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The NELC Department is proud to announce that on Thursday, June 6, Rasmyah Alaybani defended her dissertation and will graduate with her PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Summer…

The Global Arts + Humanities Graduate Team Fellowships are financial awards made on the basis of academic merit through a division-wide competition. These fellowships are given to recognize the…

The NELC Department would like to welcome Dr. Sarah Schellinger to the Department as a Visiting Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year. She specializes in the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt…

The NELC Department is proud to announce that on Friday, May 10, Miriam R. Bourgeois defended her dissertation and will graduate with her PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Summer…

On March 19, 2019, NELC Hebrew Instructor, Galit Golan was recognized with the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer.

The Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a…

Bradley Brincka, OSU Arabic Major, was awarded the highly selective Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace to study Arabic this summer at Middlebury College's intensive langauge program.

Bradley…

During the Fall 2018 semester, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) awarded the Hajj Abu Ismail Jallaq Scholarship to two outstanding Islamic Studies majors, Steven Turner…

Michael D. Swartz’s latest book appeared this fall: The Mechanics of Providence: The Workings of Ancient Jewish Magic and Mysticism (Tübingen: Mohr, 2018). It argues that magic…

Ashley Clark is a Senior majoring in Comparative Studies and minoring in South Asia Studies. She spent the Spring 2018 semester studying abroad in Hyderabad, India and submitted this reflection on…