Faculty and Staff

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
hebrew meter

"Effu­sive ado­ra­tion of Hebrew": Prof. Naomi Sokoloff on Hebrew poetry in two publications

July 13, 2020
Since 1948 Book Cover

Professor Naomi Sokoloff's New Edited Volume, Since 1948

June 6, 2020
walter_andrews

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
gary martin cairo genize

Gary Martin on the "Trouble with Adultery in the Cairo Genizah Biblical Manuscripts"

February 13, 2020
Sokoloff Hebrew What_We_Talk_about_When_We_Talk_about_Hebrew

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
aria fani nelc pisp persian iranian studies

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
Darren_Bayler, REECAS, NELC, Turkic and Central Eurasian

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
andrews, mentor award, UW research conference

Walter Andrews receives Undergraduate Research Mentor Award with the Newbook Project

May 17, 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
NELC Jewish and Hebrew Studies Program UW Naomi Sokoloff

Prof. Naomi Sokoloff Co-directs a Conference on Israeli Literature @70

March 21, 2018
Sharzad Shams Near Eastern Languages and Civilization University of Washington Persian and Iranian Studies Program

WholeU Faculty Friday presents NELC Lecturer Shahrzad Shams

March 21, 2018

Samad Alavi Reviews Born Upon the Dark Spear: Selected Poems of Ahmad Shamlu

January 3, 2017

Islamic Studies Professor Dr. Zafer Co-Edits The Qurʾan Seminar Commentary

January 3, 2017