University M.A. and Ph.D. degree programs are designed to facilitate the development of an expertise in Middle East studies. Current holdings include over 122,000 volumes in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish, and over 8,000 volumes in translation. The Library also maintains subscriptions to more than 580 Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish periodicals and newspapers, including foreign language editions. A reference collection consisting of dictionaries, grammars, yearbooks, handbooks, bibliographies, indices, biographical dictionaries, and reference books is also housed in the Middle East Reading Room. The Bulletin informs scholars about conferences and ongoing fieldwork projects, reviews recent publications and research, details efforts at archival restoration and preservation, and contains information on a range of developments relevant to the folklore of the Middle East and South Asia.
Subscriptions are available for a nominal fee.
A FLAS fellowship carries a stipend and a tuition fee authorization. Current languages supported by the Center include Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish. The academic year fellowship requires enrollment of 15 credit hours in the relevant language. The summer fellowship is for intensive language training and requires those students not writing a dissertation to enroll for 15 credit hours in the relevant language. With permission, FLAS fellowships may be used for approved overseas language study programs.