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Hourani Papers,
1927-1984
22/5F/1010
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Title: George F. Hourani Papers,
1927-1984
Extent: 36
manuscript boxes, 2 half
boxes, 2 card boxes
(16 linear
feet)
Repository:
University Archives, The State University
of New York at Buffalo
Abstract: Collection of materials
from George F. Hourani, professor of Philosophy, specializing in Near Eastern
History and Islamic philosophy. Includes correspondence, teachings, writings,
Middle Eastern Studies research, and departmental files from both the
University of Michigan and the University at Buffalo.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 22/5F/1010, George F.
Hourani Papers, 1927-1984, University Archives, State University of New York at
Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
The collection was received by John Sheffer, lawyer for the Hourani
estate, on September 30, 1987 as accession #87-050.
Terms of Access
The George F. Hourani Papers, 1927-1984 are open for research.
Please note: Series I. Personal, Subseries A, Personal
Correspondence, is restricted due to the personal nature of the documents.
Please contact the archivist for more information.
Copyright
Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo,
University Archives. Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their
authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Processed by Molly Dahl, May-July 2005.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
George Fadlo Hourani was one of the preeminent scholars of Islamic
philosophy and Near Eastern History. He authored numerous articles as well as
several books including:
Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in the Ancient
and Early Medieval Times (1963),
Ethical Value (1956, reprinted in 1969),
Islamic Rationalism: the Ethics of 'Abd al-Jabbar'
(1971) and
Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics
(published posthumously in 1985).
Throughout his career, Dr. Hourani participated in many national and
international professional organizations. He was often celebrated for his
professional insight into Middle Eastern culture. In 1991, UB Philosophy
Department Chair Peter Hare stated that George Hourani was "unquestionably the
leading specialist in Islamic thought in the United States. He had no peer."
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1913 |
Born in Manchester, England to parents of Lebanese descent.
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1927-1932 |
Attended the Mill Hill School in London where he studied
Classics.
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1936 |
Received his B.A. in classics and philosophy from the Balliol
College at Oxford University.
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1936-1937 |
Spent a year studying Arabic with tutors in Beirut. |
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1939 |
Received his Ph.D. from Princeton University after writing his
dissertation,
Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean in the
9th and 10th Centuries A.D.
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1939-1948 |
Lecturer of philosophy and classics at the Government Arab
College in Jerusalem
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1940 |
Married Celeste Habib in Heliopolis, Egypt. |
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1950 |
Began his 17 year tenure at the Department of Near Eastern
Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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1956 |
Received the Ford Foundation Area Research Fellowship in
Cairo, Egypt for writing on Islamic philosophy.
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1963 |
Recipient of the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for writing
on Islamic philosophy in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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1967 |
Came to the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he
was a professor in the Department of Philosophy until his retirement in
1982.
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1976-1980 |
Chairman of the Department of Philosophy. |
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1980 |
One of several Near Eastern scholars to be invited to the
White House by President Jimmy Carter to discuss U.S. relations with the Muslim
world.
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1982 |
Received the title of "Distinguished Professor of Islamic
Thought and Civilization."
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Retired from the University at Buffalo. |
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1984 |
Passed away at the age of 71 in Buffalo, NY. |
This collection contains materials from George F. Hourani, professor
of Philosophy, specializing in Near Eastern History and Islamic philosophy.
Included are correspondence, teachings, writings, Middle Eastern Studies
research, and departmental files from both the University of Michigan and the
University at Buffalo.
This collection is divided into five series. Materials are written in
English, French, Arabic, German and Spanish.
I. Personal; includes housing information, notes from George Hourani's
early education and his personal writing. Please note: Subseries A, Personal
correspondence, is restricted due to the personal nature of the documents.
Please contact the archivist for more information.
II. Correspondence was processed by a previous staff archivist. The
archivist's organization was retained; original order is unknown. Series
includes professional correspondence, organized by both subject and author and
correspondence with students.
III. Writings contains manuscripts, essays, articles, encyclopedia
entries, book reviews, and research pertaining to works written by George
Hourani.
IV. Teachings includes early teachings at the Government Arab College in
Jerusalem, coursework and departmental files from the University of Michigan
and the University at Buffalo, and lectures given at various institutions.
Folders labeled as "coursework" signifies a specific topic which may have been
used in several classes.
V. Research for Middle Eastern studies includes collected materials used
for research. Also includes newsletters and conferences related to the study of
relations in the Middle East.
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Contents |
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| 1.1-1.2 |
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Personal notes, no date; includes Hourani family
history.
