Announcements

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MELC Summer Study Abroad: Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco!
January 9, 2026
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Aria Fani Awarded the MLA Roth Translation Award for 2025
December 30, 2025
Lillian McCabe
Lillian McCabe Recognized with Honorable Mention for the Kerr Dissertation Award at MESA
December 1, 2025
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Translating Enchantment: Journeys of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s (d. 1210) Book of the Hidden Secret
October 14, 2025
Corinna Nichols
Corinna Nichols selected to receive the Graduate School’s 2025 Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Humanities & Fine Arts
June 27, 2025
Aria Fani
Aria Fani awarded René Wellek Prize for Best Book in Comparative Literature
June 17, 2025
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Successful Launch of the New Arabic Language and Culture Association
May 22, 2025
Remi Alidon
MELC Major Remi Alidon Awarded Bonderman Fellowship
May 20, 2025
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New Publication Highlights Iranian Poetry in Translation
May 19, 2025
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MELC to Host Second Iraj Khademi Residency November 2025
April 23, 2025
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MELC minor, Griffin Hehmeyer selected for the 2025 Husky 100!
April 22, 2025
Stephanie Selover
From the Chair
February 21, 2025
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MELC Updates 2024-2025
February 18, 2025
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Study Abroad in Morocco
December 30, 2024
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Iraj Khademi Residency Celebrates the Diverse Geography of Persian Literature
November 18, 2024
Adrian Brunke
UW undergraduate Adrian Brunke awarded the Redhouse Best Progress in the Turkish Language Award
November 14, 2024
Aria Fani
Book Launch | Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism | Prof. Aria Fani in conversation with Anna Learn
October 21, 2024
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MELC Persian and Iranian Studies Presents: The Inaugural Cycle of the Iraj Khademi Residency in Persian Literature
September 26, 2024
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MELC Search: Assistant Teaching Professor - Persian Language and Culture
September 17, 2024
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Remembering Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
September 16, 2024
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Prof. Fani’s First Book to be Published in Iran
August 30, 2024
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MELC to Inaugurate Iraj Khademi Residency in November  
July 23, 2024
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ALTA to offer a translator of Persian literature prestigious fellowship
July 16, 2024
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Hajar Hussaini Wins Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature
June 25, 2024
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Global Business Center Awards Grant for Persian Business Language Curriculum
May 16, 2024
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Announcing a New Book by Prof. Amina Moujtahid
April 12, 2024
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Launch of the Global Literary Studies Major
April 10, 2024
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Events in the Turkish and Ottoman Studies Program
March 7, 2024
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MELC Updates 2023-2024
February 26, 2024
Hunter Bandy
New Faculty in MELC 2023-2024
February 21, 2024
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Afrassiabi Lecture Pushes against Boundaries of Persian and Iranian Studies
February 21, 2024
Naomi Sokoloff
From the Chair
February 20, 2024
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MELC Summer Study Abroad: Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco!
January 6, 2024
"“What’s going on? By us we hear noises of broken windows” by artist Sharon Pazner
Israeli Writers and Writing after October 7
December 28, 2023
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
November 27, 2023
Svetlana Ostroverkhova
Student Spotlight: Svetlana Ostroverkhova
October 26, 2023
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Call to Poetry Translators: Second Cycle of Mo Habib Translation Prize
September 6, 2023
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
A Novel Prize for Persian Translation
August 21, 2023
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
Announcing the Winner of the Inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize  
June 5, 2023
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Updates in MELC Digital Humanities: the Svoboda Diaries Project
May 22, 2023
Iraj Khademi
Call for Applications: The Iraj Khademi Residency in Persian Literature at the UW
May 11, 2023
A Conversation with Jamal Gabobe - Somali-American Poet
A Conversation with Jamal Gabobe - Somali-American Poet
May 5, 2023
Anaëlle Enders
MELC minor Anaëlle Enders awarded the prestigious President’s Medalist Award
March 1, 2023
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MELC Faculty and Student Updates
February 27, 2023
Forrest Martin
MELC Masters Students 2022-2023
February 27, 2023
Paul Siscel
New Faces in MELC
February 27, 2023
Shahrzad Shams Retirement
Shahrzad Shams Retirement
February 27, 2023
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Department Name Change
February 27, 2023
Naomi Sokoloff
Letter from the Chair
February 27, 2023
Seattle’s First Iranian Theater Company - “The Forgotten History of Mastaneh”
Seattle’s First Iranian Theater Company - “The Forgotten History of Mastaneh”
February 6, 2023