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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…
Welcome Dr. Sarah Schellinger, NELC Visiting Scholar
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…
Congratulations Miriam Bourgeois!
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…
Galit Golan Recognized with Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer
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…
NELC Student Awarded Middlebury Kathryn Davis Fellowship!
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…
NELC Awards Two Scholarships to Outstanding Undergraduate Students
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…
NELC Professor, Dr. Michael Swartz, publishes new book on Jewish Magic and Mysticism
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…