Alwaleed Bin Talal Seminar In Islamic Studies

The Ummah and the Arabs: Ethnicity and Ideology under the Umayyads

Thursday, October 6, 2022 | 4:00-5:30pm | Sackler Lecture Hall | RSVP Here
Sean Anthony, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University
Co-sponsor: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

NELC Languages Placement Exams

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Congratulations Class of 2022!

Congratulations to the NELC class of 2022!

Graduation Celebration Sunday, May 29, 2:30 PM, HMANE Courtyard

NELC will be celebrating our 2020, 2021, and 2022 graduates on Sunday, May 29 at 2:30 PM in front of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.

NELC PhD Candidate Awarded The Centenary Award from the Egypt Exploration Society

The Egypt Exploration Society has awarded NELC PhD candidate,Sergio Alarcón Robledo, the Centenary Award for his project in Saqqara. Congratulations, Sergio! Read more about NELC PhD Candidate Awarded The Centenary Award from the Egypt Exploration Society

NELC alum Paul Anderson wins Foundation for Iranian Studies award for Best PhD Dissertation

The Foundation for Iranian Studies has chosen Paul Anderson's dissertation as the recipient of the Foundation's Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award for the academic year 2020-2021. Congratulations, Paul!

Keynote by Dr. Hilary Kilpatrick

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Newly-Founded Ancient Studies at Harvard Initiative

Ancient Studies at Harvard (https://ancientstudies.harvard.edu/) is a newly-founded initiative that aims to increase the visibility of historical, archaeological, literary, and theological engagement with antiquity at our university.... Read more about Newly-Founded Ancient Studies at Harvard Initiative

Congratulations to NELC's 2020 Graduates! Recording now available

Graduates

NELC congratulates each of its 2020 graduates, and the entire graduating class of Harvard 2020! We honor your hard work and commitment through this especially trying time, and wish the best of luck and success in your future adventures and endeavors.

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Harvard Semitic Museum Renamed Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

NELC's home has been renamed to the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East...

NELC Alum Sadaf Jaffer (PhD 2015) Becomes NJ's First South Asian Woman Mayor

From Huffpost:

By Carol Kuruvilla, 1/31/19 (formatted for clarity)

New Jersey’s First South Asian Woman Mayor Is Breaking Boundaries

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An Interview with Professor William Granara

For almost 16 years, Professor William Granara has served as the Director of Modern Language Programs (DLP) at our department. Ozzy Gündüz (G3) and Johannes Makar (G2) sat down with him to reflect on his experiences, research projects and love of Arabic and Arabic literature.

Digital Giza Project in Washington Post

From The Washington Post:

By Erin Blakemore.
June 2, 2019.

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Digital Giza Project in Harvard Gazette

From The Harvard Gazette:

by Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer.
May 15, 2019.

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Alum Nancy Ko named a 2019 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow!

Nancy Ko (BA '17) has been named a 2019 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, awarded to support her work towards a PhD in History at Columbia University. She joins the dynamic 20 year old community which includes individuals such as former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy; California Surgeon General Nadine Burke-Harris; Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li; Lieutenant Governor of Washington Cyrus Habib; composer Paola Prestini; computational biologist Pardis Sabeti; award-winning writer Kao Kalia Yang, and more than 600 other New American leaders...

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