Ancient Culture Studies
Research into the world’s earliest complex societies and the legacy of their ideas with focus on the Middle East and Mesoamerica.
Research areas
Asia Studies
Indian and South Asia studies, Japanese studies, Chinese studies and Korean studies
Cross-Cultural Studies
The study of language, culture, society, and religion from a comparative and global perspective.
East European Studies
Research with a focus on history, culture, societies and politics in Russia, Ukraine, the Western Balkans and Poland.
Greenlandic and Arctic Studies
Interdisciplinary studies of Inuit culture and society with a primary focus on Greenlandic cultural, social, and linguistic studies.
Middle Eastern Studies
Anchored in the four major languages of the Middle East. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.
Study of Religions
Examines how religions and their adherents are embedded in and relate to broader social and cultural contexts.
