华盛顿大学交叉学科博士 近东和中东研究计划旨在为希望在以下领域进行比较研究的学生设计：近东和中东的文学，文化和语言（包括阿拉伯语，希伯来语，波斯语（或Dari或Tajik），以及土耳其语和[中亚突厥语]），伊斯兰主题，包括伊斯兰法律，历史，制度，神学和神秘主义；近东和中东比较宗教；使用社会科学对现代历史和当代主题进行跨学科研究。<br> <br>该计划由一个跨学科的研究生院小组管理。现任临时主任是Cabeiri deBergh Robinson，国际研究，比较宗教和南亚研究计划副教授，人类学兼职助理教授。
The University of Washington Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students who wish to pursue research with a comparative perspective in the following fields: Near and Middle Eastern literature, culture, and languages (including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian [or Dari or Tajik], and Turkish and [Central Asian Turkic]), Islamic topics, including Islamic law, history, institutions, theology, and mysticism, Comparative religion of the Near and Middle East, Interdisciplinary investigations of modern historical and contemporary topics using the social sciences.<br><br>The program is administered by an interdisciplinary Graduate School group. The current interim director is Cabeiri deBergh Robinson, Associate Professor in the International Studies, Comparative Religions, and South Asian Studies programs, adjunct Assistant Professor in Anthropology. The program of studies includes courses offered in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, the Jackson School of International Studies and other departments on campus. Students in the program are required to take courses in both the humanities and social sciences.