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Farhat G. Ziadeh Distinguished Lectures 2026 Presents Shawkat Toorawa (Yale University)
May 4, 2026
An Afternoon of Music from the Silk Road
March 11, 2026
MELC Faculty and Student News 2025-2026
February 7, 2026
Friends of MELC Spotlight 2026: Translation Studies and the Middle East Center
February 7, 2026
Morocco and Enchantment: Arabic and Islamic Studies 2026
February 7, 2026
Award-Winning Persian Poetry in Translation: The Shape of Extinction and Elegies of the Earth
February 6, 2026
Exploring Complex Identities: Turkish and Ottoman Studies 2026
February 6, 2026
Horn of Africa Studies 2026
February 6, 2026
From the Chair (2026)
February 6, 2026
Second Cycle of Persian Literature Residency Concludes with Vibrant
Community Events
November 17, 2025
Zuhal Olcay, Acclaimed Performing Artist from Turkey, in a Conversation with MELC Professor Melike Yücel-Koç
November 13, 2025
MELC Prof. Melike Yücel Koç Presents on Immigrant Narratives and American Identity at the OHA Conference
October 27, 2025
Reflection: Turkish 101/511 Session at TurkFest 2025
October 21, 2025
Poetry as Political Currency: UW Alumni Explores Ottoman Literary Traditions in Walter G. Andrews Memorial Lecture Series
May 8, 2025
Deniz Türker Discusses the Legacy of Yıldız Palace in Engaging Talk
March 5, 2025
Ladino Day Interview with Leigh Bardugo & MELC professor Canan Bolel
December 13, 2024
Iraj Khademi Residency Celebrates the Diverse Geography of Persian Literature
November 18, 2024
Book Launch | Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism | Prof. Aria Fani in conversation with Anna Learn
October 21, 2024
MELC Takes Dawg Days at the Zoo
October 12, 2024
MELC Persian and Iranian Studies Presents: The Inaugural Cycle of the Iraj Khademi Residency in Persian Literature
September 26, 2024
Didem Havlioğlu Delivers the 2024 Walter Andrews Memorial Lecture
April 30, 2024
Events in the Turkish and Ottoman Studies Program
March 7, 2024
Black Stewards of Early Islamic Lands: The 2024 Ziadeh Lecture
February 21, 2024
The 2023 Symposium on Indigenous Languages in China and Taiwan
February 21, 2024
Engaging Academic Events by the Turkish and Ottoman Studies Program
February 21, 2024
A Week with Rakhshan Bani-E'temad at MELC
February 21, 2024
Afrassiabi Lecture Pushes against Boundaries of Persian and Iranian Studies
February 21, 2024
Israeli Writers and Writing after October 7
December 28, 2023
Updates in MELC Digital Humanities: the Svoboda Diaries Project
May 22, 2023
A Conversation with Jamal Gabobe - Somali-American Poet
May 5, 2023
Symposium on Indigenous Languages in China and Taiwan: The Dynamics of Revitalization vs. Devitalization
April 28, 2023
Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings
April 13, 2023
Conversations with Scholars Series: A conversation with Prof. Scott Noegel
April 11, 2023
MELC Faculty and Student Updates
February 27, 2023
Turkey in Seattle Oral History Project
February 27, 2023
Seattle’s First Iranian Theater Company - “The Forgotten History of Mastaneh”
February 6, 2023
Excavating War: Violence, Power, and Urbanism in Prehistoric Anatolia
February 6, 2023
MELC’s Inaugural Walter G. Andrews Memorial Lecture Featuring Dr. Michael Pifer
January 3, 2023
Middle Persian Workshop for MELC Students and Community
December 14, 2022
Launch Event for "Turkey in Seattle: An Oral History Project"
November 30, 2022
Memorial to be Held for Iraj Khademi on August 18 at the University of Washington's Kane Hall
August 12, 2022
Farhat J. Ziadeh Distinguished Lecture Series Resumes with Professor Vali Nasr
June 9, 2022
NELC Students and Theatre Group Bring Shahnameh into Life
June 7, 2022
NELC Concludes Afghanistan Lecture Series and Offers New Course
June 3, 2022
NELC Convocation 2022
May 17, 2022
Shahnameh: A Contemporary Reading
April 28, 2022
How to (Not) Read Afghan Literature?
April 28, 2022
Language Culture: Speaking Ourselves into Existence
April 28, 2022
Afghanistan through Afghan Voices: Society, Literature & Arts
January 19, 2022
Symposium: Is There a Persianate Modernity?
December 14, 2021
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