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Farhat G. Ziadeh Distinguished Lectures 2026 Presents Shawkat Toorawa (Yale University)
May 4, 2026
MELC Faculty and Student News 2025-2026
February 7, 2026
Aria Fani Awarded the MLA Roth Translation Award for 2025
December 30, 2025
MELC Updates 2024-2025
February 18, 2025
MELC Faculty Honored during Arab American Heritage Month
April 25, 2024
MELC Updates 2023-2024
February 26, 2024
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
November 27, 2023
Letter from the Chair (2023)
February 27, 2023
MELC's New Logo: Designed by Mamoun Sakkal
September 16, 2022
Friends of NELC Fund
April 14, 2022
ARCE 2019-2020 Public Lecture Series starts with Jere Bacharach on Fustat
October 14, 2019
Alumni Achievement: Ali Igmen
April 21, 2019
First Fall 2018 ARCE Lecture, Lost City of Pyramids by Dr. Mark Lehner
October 3, 2018
Graduate Student Conference in Middle East Studies
May 9, 2018
Alumna Morgan Cassell Awarded Rangel Fellowship
April 7, 2013
Jacob Janecek: Alumni Update
March 26, 2013