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| 1.4 |
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Account of Celeste Hourani's robbery,
1980-1984
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| 1.5 |
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Housing: leases, rental agreements, notes, pictures and
correspondence,
1948-1967
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| 1.6-1.7 |
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Travel: notes, correspondence, itineraries, passports
and travel documents,
1948-1974
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| 1.8 |
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Poetry,
1972,
1975, no date
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| 1.9 |
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"Nature by Night," personal essay
written by George F. Hourani, no date
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| 1.11 |
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Exam and degree certificates,
1930-1939
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| 1.12 |
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Sabbatical leaves,
1956-1982
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I.A Letters to Celeste Hourani (RESTRICTED)
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information. |
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Contents |
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1936-1983
, no date includes correspondence between George Hourani and Celeste
Hourani, letters from Roy West to George Hourani, and plans for George
Hourani's retirement party, 1983. [43 folders]
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Contents |
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| 5.1 |
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French notebook, Greek notes, Latin notes from Mill Hill
School,
1927,
1931
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| 5.2 |
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Course:
Philosophy of History
1936
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| 5.3-5.5 |
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Course:
Ethics I: Modern Systematics,
circa 1936
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| 5.6-5.7 |
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Arabic language notes,
1938-1940,
1943; includes Arabic composition notebook, Egyptian colloquial
Arabic notebook, and Arabic vocabulary notebook.
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| 5.9-5.11 |
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Course:
Ethics II: Modern Historical,
circa 1940-1970
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| 5.12-5.13 |
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Greek history,
circa 1930
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| 5.14-5.15 |
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Linguistics and philology,
circa 1938
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| 6.1-6.2 |
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Greek philosophy: general and pre-Socratic,
circa 1939-1970
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| 6.3-6.5 |
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Course:
Islamic History I, Early Medieval to 945 C.E.,
circa 1936-1970
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| 6.6-6.8 |
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Course:
Logic I: Systematic, notes,
circa 1935-1970
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| 6.9 |
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Course:
Logic II: Systematic, essays,
circa 1936
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| 6.10-6.11 |
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Course:
Logic III: Historical,
circa 1940-1970
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| 6.12-7.1 |
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Course:
Near Eastern Islamic History II, 945-1258 C. E.,
circa 1940-1970, no date (2
folders)
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| 7.2 |
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Course:
History: Near Eastern III, Late Medieval, 1250-1800
C.E., no date
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| 7.3-7.5 |
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Course:
History: Near Eastern IV, from 1789 C. E.,
circa 1955
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Contents |
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| 7.6 |
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ABC News -- Alw,
1962-1984
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| 7.7 |
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Al-Biruni International Congress,
1973;
includes
International Congress on
Seerat.
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| 7.8 |
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
(ADC),
1980-1981
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| 7.9 |
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American Institute of Islamic Studies,
1966,
1976-1982
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| 7.10-7.11 |
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American Oriental Society,
1951-1979
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| 7.12 |
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American University in Cairo,
1956-1957, 1965,
1973
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| 7.13 |
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Alk -- Ant,
1968-1981
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| 7.14-8.1 |
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Appointments to university positions,
1937-1967,
1976; includes George Hourani's academic background information [2
folders]
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| 8.2 |
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Ara -- Azi,
1958-1981
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| 8.3 |
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Baa -- Bas,
1966-1971,
1977-1982
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| 8.4 |
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Bat -- Bon,
1950-1961,
1968-1984
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| 8.5 |
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Bow -- But,
1951-1980
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| 8.6 |
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Cad -- Cam,
1967-1969,
1979-1984
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| 8.7 |
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Conferences on the Middle East,
1966-1983
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| 8.8 |
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Car -- Che,
1965,
1972-1981
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| 8.9 |
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Che -- Con,
1951, 1962,
1969-1983
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| 8.10 |
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Cos -- Cur,
1974-1976,
1981
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| 8.11 |
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Dab -- Davidson,
1951, 1962-1977,
1984
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| 8.12 |
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Davis, Douglas,
1979-1983
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| 8.13 |
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Dav -- Den,
1968-1980
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| 8.14 |
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Department of Health Education and Welfare,
1966,
1969
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| 8.15 |
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Dev -- Dia,
1952-1960,
1966-1978
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| 8.16 |
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Dic -- Dwe,
1952-1984
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| 14.13 |
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Correspondence regarding University at Buffalo title of
Distinguished Professorship,
1971,
1979-1982
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| 8.17 |
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E,
1951-1952,
1960-1979
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| 8.18 |
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Faculty Association for Middle Eastern Studies
(FAMES),
1973-1974
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| 9.1 |
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Fak -- Fay,
1952, 1958-1962,
1971-1978
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| 9.2 |
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Faz -- For,
1955-1961, 1975,
1983
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| 9.3 |
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Ford Foundation,
1956,
1962
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| 9.4 |
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Franco-American Faculty Exchange,
1980
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| 9.5 |
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Fra -- Fyz,
1958-1983
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| 9.6 |
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Gar -- Ghul,
1954-1959,
1968-1983
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| 9.7 |
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Gia -- Gou,
1953-1960,
1968-1982
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| 9.8 |
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Gracia, Jorge,
1975-1982
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| 9.9-9.10 |
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Government officials on U.S. policy in the Middle East,
1968;
includes
Ad Hoc Committee on the Middle East, letters
to United States Presidents
Jimmy Carter,
Lyndon B. Johnson and
Richard M. Nixon, Minnesota Senator
Eugene McCarthy, New York Senator
Al D'Amato, and
Anwar Sadat.
