Islamic World Studies

Washington Resources for Islamic World Studies

CUA

• Institute for Christian Oriental Research (ICOR Library)

Georgetown University

• Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding
• Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

George Washington University

• Sigur Center for Asian Studies
• Institute for Middle East Studies

American University

• Chair of Islamic Peace, School of International Service
• Ibn Khaldun Chair in Islamic Studies
• Middle East politics & society, School of Public Affairs

Howard University

• Political Science
• African Studies

University of Maryland

• Middle East Studies
• Center for Persian Studies
• Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace & Development

School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University

• Middle East Studues
• South Asia Studies
• Southeast Asia Studies

George Mason University

• Islamic Studies
• Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution

Independent Research Institutes (Think Tanks)

• Middle East Institute
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Arab Reform Bulletin
• Center for Strategic & International Studies, Middle East & North Africa Program
• Brookings Institution, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Project on Middle East Democracy & Development
• US Institute of Peace, Muslim World Initiative

Museums

• Islamic art from the early Islamic period through Mughal India and Safavid Iran; Qurans and illuminated manuscripts, plus a sample from the ancient Near East at the Freer & Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution
• Islamic art at The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore)