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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 2008 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). Donna Jarjour is a…
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, has been a…
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 Study…
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-term…
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 developing…
Uzbek President Addresses U.N. General Assembly
The 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on Tuesday, September 22nd. As part of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of the Republic of…
Congratulations to Ben Batarseh for completing his NELC M.A. requirements!
Ben Batarseh recently completed and defended his M.A. Thesis, Transjordanian State-Building and the Palestinian Problem: How Tribal Values and Symbols Became the Bedrock of Jordanian Nationalism…
Congratulations to Nathan Young for completing his NELC PhD requirements!
Nathan Young recently completed and defended his Dissertation, Modernity’s Other: Nostalgia for Village Life in Turkey (see below for summary). During his time in the NELC PhD Program, Nathan has…