OSU Middle East Studies Center

RESOURCES

Educational Materials, Web Resources, and Resources for Teachers.

For funding resources, see Opportunities.

EDUCATION RESOURCES:

THE EDUCATOR RESOURCE LIBRARY AT THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CENTER

MESC has a collection of videos, books, and maps featuring subjects related to the Middle East. Browse the full listing here. Please contact Mary Beth Benecke, at benecke.3@osu.edu to borrow materials.

MIDDLE EAST/JUDAICA LIBRARY

The Ohio State University Middle East/Judaica Library is a major research and instructional resource. The collection contains approximately 150,000 books of which over half are in the vernacular languages (Arabic, Persian and Turkish.) The Library also maintains subscriptions to Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish periodicals and newspapers, including foreign language editions. Topics covered include the history and culture of the Middle East and North Africa from the 7th century A.D. to the present, the religion of Islam throughout the world, and Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages and literatures. The MES Reading Room is a non-circulating reference collection. This is just a small part of the total Middle East collection. The Reading Room contains the specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries and bibliographic tools, in Western and vernacular languages, necessary for the study of the Middle East, its languages and cultures and Islamic Studies.

The MES Reading Room also contains academic and popular journals from and about the Middle East as well as newspapers from the region. Only the most recent issues are in MES; consult OSCAR for the location of older issues. However, MES/Judaica Library is in temporary quarters on Ackerman Road during the renovation of the Main Library. The visiting address for the Middle East Collection will be:

The Middle East Studies Library
600 Ackerman Rd
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone(614) 688-8796

Periodical subscriptions (in all languages, includes newspapers)

414 MES (Middle East Studies)
374 JDC (Jewish Studies)

Collections

100,000 titles (MES)
60,000 titles in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish (and other miscellaneous vernacular languages)
40,000 titles in all other languages

100,000 titles JDC
60,000 titles in Hebrew and Yiddish (and other miscellaneous vernacular languages)
40,000 titles in all other languages
250 Videos

For overseas study, and intensive language study, see the opportunities page.

Back to top

WEB RESOURCES:

Other Middle East National Resource Centers

Columbia University, Middle East Institute

Georgetown University, National Resource Center on the Middle East

Georgia State University, Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium

Emory University, Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium

Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Center

Ohio State University, The Middle East Studies Center

Princeton University, Program in Near Eastern Studies

University of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of California, Berkeley, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Near Eastern Studies

University of Chicago, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of Illinois, Program in South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

University of Michigan, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

University of Pennsylvania, Middle East Center

University of Texas, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

University of Utah, Middle East Center

University of Washington, Middle East Center

Yale University, Middle East Studies Council

TEACHER RESOURCES:

Courses for Educators
The Middle East Studies Center (MESC) offers several short and long-term courses for P-12 teachers and other educators. These include The Summer Institute on Middle Eastern Cultures (formerly the Summer Workshop on Middle Eastern Cultures), The Arab World Workshop, The Horn of Africa Workshop (in collaboration with The Center for African Studies), lectures in the "Global Hotspots" lecture series, and many others. For current listings, please see the What's New page, under "Courses for Educators", and the MESC calendar of events. If you would like to receive updates about activities for P-12 teachers in all world areas, please request the Office of International Affairs P-12 Newsletter by sending an email to Jenny Spolnik-Greathouse, Office of International Affairs P-12 Outreach, at global101@osu.edu.

Resources for Instruction and Classroom Support
Materials including commercially available lesson plans, maps, books, and videos helpful for integrating the Middle East into a curriculum are available in our educator resource library (browse the selection here). Please contact Mary Beth Benecke, at benecke.3@osu.edu to borrow materials. We also provide outreach services for the classroom upon request. Please contact Catalina Hunt, at hunt.351@osu.edu, to make a request.

TeachGlobalEd.net
An index of web sites, and other media, providing material on different world areas, including the Middle East. Each listing includes a brief descriptions and navigational help.

Outreach World
Resources for educators on different world areas, including the Middle East, including activities for teachers in your location of the country, web resources, instructional materials, and others.

This web site, all content and related materials are ©2006 by the Middle East Studies Center and The Ohio State University. If you have difficulty accessing any portion of this site due to incompatibility with adaptive technology, or if you need the information in an alternative format, please contact us at: mesc@osu.edu