The Eu has helped to fund a new initiative that brings art and architectural objects to the viewing public via an online international museum. Museums with No Frontiers hosts a fabulous permanent collection as well as various special exhibitions.

ArchNet is a great place to collect images and share images of the architecture of the Muslim world. This was started by the Agha Khan program for Islamic architecture at Harvard and MIT. Those interested in future graduate work might want to check out that program.

For a quick primer on Islamic art check out the Islamic Art Dept. at the MET. Other great collections are housed at the Sackler gallery at Harvard and the Sackler Gallery in DC (part of the Smithsonian)

Also of interest is the Egyptian based Islamic Ceramics museum whihc displays photos of its collection. More info on ceramics and the archaeology surrounding it can be studied in depth on the Oxford Ceramics Online Course

Cosmology is the new exhibit at the Boston College McMullen Museum of Art that shows some 123 pieces of Islamic art from the David collection. With any luck we will be able to organize a fieldtrip to visit the show.

Those who want a virtual class on Andalusia may find this site of value.

These are some useful links for individual excavations at Islamic period sites:

Hadir-Qinnasrin in Syria

Tell Teneinir in Syria

the Raqqa Ancient Industry Project in Syria

Balis Umayyad Qasr in Syria

Aqaba/Ayla in Jordan

Sijilmasa in Morroco

Samarra in Iraq

For those interested in Numismatics and all things coins, here are some useful sites to get you started.

the Maskukat Collection is quite extensive and well documented.

For those with serious interest, you should take advantages of the resources of the Islamic cabinet of the American Numismatic Society. They have one of the most extensive collections in the world.

Some useful resources and refernces that you can access online:

The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute at The University of Chicago

Index Islamicus provides a serchable database for published works dealing with Islam and the Middle East and is a very useful tool to locate scholarly articles and books for in depth research projects.

These are some useful links for Islamic Studies:

Dr. Godlas' Islamic Studies page This is an award winning resource for virtually everything.

You would also do well to have a look at the Professor B. Wheeler's website as well.

These are some useful links for Middle East Studies:

Middle East Studies at Brown. Please note that this site is currently under construction. If you are interested in being a concentrator please feel free to come and talk with me.

One of the best protals to ME studies and issues is the Middle East Desk a site sponsored by the Middle East research and Information Project (MERIP) and the Hagop Kevorkian Center at NYU.

if you are interested in studying Arabic check out the following links:

Syrian Studies Association

American University in Cairo

Center for Arabic Suties Abroad Program

IQRA Institute Damascus

Fulbright IIE Program

More to come...