maryam Al-Zoubi | Law | Turkish | |
| Lillie Armstrong | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Micah Hughes | Religious Studies | Arabic | |
| Mark Reeves | History | Arabic | |
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Summer 2015 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2014-2015 |
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| 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 | |
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Summer 2013 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2012-2013 |
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| 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 | |
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Summer 2012 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2011-2012 |
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| Atiya Husain | Sociology | Urdu | |
| Kari Samuel | Health Sciences | Arabic | |
| Nathan Swanson | Geography | Hebrew | |
| Theresa Viera | Law | Arabic | |
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Summer 2011 |
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| 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 |
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Academic Year 2010-2011 |
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| Rose Aslan | Religious Studies | Persian | |
| Brandon Gorman | Sociology | Arabic | |
| Layla Lavasani | Health Sciences | Persian | |
| Nathan Swanson | Geography | Arabic | |