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News from MELC Graduate Students 
(April 26, 2024)
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MELC Updates 2023-2024
(February 26, 2024)
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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)
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MELC Students discuss their Turkish language experience at UW
(June 12, 2023)
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Dr. Naghmeh Samini brings Theater Workshop to the Classroom
(June 12, 2023)
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Updates in MELC Digital Humanities: the Svoboda Diaries Project
(May 22, 2023)
Anaëlle Enders
MELC minor Anaëlle Enders awarded the prestigious President’s Medalist Award
(March 1, 2023)
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Meet and Hear From our Language Students
(March 1, 2023)
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MELC Masters Students 2022-2023
(February 27, 2023)
Turkey in Seattle Oral History Project
Turkey in Seattle Oral History Project
(February 27, 2023)
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Letter from the Chair
(February 27, 2023)
"Turkey in Seattle"
Launch Event for "Turkey in Seattle: An Oral History Project"
(November 30, 2022)
Undergrad Symposium
NELC Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
(June 14, 2022)
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NELC Convocation 2022
(May 17, 2022)
Forrest Martin
NELC graduate student, Forrest Martin, is the recipient of this year's Michael A. Williams Award.
(May 16, 2022)
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NELC major Lucida Olson awarded the prestigious Irene Dickson McFarlane Tuition Scholarship for 2022-23.
(May 9, 2022)
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NELC Student and Faculty News and Awards
(March 22, 2022)
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A Gateway Worth Walking Through
(March 21, 2022)
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NELC Major Piper Coyner Awarded the 2020-21 Junior Medalist for High Scholarship
(January 18, 2022)
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Remembering Mizoch:NELC Hebrew Students Help Translate a Memorial Book
(December 18, 2021)
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Explore Historical Diaries, Learn Something New, and Win a Prize!
(April 13, 2021)
NELC-PISP Roshan Fellows Present Their Projects at the Simpson Center Event
(October 12, 2020)
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Reading and Playing Right to Left: Preserving Japanese Comics and Iranian Video Games
(June 29, 2020)
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NELC MA Graduate Bret Windhauser
(June 13, 2020)
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NELC Language Students Accepted to Graduate Programs
(June 10, 2020)
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Erin Kelleher (NELC M.A. 2020) will continue her graduate studies at UTexas Ph.D. Program in Middle Eastern Studies 
(June 6, 2020)
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NELC Major Piper Coyner Awarded UW President's Medal
(May 26, 2020)
Noah Gruenert in the mountains of Tajikistan
NELC Major Noah Gruenert Broadcasts in Persian on Radio Iranshahr
(January 14, 2020)
NELC conference room full of students, faculty and staff at the reception
End of the Year Reception
(June 12, 2019)
Photo of a copy of the Quran in Arabic, one in English, and the Jewish Tanakh in both Hebrew and English
NELC Major Mira Weimer on the Prophet Jonah across Abrahamic Texts
(June 3, 2019)
Erika with her sister Zoraida and Professor Walter Andrews at the Husky 100 reception
Undergraduate Student Erika Arias Recognized for Work with Near Eastern Digital Humanities
(May 17, 2019)
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Reflections on a Symposium
(November 29, 2018)
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Ryan Robinson Chose NELC for "Incredible Professors and Fascinating Classes"
(June 26, 2018)
Graduate Student Conference
Graduate Student Conference in Middle East Studies
(May 9, 2018)
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)