Five College Middle Eastern Studies : Faculty

Faculty

Amherst College

Hampshire College

Mount Holyoke College
Sohail Hashmi has taught in the International Relations Department at Mount Holyoke since 1994. His teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of Western and Islamic political and moral philosophy as they relate to normative issues in comparative and international politics. He has published on such topics as sovereignty, humanitarian intervention, international society, and the theory of jihad.

Mohammed Jiyad has taught Arabic as a Senior Lecturer at Mount Holyoke College since 1990. In addition to teaching Arabic at various levels, he has also taught courses about Arabic women and women’s issues in the Arab world.

Smith College
Justin Cammy is a specialist in Yiddish literature and Eastern European Jewish culture. His research interests lie in the literature, history, and culutre of the modern Jewish experience, and He regularly teaches an interdisciplinary introduction to Jewish religion, history and culture that serves as the basis of the Jewish Studies minor (JUD 187), and has recently taught special studies in Yiddish and Hebrew language and literature to interested students. He regularly teaches Elementary Modern Hebrew and Israel in Literature. Professor Cammy also serves as the study abroad adviser for Israel.

Suleiman Mourad teaches courses on Islamic history and religious tradition, and on methods and comparative themes in the study of Religion. His publications focus on the ways Muslims in the pre-modern times had interacted with their history and religious tradition by shaping it and constantly adapting it to their own socio-political and religious expectations. He has published on the Qur'an and its world, Islamic history and historiography, Jesus and Jerusalem in Islam, and the Muslim counter-Crusades. He is currently developing a project on the Mu`tazila school of Islamic theology.

University of Massachusetts


	Faculty Amherst College Hampshire College Mount Holyoke College Sohail Hashmi has taught in the International Relations Department at Mount Holyoke since 1994. His teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of Western and Islamic political and moral philosophy as they relate to normative issues in comparative and international politics. He has published on such topics as sovereignty, humanitarian intervention, international society, and the theory of jihad. Mohammed Jiyad has taught Arabic as a Senior Lecturer at Mount Holyoke College since 1990. In addition to teaching Arabic at various levels, he has also taught courses about Arabic women and women’s issues in the Arab world. Smith College Justin Cammy is a specialist in Yiddish literature and Eastern European Jewish culture. His research interests lie in the literature, history, and culutre of the modern Jewish experience, and He regularly teaches an interdisciplinary introduction to Jewish religion, history and culture that serves as the basis of the Jewish Studies minor (JUD 187), and has recently taught special studies in Yiddish and Hebrew language and literature to interested students. He regularly teaches Elementary Modern Hebrew and Israel in Literature. Professor Cammy also serves as the study abroad adviser for Israel. Suleiman Mourad teaches courses on Islamic history and religious tradition, and on methods and comparative themes in the study of Religion. His publications focus on the ways Muslims in the pre-modern times had interacted with their history and religious tradition by shaping it and constantly adapting it to their own socio-political and religious expectations. He has published on the Qur'an and its world, Islamic history and historiography, Jesus and Jerusalem in Islam, and the Muslim counter-Crusades. He is currently developing a project on the Mu`tazila school of Islamic theology. University of Massachusetts