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| 9.11 |
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Gra -- Gre,
1957-1977
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| 9.12 |
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Grievance Committee for Bennett/SUNY Press Grievance,
1976-1977
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| 9.13 |
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Guggenheim Foundation,
1963-1964
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| 9.14 |
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Gul -- Gye,
1965-1975,
1981
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| 9.15 |
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Hab -- Had,
1952-1984
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| 9.16 |
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Harvard University,
Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Appointment of Near
Eastern Languages field in Arabic,
1974-1978
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| 9.17 |
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Har -- Hat,
1953,
1962-1982
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| 9.18-10.1 |
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Hawi, Sami,
1966-1975; includes thesis [2
folders]
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| 10.2 |
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Hay -- Hus,
1951-1980
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| 10.3-10.5 |
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Humphreys, Steve,
1968-1980; includes petition.
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| 10.6 |
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Imhoff -- Imam,
1968-1970,
1983
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| 10.7-10.8 |
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Inati, Shams,
1972-1982; includes thesis.
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| 10.9-10.10 |
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International Congress of Orientalists,
1960,
1966-1974
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| 10.11 |
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Inter-University Programme in East-West
Thought,
1975
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| 10.12 |
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Ind -- Isl,
1952-1954,
1961-1982
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| 10.13 |
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Iss -- Jon,
1964-1981
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| 10.14-10.15 |
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Journal of the American Institute for the
Study of the Middle East,
1967-1980
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| 10.16 |
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Jur -- Kasica,
1953-1961,
1967-1973, 1980-1981
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| 10.17 |
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Kasim -- Kel,
1953-1961,
1967-1980
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| 10.18 |
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Ker -- Ketc,
1960-1961, 1971,
1976
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| 10.19 |
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Ketter, Robert: Letters of Support,
1968-1970, 1978,
1980; includes letters to University at Buffalo Presidents,
Martin Meyerson and
Peter Regan, regarding stationary fraud
scandal.
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| 10.20 |
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Khan, M.S.,
1973-1982
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| 11.1 |
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Kha -- Kid,
1953-1983
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| 11.2 |
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Kin -- Koh,
1971-1981
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| 11.3 |
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Kolbas, Judith,
1970-1973,
1981
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| 11.4 |
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Kon -- Kuw,
1973-1977
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| 11.5 |
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Kuwait University,
1974
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| 11.6-11.7 |
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Lahood, Gabriel,
1979-1984
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| 11.8 |
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Lac -- Leg,
1953-1957,
1966-1976, 1982
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| 11.9 |
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Len -- Lind,
1954-1981
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| 11.10-11.11 |
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Linley, Neil,
1977-1982
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| 11.12 |
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Lip -- Lyl,
1956-1982
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| 11.13 |
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Mab -- Mala,
1968-1983
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| 11.14 |
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Maloney, J.,
1979-1983
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| 11.15 |
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Man -- May,
1952-1959,
1970-1983
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| 11.16 |
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Maz -- Mil,
1951,
1971-1977
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| 11.17 |
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Middle East Institute,
1960-1971
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| 11.18-12.1 |
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Middle East Studies Association,
1967-1980 (2 folders)
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| 12.2 |
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Mirow, Thomas: Vienna conference of Arab and
Jewish intellectuals,
1977-1978
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| 12.3 |
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Mis -- Mora,
1952-1965,
1972-1978
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| 12.4 |
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Morewedge, Parviz,
1971-1980
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| 12.5 |
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Morg -- Mur,
1953-1954,
1978-1983
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| 12.6 |
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Musallam, B.,
1975-1979
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| 12.7 |
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Naa -- Nas,
1952-1973,
1979; includes correspondence with
Ralph Nader.
