Past Events

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Feb 23 Yiddish Lecture Series: Naomi Seidman
February 23, 2015
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5:00PM - 7:00PM EST
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6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA. Room 201
In Person
Yiddish Lecture Series: Naomi Seidman Monday, February 23, 2015, Tea Time: 2-3pm in Dana-Palmer House Meeting Room, 16 Quincy Street Lecture: 5:00pm, Harvard Semitic Museum, Room 201 Naomi Seidman, Koret Professor of Jewish Culture and Director of the...

Feb 17: Middle East Beyond Borders Workshop
February 17, 2015
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Kresge Room, Barker Center
In Person
I'm pleased to announce that the Middle East Beyond Borders workshop will meet next Tuesday, February 17th, from 6-7:30 in the Kresge room. We will read and discuss Professor Kristen Stilt's paper "Constitutional Animals", abstract below. Professor Stilt...

Oct 06: Job talk - Persianist: Nasrin Askari (University of British Columbia)
October 6, 2014
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University presents: The Medieval Reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma: The Ardashīr Cycle as a Mirror for Princes Nasrin Askari Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of...

Sep 29: Job talk - Persianist: Daniel Sheffield (Princeton University)
September 29, 2014
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizationsat Harvard University presents: "On Translation and Toleration: Ā ẕ ar Kayv ā n and Universal Civility in the Early Modern Persianate World" Daniel Sheffield Link-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow...

Sep 22: Job talk - Persianist: Justine Landau (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
September 22, 2014
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University presents: "A Poem for All Seasons: The Language of Occasion in Early Persian Poetry" Justine Landau Junior Researcher, Institute of Iranian Studies Austrian Academy of...

May 22: Dr. Steffen Laursen (Moesgaard Museum, Denmark)
May 22, 2014
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11:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
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HSM 201
In Person
“The ’Royal’ Mounds of A’ali in Bahrain - New Light on the 1 st Dynasty of Dilmun, c. 2000-1800 BC” Dr. Steffen Laursen is a curator at Moesgaard Museum that for the past 60 years has been engaged in the archaeology of the Gulf. Currently, Steffen is...

Apr 17: NELC department coffee. NELC students and faculty
April 17, 2014
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3:30PM - 4:45PM EDT
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Semitic Museum, 3rd floor
In Person
Thursday, April 17, 3:30-4:45pm in the 3rd floor common space of the Semitic Museum. The department will provide coffee and tea. Drop by for a cup of coffee, and please let me know if you’d like to make a contribution to the snack table… **Important note...