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Humanities Scholars Lecture Series: Lost Languages and Forgotten Gods: pre-Islamic Arabia in the 21st Century

Professor Al-Jallad
October 25, 2018
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Ramseyer Hall Room 100

Please join us for NELC Sofia Chair/Associate Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad's first public lecture on campus!

Modern archaeology and epigraphy have revolutionized our understanding of pre-Islamic Arabia. This talk will survey the latest discoveries and their impact on our understanding the languages, writing systems, and religions of Arabia before the rise of Islam.

Read more about Al-Jallad’s exciting research in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-written-in-stone