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Duke Islamic Studies Center
Interdisciplinary teaching, interactive learning, and cutting-edge research about Islam and Muslims

The Duke Islamic Studies Center is a vibrant, diverse community of scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary teaching, interactive learning, and cutting-edge research about Islam and Muslims. We are educating today's students to become tomorrow's leaders by equipping them with knowledge about the breadth and diversity of Islamic cultures, cross-cultural experiences, and language skills.

DISC aspires to be the preeminent institution in North America for the study of Islam and Muslims. Its comparative, cross-cultural approach to Islamic studies will foster fresh interpretations of Islam and encourage creative solutions to the economic, political and social challenges involving Muslims. We are committed to working with partners at home and abroad to provide undergraduate and graduate students, professionals and policy makers with the knowledge about Muslims and Islamic cultures, beliefs and practices that will enable them to operate effectively in a multicultural world.

DISC embodies Duke's commitments to academic excellence and knowledge in service to society. Established in 2006 as a sequel to the Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, DISC continues to foreground Muslim networks, especially educational networks, as essential instruments for advancing cross-cultural understanding. We approach Islam as a global religion with many distinctive historical and cultural expressions and advocate a comparative, cross-cultural approach to Islamic Studies. We have a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum that includes a Muslim Cultures Focus cluster, an Certificate in Islamic Studies, DukeEngage and Study Abroad offerings in the Muslim world, and a wide range of extracurricular programming. Graduate students are also an important part of the Islamic Studies community at Duke and, like our faculty, come from many departments and have a wide range of research interests.

DISC's interdisciplinary faculty hold positions in departments across the university. A distinguishing characteristic of Islamic Studies at Duke is our commitment to maintaining our historical strength in humanities scholarship while developing equal strength in the study of Islam in the social sciences. We are fortunate to have 4 Carnegie Scholars among our faculty (Engseng Ho, Bruce Lawrence, Ebrahim Moosa, Jen'nan Ghazal Read). Since 2005, the Carnegie Corporation has supported the research of over 90 scholars whose work seeks to promote American understanding of Islam and Muslim societies, especially American Muslim communities.

Duke is part of regional Islamic Studies network that includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and North Carolina Central University. The relationship between Islamic Studies faculty and students at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill is especially strong, and our programs complement each other, greatly expanding the resources available to students at each institution. The Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilization at UNC-Chapel Hill is a peer to the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and we frequently collaborate on programs and events.

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