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NELC Awards Two Scholarships to Outstanding Graduate Students!
During the Fall 2019 semester, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) awarded the Hajj Abu Ismail Jallaq Scholarship to two outstanding graduate students, Ben Batarseh and…
Sofia Chair of Arabic, Ahmad Al-Jallad, publishes dictionary of an extinct variety of Arabic, written in Syria/Jordan more than 2000 years ago
Safaitic is the name of an extinct script used to write rock inscriptions in forms of pre-Islamic Arabic concentrated the Syro-Jordanian Ḥarrah. Ahmad Al-Jallad with his colleague Karolina…
NELC Professor, Dr. Ila Nagar, Publishes New Book detailing the complexity of Janana identities and experiences in India
NELC Professor of South Asia Studies Dr. Ila Nagar has had a new book published, Being Janana: Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India (Routledge Press, 2019). …
CSEES awards new curriculum development grant to NELC Professor
The Center for Slavic and East European Studies announced that it has awarded Professor Morgan Liu a curriculum development grant for the 2019-20 academic year. Professor Morgan Liu,…
Dr. Liu Elected President of Central Eurasian Studies Society
NELC Associate Professor, Morgan Liu, was recently elected to serve as President of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. He will begin his service as in the presidency this October for three…
NELC and MESC Scholars Awarded Grants From the University Institute of Teaching and Learning
Danielle V. Schoon, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) and Melinda McClimans, Middle East Studies Center (MESC), were awarded grants from the University Institute of Teaching and Learning…
Welcome Dr. Hekmet Dirbas, Arabic Lecturer
The NELC Department would like to welcome Dr. Hekmet Dirbas to the Department! Dr. Dirbas will be working with NELC undergraduate and graduate students and teaching courses in Arabic Language,…
Congratulations Rasmyah Alaybani!
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…
NELC Doctoral Candidate Ehsan Estiri awarded Global Arts + Humanities Graduate Fellowship
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…