The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES, pronounced see-sayms) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign promotes scholarship, teaching, and public engagement on these two regions of global significance, drawing on university support since 1983. Over the years, CSAMES has supported language instruction, events, lectures, partnerships with area K-12 schools and community colleges, symposia, and workshops with the help of over 75 faculty members across more than forty departments. CSAMES also offers undergraduate minors in South Asian Studies and Islamic World Studies, as well as a Master of Arts degree in South Asian or Middle Eastern Studies.
For more information on each field, please visit the relevant section for South Asian Studies or Middle Eastern Studies or contact us at csames@illinois.edu.