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Research
Updates in MELC Digital Humanities: the Svoboda Diaries Project
(May 22, 2023)
NELC Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
(June 14, 2022)
NELC Student and Faculty News and Awards
(March 22, 2022)
A New Book by Prof. Hamza Zafer
(March 22, 2022)
Interview with Dr. Naomi B. Sokoloff on
Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making
(March 21, 2022)
Interview with Scott B. Noegel on “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts
(March 21, 2022)
The Svoboda Diaries Project: Historical preservation of diaries from 19th century Iraq
(January 31, 2022)
Symposium: Is There a Persianate Modernity?
(December 14, 2021)
New Book by Prof. Mika Ahuvia
(November 23, 2021)
Explore Historical Diaries, Learn Something New, and Win a Prize!
(April 13, 2021)
Digitizing Life on the Tigris River via the Svoboda Diaries Project
(March 13, 2021)
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
(October 12, 2020)
"Effusive adoration of Hebrew": Prof. Naomi Sokoloff on Hebrew poetry in two publications
(July 13, 2020)
Reading and Playing Right to Left: Preserving Japanese Comics and Iranian Video Games
(June 29, 2020)
The Allure of Untranslatability
(May 17, 2020)
Gary Martin on the "Trouble with Adultery in the Cairo Genizah Biblical Manuscripts"
(February 13, 2020)
Naomi Sokoloff's co-edited volume wins the prestigious National Jewish Book Award
(January 15, 2020)
On gazel, ethno-geography and desire: Two talks and a short article by Selim S. Kuru
(January 6, 2020)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Witches in Turkish Shadow Theater
(October 31, 2019)
Electronic resources for the study of Islamic numismatics
(September 26, 2019)
Undergraduate Student Erika Arias Recognized for Work with Near Eastern Digital Humanities
(May 17, 2019)
Subaltern Mothering and the Political Elsewhere: Mediha Sorma on Kurdish Mothers
(April 21, 2019)
Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Program Presents: Darren Byler on Uyghur Freedom
(November 1, 2018)
First Fall 2018 ARCE Lecture, Lost City of Pyramids by Dr. Mark Lehner
(October 3, 2018)
Claudia Yaghoobi on Women's Movements in Iran
(October 2, 2018)
Walter Andrews receives Undergraduate Research Mentor Award with the Newbook Project
(May 17, 2018)
Reed College Symposium
, From Evidence to Scholarship:
Transforming Undergraduate Student Research in the Digital Age
(April 4, 2018)
Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Lecture Series: David Brophy (Univ. of Sydney)
(March 22, 2018)
Prof. Naomi Sokoloff Co-directs a Conference on Israeli Literature @70
(March 21, 2018)
Islamic Studies Professor Dr. Zafer Co-Edits The Qurʾan Seminar Commentary
(January 3, 2017)
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