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Near and Middle Eastern Studies

Michael Sims, Burcu Ege, Jennifer Hunter, and Maral Sahebjame
2023 NMES Graduation Celebration
June 9, 2023
Scott Noegel
Book Summary: “‘Wordplay’ in Ancient Near Eastern Texts” by Scott Noegel
February 22, 2023
Roman Pomeshchikov
Roman Pomeshchikov nominated for an “Excellence in Teaching Award”
March 7, 2021
Cabeiri deBergh Robinson
NMES Program Director Nominated for Thorud Leadership Award
February 25, 2021
Ayda and Burcu
Ayda Apa Pomeshikov and Gözde Burcu Ege Awarded Digital Humanities Fellowship
January 8, 2021
Canan Bolel
Student profile: Canan Bolel – Epidemics and the Politics of Pestilence in Ottoman Izmir and in the Present
December 7, 2020
Student profile: Melinda Cohoon – Exploring the Political Worlds of Online Videogaming, between Iranian Gamers and the 2020 US Election
October 30, 2020
Mindy Cohoon
Mindy Cohoon Wins SSRC Dissertation Fellowship
September 13, 2020
Tuna Basibek
Tuna Basibek Awarded International Research Fellowship
July 9, 2020
Solmaz Shakerifard
Solmaz Shakerifard Awarded International Research Fellowship
July 9, 2020
Roman Pomeshchikov
Roman Pomeshchikov Awarded International Research Fellowship
July 9, 2020
Michael Sims
Michael Sims Published in Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World
July 8, 2020
Maral Sahebjame
Ph.D. Candidate Maral Sahebjame Publishes in Two Scholarly Journals
June 17, 2020
Busra Demirkol
Busra Demirkol Awarded Benaroya Fellowship for AY 2020-2021
June 17, 2020
Zeyneb Kasli
Alumna Zeynep Kasli (NMES PHD 2017) Takes Assistant Professorship at Erasmus University, Rotterdam
May 26, 2020
Burcu
Burcu Ege Awarded Sawyer Seminar Fellowship
March 31, 2020
Tuna Basibek
Tuna Basibek Publishes Book Review
March 30, 2020

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