Faculty and Staff

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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
Excavating War: Violence, Power, and Urbanism in Prehistoric Anatolia
Excavating War: Violence, Power, and Urbanism in Prehistoric Anatolia
February 6, 2023
MELC Meet & Greet 2022
MELC Meet & Greet
January 31, 2023
Adam Benkato
Middle Persian Workshop for MELC Students and Community
December 14, 2022
"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
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Prof. Scott Noegel Interviewed on BBC's "The Forum"
September 22, 2022
Mamoun Sakkal
MELC's New Logo: Designed by Mamoun Sakkal
September 16, 2022
Undergrad Symposium
NELC Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
June 14, 2022
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NELC Students and Theatre Group Bring Shahnameh into Life
June 7, 2022
Aria Fani
NELC Concludes Afghanistan Lecture Series and Offers New Course
June 3, 2022
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Translation Studies Hub (TSH) has been renewed for the academic year 2022-2023
May 18, 2022
Shahnameh
Shahnameh: A Contemporary Reading
April 28, 2022
Wasif Bakhtari (b. 1942), Afghan Poet and Scholar
How to (Not) Read Afghan Literature?
April 28, 2022
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Canan Bolel Selected as Assistant Professor in Jewish Cultures, Literature and Languages of the Eastern Mediterranean
April 18, 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
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Interview with Scott B. Noegel on “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts
March 21, 2022
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A Gateway Worth Walking Through
March 21, 2022
Naomi Sokoloff
A Letter From the Chair of NELC
March 21, 2022
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The Svoboda Diaries Project: Historical preservation of diaries from 19th century Iraq
January 31, 2022
Afghanistan through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & the Arts
Afghanistan through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & Arts
January 19, 2022
The Hebrew Kindergarten in Mizoch
Remembering Mizoch:NELC Hebrew Students Help Translate a Memorial Book
December 18, 2021
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New Book by Prof. Mika Ahuvia
November 23, 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
Makda Weatherspoon
NELC Welcomes Visiting Faculty Member in Arabic, Makda Weatherspoon
August 16, 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
Professor Aria Fani
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
October 12, 2020
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"Effu­sive ado­ra­tion of Hebrew": Prof. Naomi Sokoloff on Hebrew poetry in two publications
July 13, 2020
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Professor Naomi Sokoloff's New Edited Volume, Since 1948
June 6, 2020
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Walter G. Andrews (1939-2020)
June 1, 2020
Dr. Aria Fani
The Allure of Untranslatability
May 17, 2020
A brochure of the various language classes offered by the NELC department for the summer of 2020
UW-NELC Online: Language Teaching During the Lockdown
May 7, 2020
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Gary Martin on the "Trouble with Adultery in the Cairo Genizah Biblical Manuscripts"
February 13, 2020
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Naomi Sokoloff's co-edited volume wins the prestigious National Jewish Book Award
January 15, 2020
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On gazel, ethno-geography and desire: Two talks and a short article by Selim S. Kuru
January 6, 2020
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN Witches in Turkish Shadow Theater
October 31, 2019
nelc Prof. Jere Bacharach Presentation on Fustat
ARCE 2019-2020 Public Lecture Series starts with Jere Bacharach on Fustat
October 14, 2019
Scott Noegel Delivers U-Wisconsin-Milwaukee Commencement Address
Professor Scott Noegel Receives Honorary Ph.D. in Letters from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
October 7, 2019
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NEW Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies: Aria Fani
September 5, 2019
NELC conference room full of students, faculty and staff at the reception
End of the Year Reception
June 12, 2019
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Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Program Presents: Darren Byler on Uyghur Freedom
November 1, 2018
Mark Lehner
First Fall 2018 ARCE Lecture, Lost City of Pyramids by Dr. Mark Lehner
October 3, 2018