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| 12.8-12.10 |
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National Endowment for the Humanities,
1972-1973,
1980-1984
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| 12.11 |
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Nay –
New York University,
1955,
1961-1982
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| 12.12 |
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Organizations concerned about the Middle East,
1978-1983
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| 12.13 |
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Oco -- Oxt,
1953-1958,
1965-1966, 1972-1982
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| 12.14 |
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Peretz, Don,
1967-1969
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| 12.15 |
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Pah -- Pus,
1952-1981
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| 12.16-12.17 |
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Correspondence with publishers,
1959,
1965-1971; includes publishing agreements.
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| 12.18 |
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Qay -- Ric,
1953-1977
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| 13.1 |
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Rid -- Row,
1958-1984
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| 13.2 |
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Saa -- Sch,
1951,
1961-1983
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| 13.3 |
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Schultz, Janice,
1972-1979
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| 13.4 |
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Second Islamic Philosophy Conference -- Sla,
1966-1973,
1980-1983
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| 13.5 |
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Smi –
Social Sciences Research Council,
1965,
1972-1983
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| 13.6-13.7 |
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Société pour l'étude de la philosophie
médiévale,
1964-1973
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| 13.8 |
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Society for the Medieval and Renaissance
Philosophy,
1979-1982
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| 13.9 |
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Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and
Science,
1971-1983
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| 13.10 |
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Soc -- Sul,
1975-1983; includes
Society for the Study of the History of
Philosophy.
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| 13.11-13.12 |
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SUNY Press,
1970-1977
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| 13.13 |
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Sut -- Tay,
1951-1954,
1961-1981
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| 13.14 |
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Tho -- Tram,
1953, 1964-1966,
1975-1980
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| 14.1 |
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Translation Project -- Tuh,
1967-1984
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| 14.2 |
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UCLA visiting professorship,
1978-1981
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| 14.4 |
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Uni -- Upp,
1952-1955,
1961-1970; includes University of Michigan faculty
committees.
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| 14.5 |
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Van -- Vin,
1958-1962,
1969-1984
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| 14.6-14.7 |
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Visiting lecturers at the University at Buffalo,
1968-1979
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| 14.8 |
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Vis -- Wei,
1950-1983
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| 14.9 |
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Wel -- Whi,
1952, 1966,
1976-1984
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| 14.10 |
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White House Conference on the Middle East,
1980
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| 14.11 |
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Who's Who in America,
1973
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| 14.12 |
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Wic -- Wie,
1953,
1962
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| 14.14 |
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Wil -- Wan,
1953-1976,
1984
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| 14.15 |
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Woo -- You,
1954-1967,
1976-1983
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| 14.16 |
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You -- Zei,
1951-1955, 1964,
1970-1977
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| 14.17 |
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Zia -- Zur,
1960-1972
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| 14.18 |
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No surname or no date.
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Contents |
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| 15.1 |
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Articles,
1935,
1938
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| 15.2-15.4 |
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Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean During
the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, C. E.,
1939
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| 15.5 |
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Articles, essays,
1941-1947
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| 15.6 |
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Articles,
1948-1949; includes correspondence.
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| 15.7-15.14 |
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Arab Seafaring,
1951;
includes notes from research, correspondence, reviews and copy of text.
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| 15.15 |
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Articles, essays,
1952
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| 15.16 |
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Articles, essays,
1954,
1955
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| 15.17 |
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"Justice in Early Greek Thought,"
1955;
includes notes and rough draft.
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| 15.18-16.3 |
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Ethical Value,
1956,
1948-1971; includes correspondence, revisions, reviews, and copy of
text [6 folders]
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| 16.4 |
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Articles, essays,
1956-1959
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| 16.5-16.10 |
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Kitab Fasl al-Maqal,
1959,
1952-1971; includes editorial suggestions, correspondence with
publisher, general correspondence, reviews and copy of text.
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| 16.12 |
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Articles, essays,
1961;
includes encyclopedia articles and correspondence.
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| 16.13-17.1 |
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Averroes on the Harmony of Religion
and Philosophy,
1961,
1960-1970; includes research, correspondence, notes, reviews and
copy of text. (7 folders)
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| 17.3 |
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Review of
The Nasreen Ethics,
1962;
includes notes and correspondence.
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| 17.4 |
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Articles,
1963,
1964; includes encyclopedia articles.
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| 17.5-17.7 |
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Medieval thought and theology,
1964;
includes articles and notes.
