Research in Middle Eastern Studies

This guide is meant to provide a starting point for research in Middle Eastern studies by students at Harvard University. It is by no means exhaustive or comprehensive. Harvard affiliated researchers should get in touch with Cheryl LaGuardia, Library Liaison for Middle Eastern Studies, for further assistance.

1. Handbooks, Chronologies, and Histories

Cambridge History of Egypt (M.W. Daly, general editor, Cambridge University Press, 1998)
Lamont DT94 .C36 1998
Widener WID-LC DT94 .C36 1998

Cambridge History of Iran (Cambridge University Press, 1968-1991)
Andover-Harv. Theol Ref. DS272 .C34
Biblioteca Berenson Ref DS272 .C34 1968 [Accession no.: 68050, 68056, 76438.] [Ref.XXVII.1.] 
Ctr Hellen Studies DS272 .C34
Dumbarton Oaks DS272 .C34 [D.O. has v. 1-6 in 7 pts.]
Fine Arts Reading Room RFA285.66.11 
Gibb Islamic Gibb8104.711
Lamont DS272 .C34 
Quad Library High Use DS272 .C34 
Tozzer AS. C 144 [Library has 2 copies of v. 5]
Widener Harvard Depository Asia 2013.20 [Consult Circ. desk for v.1, c.A=HW948V.] 
Widener Asia2013.20 

Cambridge History of Islam (P.M. Holt, Ann K.S. Lambton, and Bernard Lewis, editors, Cambridge University Press, 1977)
Fine Arts Reading Room RFA271.11
Lamont DS35.6 .C3x 1978
Widener WID-LC DS35.6 .C3x 1977

Handbook of Political Science Research on the Middle East and North Africa
Kennedy Sch of Gov JQ1758.A58 H36 1998
Widener RR 3911.28

Manuel de Genealogie et de Chronologie pour l’Histoire de l’Islam (Eduard Karl Max von Zambaur, editor, Orientbuchhandlung Heinz Lafaire, 1955)
Biblioteca Berenson House DS35.627 .Z36 1927 [1 vol. Text & 1 Portfolio with Plates.] [Accession no.: 8822.] [CU.XXV.2.]
Widener WID-LC DS223 .Z3x 1955 F

Middle East Since 1914 (Ritchie Ovendale, Longman, 1992)
Widener WID-LC DS62.4 .O94 1992

Middle East Studies Handbook (Jere L. Bacharach, University of Washington Press, 1984)
Lamont REF.ROOM DS61 .B3 1984
Widener RR3911.3

New Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical Manual (Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Columbia University Press, 1996)
Fine Arts Reading Room RFA79.28.2.2
Fine Arts FA101.7.2.2
Widener RR 3911.34

Page Last Reviewed: November 2, 2006