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By Marie-Therese Labaki

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Spring 2026 Arabic Calligraphy Workshop! We are grateful to our sponsors, volunteers, partners, and especially Dr. Muhammad Habib for making this…

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By Marie-Therese Labaki

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Spring 2026 Arabic Calligraphy Workshop, held on Friday, April 10th from 3–5 PM at the 18th Avenue Library (Rooms 070/090). The event was a beautiful…

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Professor Johanna Sellman has been named the 2025 recipient of the Deborah and Ronald Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor in the College of Arts and…

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Professor Sean Anthony has been named an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty distinction awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences. This honor…

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Syncretic Spirits of Fire: Narratives of the jinn and related beings in Near Eastern religious corpora

Author: Vija…

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Salma Albezreh was awarded the ninth annual Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize for her paper: “Who But You Can Save Us? Allāh’s Theological Position in Ancestral Arabian Religion and…

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NESA wrapped up the Autumn semester with a little sugar and a lot of smiles! From December 8–10, students stopped by our selfie station to enjoy hot chocolate, tea, and delicious treats. It was the…

Manal presenting at Metro School
By Manal Habbal

Exploring Arab & Russian Cultures: SEELC & NESA Faculty Partner with Metro Schools

January 8, 2026 – January 22, 2026

This January, the Department of Slavic…

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By James D. Moore

Professor James Moore explains what DLATO is and how DEAPS works in a lecture given to the Center for AI and Data Science at Tel Aviv University.

You can view his lecture on YouTube.

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