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| 17.9 |
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Articles, essays,
1966-1968; includes encyclopedia articles and
correspondence.
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| 17.10 |
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Articles, essays,
1969
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| 17.11-17.12 |
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Article:
"Israel, the Arabs and Ethics,"
1969;
includes article and correspondence.
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| 17.13 |
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Articles, unpublished essays,
1970,
1971
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| 17.14-17.15 |
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Article:
"Israel and Palestine: A Fresh Approach,"
1971;
includes notes and correspondence.
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| 17.16-18.4 |
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Islamic Rationalism: the Ethics of 'Abd
Al-Jabbar,
1971,
1968-1978; includes notes, correspondence, reviews and copy of text
[6 folders]
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| 18.5 |
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Articles,
1972;
includes correspondence.
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| 18.6 |
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Articles, reviews,
1973;
includes correspondence.
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| 18.7 |
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Articles,
1975;
includes correspondence.
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| 18.8-18.10 |
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Essays on Islamic Philosophy and
Science,
"Ethics on Medieval Islam,"
1975;
includes reviews, correspondence, and copy of text.
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| 18.11 |
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Article:
"Ibn Sina on Necessary and Possible Existence,"
1976;
includes correspondence.
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| 18.12 |
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Articles,
1976;
includes notes and correspondence for
"Ghazali on Ethical Action" and
"Islamic and Non-Islamic Origins of Mu'tazilite Ethical
Nationalism."
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| 18.13 |
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Articles, reviews,
1977;
includes correspondence.
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| 18.14 |
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Article:
"Averroès musulman,"
1978;
includes notes, correspondence.
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| 18.15 |
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Article:
"The Story of Sinhue,"
1977-1978; includes correspondence.
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| 19.1 |
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Article:
"Zulm An-Nafs in the Qu'ran, in the Light of
Aristotle,"
1978;
includes notes and correspondence.
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| 19.2 |
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Review:
Sadr al-Din Shirazi and his
Transcendent Theosophy: Background, Life and Works,
1979;
includes correspondence.
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| 19.3-19.4 |
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Islamic Philosophical
Theology,
"Reason and Revelation in Ibn Hazm's Ethical
Thought,"
1979;
includes notes and correspondence.
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| 19.5 |
|
Article:
"Ethical Presuppositions of the Qu'ran,"
1980,
1978-1980; includes correspondence.
|
|
| 19.6-19.8 |
|
Article:
"Foundations of the Art of Prophecy,"
1980;
includes notes.
|
|
| 19.9 |
|
Article:
"Maimonides and Islam,"
1980,
1980-1984; includes drafts, correspondence, and notes.
|
|
| 19.10 |
|
Article:
"Obligation are Facts,"
1980;
includes drafts and notes.
|
|
| 19.11 |
|
Articles,
1981;
includes correspondence.
|
|
| 19.12 |
|
Festschriften:
Islamic Thought: Studies in Honor of
George F. Hourani,
1982
|
|
| 19.13 |
|
Articles, essays,
1982;
includes notes and correspondence.
|
|
| 19.14 |
|
Article:
"Ibn Khaldun's Historical Methodology,"
1982,
1980-1984; includes correspondence and notes.
|
|
| 19.15 |
|
Articles,
1983;
includes
Dictionary of the Middle Ages
article and correspondence.
|
|
| 19.16 |
|
Article:
"Diving Justice and Human Reason in Mu'talizite Ethical
Theology,"
1983;
includes correspondence.
|
|
| 20.1 |
|
Article:
"A Revised Chronology of Ghazali's Writings,"
1984,
1983-1984; includes notes and correspondence.
|
|
| 20.2-20.7 |
|
Reason and Tradition in Islamic
Ethics,
1985,
1984; includes revisions, copyright permission, and correspondence
with publisher.
|
|
| 20.8-20.9 |
|
Other writings, no date
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 20.10 |
|
School of Oriental Studies, University of London,
1936-1937; includes exams.
|
|
IV.B University of Michigan
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 21.7 |
|
Arabic language instruction materials,
circa 1957; includes notes and
correspondence.
|
|
| 21.8 |
|
Course:
Elementary Persian,
1960-1961; includes course notes.
|
|
| 21.9 |
|
Course:
Islamic Culture,
circa 1954; includes lecture notes and
syllabus.
|
|
| 21.10 |
|
Course:
Islamic Culture,
1961;
includes course materials.
|
|
| 21.11 |
|
Course:
Islamic Institutions,
1959;
includes course materials.
|
|
| 21.12-21.13 |
|
Course:
Islamic Philosophy,
1955-1960; includes student evaluations,
exams.
