What is NELC?
The Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Department (NELC) is devoted to:
- the languages, literatures, cultures, and histories of the ancient, medieval, and modern Near East
- the study of the Hebrew Bible, its sources in the Ancient Near East, and the history of its interpretations
- the study of Arabic-, Turkish-, and Persian-speaking Islamic civilizations in the Near East, Africa, South Asia, and elsewhere
- the study of Hebrew-, Aramaic-, Judaeo-Arabic, and Yiddish-speaking Jewish civilizations in the Near East, Europe, the New World, and elsewhere.
- the study of Armenian and East Christian civilizations
Recent Faculty Activity
- Malika Zeghal Publishes a New Book on Islam and Government
- Christina Maranci Publishes a New Book on Armenian Manuscripts Co-authored with Michael E. Stone
- Ran Bechor Awarded Provostial Fund for Immersive Learning Project
- Peter Manuelian Awarded Provostial Fund for "The Art of Intimidation" Augmented Reality Project
- Harvard Gazette Interview with Peter Der Manuelian about his Recently Published Book
- Harvard Crimson Interview with NELC Professor Peter Der Manuelian
Recent Student Activity
Department Announcements
- The Textbook Tradition and Higher Research: Katibi's Shamsiyyah on Disputed Points in Logic
- EFoS: NELC Drop-In Advising with Coffee and Pastries
- Islam and Buddhism: Observations from an Emerging Field
- Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality
- A Merchant of Knowledge at the Court of Bayezid II
- Modern Arab Kingship: Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East
- NELC Language Placement Exam
- Decline and fall: the end of Parthian at the ‘tongues’ of the Armenians