Core Faculty

Michael Cook

Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Director of Graduate Studies

Phone: 609-258-5360

Email: mcook@princeton.edu

Office: 101A Jones Hall

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Chair, Near Eastern Studies Department
Director, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies

Phone: 609-258-4385

Email: behroozg@princeton.edu

Office: 112 Jones Hall

Jonathan Gribetz

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies
On leave 2021–2022

Phone: 609-258-7298

Email: gribetz@princeton.edu

Office: 116 Jones Hall

M. Şükrü Hanioğlu

Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs
On leave Spring 2022

Phone: 609-258-5361

Email: hanioglu@princeton.edu

Office: 103 Jones Hall

Lara Harb

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies

Phone: 609-258-6722

Email: lharb@princeton.edu

Office: 114B Jones Hall

Bernard Haykel

Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Director, Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East

Phone: 609-258-2176

Email: haykel@princeton.edu

Office: 107 Jones Hall

Eve Krakowski

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies
Christian Gauss Fund University Preceptor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Phone: 609-258-7252

Email: eve.krakowski@princeton.edu

Office: 216 Frist Campus Center

Satyel Larson

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies

Phone: 609-258-3609

Email: satyellarson@princeton.edu

Office: 108 Jones Hall

Hossein Modarressi

Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies

Phone: 609-258-4268

Email: hm@Princeton.edu

Office: 114A Jones Hall

Michael A. Reynolds

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies
On leave 2021–2022

Phone: 609-258-0256

Email: mar123@princeton.edu

Office: 105 Jones Hall

Marina Rustow

Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East
Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History
Director of the Program in Near Eastern Studies; Director of the Geniza Lab

Phone: 609-258-8240

Email: mrustow@princeton.edu

Office: 106 Jones Hall

Daniel Sheffield

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies
John Witherspoon Bicentennial Preceptor

Phone: 609-258-1448

Email: djs5@princeton.edu

Office: 301 Jones Hall

Max Weiss

Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies
On leave 2021–2022

Phone: 609-258-0725

Email: maxweiss@princeton.edu

Office: 121 Dickinson Hall

Muhammad Qasim Zaman

Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion
On leave 2021–2022

Phone: 609-258-2011

Email: mzaman@princeton.edu

Office: 104 Jones Hall