Research

GrahamMullen
Updates in MELC Digital Humanities: the Svoboda Diaries Project
(May 22, 2023)
Undergrad Symposium
NELC Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
(June 14, 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)
Since 1948
Interview with Dr. Naomi B. Sokoloff on Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making 
(March 21, 2022)
Wordplay - Noegel
Interview with Scott B. Noegel on “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts
(March 21, 2022)
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The Svoboda Diaries Project: Historical preservation of diaries from 19th century Iraq
(January 31, 2022)
Persianate
Symposium: Is There a Persianate Modernity?
(December 14, 2021)
ahuvia
New Book by Prof. Mika Ahuvia
(November 23, 2021)
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Explore Historical Diaries, Learn Something New, and Win a Prize!
(April 13, 2021)
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Digitizing Life on the Tigris River via the Svoboda Diaries Project
(March 13, 2021)
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)
Bardia Cyrus's Son
Reading and Playing Right to Left: Preserving Japanese Comics and Iranian Video Games
(June 29, 2020)
Dr. Aria Fani
The Allure of Untranslatability
(May 17, 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)
dinar of abd al-malik
Electronic resources for the study of Islamic numismatics            
(September 26, 2019)
Erika with her sister Zoraida and Professor Walter Andrews at the Husky 100 reception
Undergraduate Student Erika Arias Recognized for Work with Near Eastern Digital Humanities
(May 17, 2019)
Mediha Sorma presenting in front of her powerpoint in the NELC seminar room
Subaltern Mothering and the Political Elsewhere: Mediha Sorma on Kurdish Mothers
(April 21, 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)
claudia yaghoobi
Claudia Yaghoobi on Women's Movements in Iran
(October 2, 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)
Brophy, NELC, Near Eastern Languages and Civilziation, Uyghurs, Central Eurasian Studies, Turkic, University of Washignton
Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Lecture Series: David Brophy (Univ. of Sydney)
(March 22, 2018)
NELC Jewish and Hebrew Studies Program UW Naomi Sokoloff
Prof. Naomi Sokoloff Co-directs a Conference on Israeli Literature @70
(March 21, 2018)
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Islamic Studies Professor Dr. Zafer Co-Edits The Qurʾan Seminar Commentary
(January 3, 2017)