|
|
| 21.14-21.15 |
|
Course:
Modern Near East since 1789,
1950-1962; includes notes, syllabus, and student
evaluations.
|
|
| 21.16-21.18 |
|
Course:
Muslim History and Civilization to 1500 C. E,
circa 1966; includes course material and
student evaluations.
|
|
| 22.1 |
|
Course:
Muslim Religion and Philosophy,
1952-1966; includes notes and course
materials.
|
|
| 22.2-22.6 |
|
Course:
Near Eastern History I, 500-945 C. E,
circa 1955; includes lecture notes, reading
list and syllabus.
|
|
| 22.7 |
|
Course:
Near Eastern History, 945 C. E to the Crusades,
circa 1955; includes reading lists and
syllabus.
|
|
| 22.8 |
|
Course:
Near Eastern History, 945-1500 C. E,
circa 1955; includes lecture
notes.
|
|
| 22.9 |
|
Course:
Near Eastern History, 1200-1800,
circa 1955; includes lecture
notes.
|
|
| 22.10-22.12 |
|
Course:
Near Eastern History from 1781,
circa 1958; includes lecture
notes.
|
|
| 22.13 |
|
Coursework on Roman and Islamic Syria,
1957
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 22.14 |
|
Course:
Comparative Study in Medieval History,
1965;
includes course description, syllabus and reading lists.
|
|
| 22.15 |
|
Pro-seminar:
Islamic History,
1961;
includes bibliography and syllabus.
|
|
| 22.16-23.2 |
|
Course:
Islamic History to 945 C. E,
circa 1962; includes lecture notes. (3
folders)
|
|
| 23.4-23.8 |
|
Course:
Islamic History II, 945-1789,
circa 1962; includes lecture notes.
|
|
| 23.9-23.10 |
|
Course:
Islamic History III, 1789-1960,
circa 1962;
includes lecture notes.
|
|
| 23.11-23.12 |
|
Course:
Islamic Institutions,
circa 1966; includes exams and course
materials.
|
|
| 23.13 |
|
Roman history notes,
1948,
1951, no date
|
|
| 24.1 |
|
Course:
Studies in Arabic History,
circa 1964; includes notes and course
materials.
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 24.2-24.4 |
|
Course:
Ancient Philosophy lecture notes,
circa 1950
|
|
| 24.5-24.7 |
|
Medieval philosophy lecture notes,
1964-1967, no
date
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 24.8-24.9 |
|
Doctoral reading lists and exams,
circa
1960-1970
|
|
| 24.10 |
|
Extension lecture on Islam,
1964
|
|
| 24.11-24.14 |
|
Coursework on
Great Books of the Near East,
1962-1975; includes lecture notes, course
materials and materials from University at Buffalo.
|
|
| 25.1 |
|
Coursework on religions other than Islam,
circa 1965; includes lecture
notes.
|
|
| 25.2 |
|
Course:
Zoroastrians in Early Islam, no date; includes
bibliography and notes.
|
|
IV.C University of Michigan departmental files
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 25.3 |
|
Asian Studies program: Hourani proposals and
recommendations,
1960
|
|
| 25.4-25.6 |
|
History department,
1961-1967; includes curriculum, proposal for
revised undergraduate program.
|
|
| 25.7-25.10 |
|
Near Eastern Studies department: administrative
materials,
1950-1964; includes curriculum, correspondence,
Library Committee.
|
|
| 25.11-25.14 |
|
Philosophy Department,
1966-1967; includes program requirements, draft
proposal for joint doctorate in History and Philosophy of Science, Curriculum
Committee reports and memos.
|
|
IV.D University at Buffalo
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 26.1-26.2 |
|
Course:
Ancient Philosophy,
1971-1983; includes course material and
notes.
|
|
| 26.3 |
|
Course:
Arabic and Jewish Philosophy,
1969;
includes course materials.
|
|
| 26.4-26.5 |
|
Seminar:
Aristotle's Human Philosophy,
1977,
1981; includes reading list, syllabus, lecture notes and student
papers.
|
|
| 26.6-26.8 |
|
Course:
Ethics,
1978;
includes notes.
|
|
| 26.9 |
|
Course:
Greek Ethics,
1969-1973
|
|
| 26.10-26.14 |
|
Coursework on Islamic philosophy,
circa 1975, no
date; includes notes, and University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA) documents.
|
|
| 26.15-26.16 |
|
Coursework on Islamic philosophy: exams,
1967-1981
|
|
| 27.1-27.4 |
|
Course:
Medieval Philosophy,
circa
1968-1980; includes lecture notes, syllabus and exams.
|
|
| 27.5 |
|
Course:
Plato,
1972-1982; includes lecture notes and
exam.
|
|
| 27.6 |
|
Coursework on Socratic ethics,
1969;
includes lecture notes.
