News
Liu appointed chair of Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
We are very excited to announce that Morgan Liu, associate professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, has been appointed chair of the department…
Department Name Change - Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures (NESA)
We are excited to announce that Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is now Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, or NESA!
The Board of Trustees during…
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…
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 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
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…
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 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…