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Congratulations to Zari Mahmoudi for Passing Candidacy Exams

We are thrilled to announce that our Zari Mahmoudi just recently passed her candidacy exams, under the advisement of Professors Sean Anthony, Johanna Sellman, Michael Swartz, and Hugh Urban, and…

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Congratulations to Gordon Goodwin (MA 2023) for Winning the Arts Scholars and Humanities Scholars GTAship

We would like to congratulate current MA student Gordon Goodwin (2023) for winning the 2022-2023 Arts Scholars and Humanities Scholars Graduate Teaching Associate award! Gordon will be supporting…

Connor Rouillier

Connor Rouillier Awarded SALAM Scholarship

Connor Rouillier a Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics and NELC has been awarded the well-known Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Summer Arabic Language and Media (SALAM) program fully-…

Fulbright-Hays Promotional Video

Fulbright-Hays Promotional Video

The Fulbright-Hays program for Faculty research is being reinstated by the U.S. Congress, after a many-year hiatus.  They asked me to make this short promotional video of my experience in…

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Congratulations to Donna Jarjour!

Congratulations to NELC's Donna Jarjour for being awarded the Melton Center’s George M. and Reneé Levine Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies for this academic year (2021-2022). 

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Congratulations Dr. Phil Tice!

Please join me in congratulating Phil Tice for a successful defense of his doctoral dissertation, Language and Performance in Post-revolution Tunisia.

Phil, a Major in the U.S. Air Force,…

Larkin Cleland

Larkin Cleland Awarded CASA Fellowship

Larkin Cleland, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Geography as well as Arabic and Islamic Studies in the NELC Department, has been awarded a CASA at AUC Fellowship. The Center for Arabic…

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NELC/SEELC Staff Partner with Metro Schools

arlier this year, the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (SEELC) partnered with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) to offer a January Term (J-…

Persian Poem Inscription on Agra Castle (India)

Announcement! NELC Department Poetry Project!

Special Announcement! NELC Department Poetry Project

Since the dawn of human civilization, poetry has played a vital role in transmitting culture, expressing individual identity, and…