Announcements

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Department Name Change

February 27, 2023
Naomi Sokoloff

Letter from the Chair (2023)

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
MELC Meet & Greet 2022

MELC Meet & Greet

January 31, 2023
"Turkey in Seattle"

Launch Event for "Turkey in Seattle: An Oral History Project"

November 30, 2022
Aria Fani

Aria Fani Interviewed by the Daily Texan on His Forthcoming Book

November 15, 2022
New MELC Logo

NELC Has a New Name

September 20, 2022
Mamoun Sakkal

MELC's New Logo: Designed by Mamoun Sakkal

September 16, 2022
Mo Habib

Call for Translations: MELC Launches Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature

September 2, 2022
Iraj Khademi Photo

Memorial to be Held for Iraj Khademi on August 18 at the University of Washington's Kane Hall

August 12, 2022
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Translation Studies Hub (TSH) has been renewed for the academic year 2022-2023

May 18, 2022
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NELC Convocation 2022

May 17, 2022
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Reflections on Event on Gender Inclusion in Language Instruction

May 16, 2022
Canan Bolel Photo

Canan Bolel Selected as Assistant Professor in Jewish Cultures, Literature and Languages of the Eastern Mediterranean

April 18, 2022
UW Giving Day

Friends of NELC Fund

April 14, 2022
Piper Coyner

NELC Student and Faculty News and Awards

March 22, 2022
Hamza Zafer

A New Book by Prof. Hamza Zafer

March 22, 2022
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In Loving Memory of Walter G. Andrews (1939-2020)

March 21, 2022
Katherine Medill

New Faculty Searches

March 21, 2022
Since 1948

Interview with Dr. Naomi B. Sokoloff on Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making  

March 21, 2022
Wordplay - Noegel

Interview with Scott B. Noegel on “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts

March 21, 2022
Naomi Sokoloff

A Letter From the Chair of NELC

March 21, 2022
Afghanistan through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & the Arts

Afghanistan through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & Arts

January 19, 2022
Piper Coyner

NELC Major Piper Coyner Awarded the 2020-21 Junior Medalist for High Scholarship

January 18, 2022
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Gender Inclusion and Language Instruction

December 8, 2021
Hamza Zafer

UW NELC Associate Prof. Hamza Zafer accepts prestigious Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowship.

October 6, 2021
Gürbey Hiz Visiting Scholar

NELC Welcomes Visiting Scholar Gürbey Hiz in Turkish and Ottoman Studies

August 24, 2021
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New Minors for Students in NELC

August 18, 2021
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Explore Historical Diaries, Learn Something New, and Win a Prize!

April 13, 2021

NELC Statement in Solidarity with Asian-Americans

March 17, 2021

Digitizing Life on the Tigris River via the Svoboda Diaries Project

March 13, 2021
"A Survivors Tale" from Art Spiegelman's "Maus"

"Jewish Dogs and the Nazi Beast" Professor Naomi Sokoloff's recent lecture

November 20, 2020
Ottoman Lyric Poetry

American Association for Turkic Teachers Names Award After Prof. Walter G. Andrews

October 15, 2020
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NELC Statement of Solidarity

June 29, 2020
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Walter G. Andrews (1939-2020)

June 1, 2020
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Nowruz 2020: A Message from NELC - PISP

March 20, 2020
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NEW Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies: Aria Fani

September 5, 2019

Interdisciplinarity, Collaboration, and Digital Humanities: the Emma B Andrews Diary Project Update

July 10, 2019
Walter, Hannah and Jion at Reed College

Reed College Symposium,  From Evidence to Scholarship: Transforming Undergraduate Student Research in the Digital Age

April 4, 2018
Renovated Denny Hall

NELC Returns to Historic Denny Hall

January 25, 2017