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NELC Graduates 3 MA Students
The Department of Near Eastern lanaguges and Cultures wishes a fond farewell to three students that have earned a MA in our Department:
Kathy Nowak will begin teaching Arabic langauge at the…
Morgan Liu Appointed Interim Chair
Morgan Y. Liu, associate professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, has been named interim chair of the department, effective July 1. Liu is a cultural anthropologist…
Liu receives Central Eurasian Studies Society's 2014 book award for <<Under Solomon's Throne>>
Congratulations to Professor Morgan Liu on receiving the annual book award of the Central Eurasian Studies Society in 2014 for his monograph Under Solomon’s Throne. The book was chosen…
Myers awarded 2015/16 RCAC fellowship at Koç University
Congratulations to NELC PhD student Trisha Myers on her award of a fellowship at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) at Koç University. The RCAC aims to develop and facilitate…
Summer 2014 Intensive Arabic applications now available
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures will again, for Summer 2014, be offering its Intensive Arabic program for both OSU and non-OSU highschoolers, undergradautes, graduate…
congratulations to the Department's graduates
Three of NELC's graduate students completed their Master of Arts degrees in Spring semester 2013: Brent Biglin (Youssef Yacoubi, advisor), Nicholas Mangialardi (Sabra Webber, advisor), and…
Ben Gatling, Department's first PhD grad
Ben Gatling (Margaret Mills, advisor) defended his "Post-Soviet Sufism: Texts and the Performance of Tradition in Tajikistan" in Summer semester 2012 and has taken a position as a Lecturing Fellow…
Department offers Intensive Summer Arabic Institue
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures offers both matriculated OSU students as well as non-students the opportunity to earn 2 semesters' worth of Arabic during a single 7-week…
Department welcoming new Chair, for Fall 2013
The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures will welcome Kevin van Bladel as new Department Chair for the Autumn 2013 semester.
Van Bladel's work is centered in the cultural and…