Prof. Philip S Khoury

Vice Provost for the Arts
Ford International Professor of History

Primary DLC

Office of the Provost

MIT Room: 10-280

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Middle East and Islam (Especially Social and Political Aspects)
War and Reconstruction in Lebanon

Research Summary

Professor Khoury, as Associate Provost, is responsible for overseeing MIT’s non-curricular arts programs and initiatives, including the MIT Museum and the List Visual Arts Center. He is also directly engaged in MIT’s strategic planning for international education and research; MIT’s efforts to promote the public understanding of science and technology and existing activities and new opportunities at the intersections of MIT’s five schools: Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Management, and Science.

Recent Work