Graduate Program Overview

NELC has four main fields, each comprising several subfields.  

 

 

 

Jewish History and Culture

whose sub-fields include

a. The Hebrew Bible in Its Jewish Interpretive Context

b. Jewish History and Culture of Antiquity

c. Medieval Jewish History and Culture

d. Modern Jewish History and Culture

e. Modern Jewish Literatures

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Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies

whose sub-fields include

a. Arabic language and literature

b. Islam in South Asia

c. Islamic Philosophy and Theology

d. Modern Middle East Studies

e. Persian language and literature 

f.  Quranic studies

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