Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) Minor
Jennifer Derr, who was Founding Director of the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (2019-2024) and is an associate professor of history, and Elaine Sullivan, associate professor of history, led 12 students through Cairo and Luxor in Egypt, exploring the country’s ancient and modern history and daily life. Students touring the Beit al-Suhaymi, Cairo, Egypt (photo by the Beit al-Suhaymi museum guards)
The Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) minor, administered by the Humanities Division in partnership with the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA), is dedicated to the study and research of the histories, politics, and cultures of the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa.
Through this interdisciplinary program, students declared in the MENAS minor will choose from a diverse set of courses across departments and divisions that combine language study with classes that explore the Middle East and North Africa (the SWANA region) through historical and contemporary lenses. Courses span the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Divisions and draw on the varied and deep expertise of faculty in multiple academic departments. The objective of the MENAS minor is to promote substantive regional knowledge, understanding, and curiosity among students who are interested in positioning themselves as global citizens or who are considering graduate study concerning the Middle East, North Africa or the wider SWANA region.
Once they have declared their major, students, in close consultation with their major advisor and the MENAS advisor, can pursue adding the minor.
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