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Envisioning the Landscape of the Svoboda Diaries
October 18, 2024
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Launch of the Global Literary Studies Major
April 10, 2024
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Tech-Enhanced Language Learning: Navigating Innovative Platforms for MELC language Courses
February 21, 2024
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MELC SUMMER STUDY ABROAD: ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN MOROCCO!
January 6, 2024
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
A Novel Prize for Persian Translation
August 21, 2023
Persian 401
Dr. Naghmeh Samini brings Theater Workshop to the Classroom
June 12, 2023
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Gender Inclusion and Language Instruction
December 8, 2021
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New Minors for Students in NELC
August 18, 2021
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Digitizing Life on the Tigris River via the Svoboda Diaries Project
March 13, 2021
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Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
October 12, 2020
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End of the Year Reception
June 12, 2019
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NELC-PISP Presents Third Iran Film Initiative in collaboration with SIFF 2018
May 17, 2018

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