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 27.7 |
|
Course:
Islamic Institutions,
1970;
includes syllabus.
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 27.8-27.10 |
|
Arabic language instruction,
1968-1982; includes correspondence and
notes.
|
|
| 27.11 |
|
Hispano-Arabic curriculum proposal,
1974
|
|
| 27.13-27.16 |
|
Student papers,
1968-1973; includes dissertation notes for
Gabriel Lahood and
Ping-Cheung Lo.
|
|
| 27.17 |
|
Course:
Value Theories in Medieval Islam,
1967-1969; includes lecture notes.
|
|
IV.E University at Buffalo departmental files
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 27.18 |
|
Arab Language instruction,
1979-1980; includes correspondence and Fellowship
applications.
|
|
| 28.1 |
|
Asian and African Studies,
1973
|
|
| 28.2 |
|
Critical Languages Program,
1970-1973; includes memos.
|
|
| 28.3 |
|
Faculty Senate,
1973-1974; includes memos and
correspondence.
|
|
| 28.4 |
|
Faculty of Social Sciences,
1973-1981; includes by-laws and
memos.
|
|
| 28.5-28.6 |
|
International Studies Executive Committee,
1975-1978; includes meeting minutes and
memos.
|
|
| 28.7 |
|
Judaic Studies Program,
1965-1977; includes memos and
correspondence.
|
|
| 28.8-28.9 |
|
Middle Eastern Studies Department,
1970,
1976; includes Special Majors Committee correspondence, meeting
minutes.
|
|
| 28.10-28.11 |
|
Near Eastern Studies Department,
1970-1977; includes memos and
correspondence.
|
|
| 28.12 |
|
Salary grievance,
1978
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 28.13 |
|
Curriculum committee,
1978
|
|
| 28.14 |
|
Development plan,
1978
|
|
| 28.15 |
|
Ethics course for general education requirements,
1980
|
|
| 28.16 |
|
Evaluation of students,
1971
|
|
| 28.17 |
|
Executive Committee meeting minutes,
1980-1982
|
|
| 28.18-28.19 |
|
Faculty meeting minutes,
1967-1980
|
|
| 29.1 |
|
Faculty promotions,
1970-1976
|
|
| 29.2 |
|
Fellowship applications,
1969-1974; includes summer teaching
applications.
|
|
| 29.3 |
|
Financial aid to Philosophy students,
1973-1977
|
|
| 29.4 |
|
Grading guidelines for undergraduate course,
1971, 1977,
1981
|
|
| 29.5 |
|
Graduate program policies,
circa
1981
|
|
| 29.6-29.8 |
|
Graduate Studies Committee,
1967-1969
|
|
| 29.9 |
|
Language exams and requirements,
1968-1977
|
|
| 29.10-29.12 |
|
Library Committee,
1967-1981; includes memos, notes and
correspondence.
|
|
| 29.13-30.3 |
|
Philosophy department,
1968-1979; includes memos, correspondence,
by-laws, Chairman's correspondence, course reading lists, Asian Studies degree
requirements, Philosophy doctorate breadth requirements, and State Education
Department reviews [8 folders]
|
|
| 30.4 |
|
Religious Studies Program faculty,
1967-1978
|
|
| 30.5-30.6 |
|
Study abroad program,
circa 1974;
includes applications and guidelines.
|
|
| 30.7 |
|
Summer teaching positions, progress and evaluation
reports for graduate students, proposal for International Studies as a
component to general education requirements, and Graduate Philosophical
Association constitution.
|
|
| 30.8-30.9 |
|
Teaching evaluations,
1974
|
|
| 30.10 |
|
Undergraduate program requirements,
1968-1978
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 30.11 |
|
Averroes colloquium,
circa
1976
|
|
| 30.12 |
|
"A Decade of Revolution in the Arab Middle East;
Political and Social Changes, 1949-59,"
1960
|
|
| 30.13 |
|
"Democracy and the Arabs," August
1945
|
|
| 30.14 |
|
Islam and the Medieval West conference,
1975;
includes correspondence and revisions of disputation.
|
|
| 30.15 |
|
"Islamic Philosophy: The Battle of the Theologians and
Philosophers,"
1983;
includes notes and correspondence.
