PROFESSORS

John C. Darnell, Chair
Egyptology
john.darnell@yale.edu

Benjamin R. Foster, Curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, Director of Graduate Studies
Assyriology
benjamin.foster@yale.edu

Eckart Frahm
Assyriology
eckart.frahm@yale.edu

Beatrice Gruendler
Arabic Language and Literature
beatrice.gruendler@yale.edu

Dimitri Gutas
Arabic and Islamic Studies, Graeco-Arabic Studies
dimitri.gutas@yale.edu

Bentley Layton
Egyptology (Coptic)
bentley.layton@yale.edu

Harvey Weiss
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
harvey.weiss@yale.edu

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Colleen Manassa, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Egyptology
colleen.manassa@yale.edu

Hala Nassar
Modern Arabic Culture and Literature
hala.nassar@yale.edu

LECTURERS

Adel Allouche
Early Modern History of the Near East
adel.allouche@yale.edu

Karen Foster
Art of the Ancient Near East and Aegean
karen.foster@yale.edu

Kathryn Slanski
Assyriology
kathryn.slanski@yale.edu

SENIOR LECTORS

Fereshteh Kowssar Amanat
Persian

Ayala Dvoretzky
Modern Hebrew
ayala.dvoretzky@yale.edu

Nihan Ketrez
Turkish
nihan.ketrez@yale.edu

LECTORS

Muhammad Aziz
Arabic
muhammad.aziz@yale.edu

Shiri Goren
Hebrew
shiri.goren@yale.edu

Ghassan Husseinali
Arabic
ghassan.husseinali@yale.edu

Boutheina Khaldi
Arabic
boutheina.khaldi@yale.edu

Yechiel Schur
Hebrew
yechiel.schur@yale.edu

PROFESSORS EMERITUS

William W. Hallo
Assyriology, Sumerology
william.hallo@yale.edu

William K. Simpson
Egyptology
william.simpson@yale.edu