|
|
| 30.16 |
|
"The Life and Thought of Ibn Rushd,"
1957
[disbound]
|
|
| 30.17 |
|
"Modern English Poetry," October
1942
|
|
| 30.18 |
|
"Nationalism," November
1943
|
|
| 30.19 |
|
"Suggestions for Arab Policy in Palestine,"
December
1947
|
|
| 30.20-30.21 |
|
"The Transmission of Philosophy from Muslim Spain to
Christian Europe," conference,
1969;
includes notes.
|
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 31.1-37.2 |
|
Collected writings,
1919, 1931,
1933-1936, 1939-1983, no date [61 folders]
|
|
| 37.3-37.6 |
|
Photostats: includes Nurosmaniye, Veliyuddin, Burkawi,
Risala, Aya Sofya, Farabi, Ibn Sina, Risalat al-akhtaq, N. Osmaniye, Istanbul,
Ibn Rushd, Masa'il, Perterniyal,
1958, no
date
|
|
| 39.0 |
|
Reference file, no date
[card box index file] |
|
| 40.0 |
|
Bibliography file, no date
[card box index file] |
|
V.A Newsletters and Conferences
|
| Subseries organized by authoring
institution |
| |
|
| Box-folder |
|
Contents |
|
| 37.7 |
|
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee,
1981
|
|
| 37.8 |
|
Americans for Justice in the Middle East,
The Middle East
Newsletter,
1972-1974,
1981;
includes
AJME Newsletter.
|
|
| 37.9 |
|
Americans for Middle East Understanding,
The Link,
American Friends of the Middle
East,
Mid East,
1966,
1972-1980; includes AMEU booklets.
|
|
| 37.10 |
|
American Research Center in Egypt,
1978-1980
|
|
| 37.11 |
|
American Schools of Oriental Research,
Arab Development Society,
Arab Office,
1948, no
date
|
|
| 37.12 |
|
XXVII International Congress of
Orientalists program,
1967
|
|
| 38.1 |
|
Literature East and West, The Maghreb Review,
1960,
1978-1980
|
|
| 38.2 |
|
Middle East Studies Association of North
America,
1972, 1974, 1977,
1981-1982
|
|
| 38.3 |
|
Palestine Human Rights Bulletin,
Palestine and Transjordan,
1936,
1980
|
|
| 38.4 |
|
Two Arabic magazines, no date
|
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Morewedge,
Parviz
University of Michigan.
Dept. of Near Eastern Studies
Government Arab College
(Jerusalem)
Hourani,
Celeste
Hourani, Albert
Habib
State University of New
York at Buffalo. Dept. of Philosophy
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Academic writing
Arab-Israeli
conflict
Ethics--Study and
teaching--United States
History--Religious
aspects--Islam
Indian
Ocean--Navigation--History
Islamic ethics--Study and
teaching--United States
Jewish-Arab
relations
Learning and
scholarship--United States
Mentoring in
education--United States
Middle
East--Relations--United States
Middle East--Study and
teaching--United States
Philosophers--United
States
American
Institute of Islamic Studies
American
Oriental Society
American
University in Cairo
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Averroes,
1126-1198
Averroes,
1126-1198. Averroes on the harmony of religion and philosophy
Civilization,
Islamic--Study and teaching--United States
College teachers--United
States
Educators--United
States
Government
Arab College (Jerusalem)
Hourani,
George Fadlo, comp. Essays on Islamic philosophy and science
Hourani,
George Fadlo---Correspondence
Hourani,
George Fadlo--Archives
Hourani,
George Fadlo. Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean during the ninth and tenth
centuries A.D.
Hourani,
George Fadlo. Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval
times
Hourani,
George Fadlo. Ethical value
Hourani,
George Fadlo. Islamic rationalism
Hourani,
George Fadlo. Reason and tradition in Islamic ethics
International Congress of
Orientalists
Islam and
politics
Islam--Study and
teaching--United States
Islamic
Empire--History--Study and teaching
Marmura,
Michael E., 1929- ed. Islamic theology and philosophy
Middle
East Studies Association of North America
Philosophy teachers--United
States
Philosophy, Islamic--Study
and teaching--United States
Philosophy--Study and
teaching--United States
Publishers and
publishing--United States--Correspondence
Scholarly
publishing--United States
State
University of New York at Buffalo--Archives
State
University of New York at Buffalo--Records and correspondence
State
University of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of Philosophy --Faculty
State
University of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of Philosophy--Records and
correspondence
Teacher exchange
programs
United
States--Relations--Middle East
University
of Buffalo--Archives
University
of Michigan Dept. of Near Eastern Studies
Visiting teachers
