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Adam Mestyan Selected as 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

Adam Mestyan has been selected by The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as a Fellow in the 101st class. Read more about the 2026 Guggenheim Fellows here. Congratulations! Photo credit: Metwally Ryad

New Book Edited by Christina Maranci

Christina Maranci and Peter Bouteneff have edited a new book, Rethinking Sacred Arts (SVS Press, 2025). Bringing together leading scholars and practicing artists, this first volume of the new Sacred Arts series explores these and other questions across...

Masoud Ariankhoo Selected as a Three Minute Thesis Finalist

NELC PhD candidate, Masoud Ariankhoo , has been selected as one of the finalists in the Three Minute Thesis competition. Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a competition for master's and doctoral students to develop and showcase their research communication...

Zakir Gul Published an Article

Zakir Gul , PhD candidate, has published an article, entitled Wandering Metaphors, Woven Worlds: Icons, Buddha-Idols and Demon-Deities from Inner Asia and India to Ottoman Europe. It has been published by the Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies . A copy of...

Students Meet Syrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

Recently, students from Professor Adam Mestyan's course, Syria: A History, 1900 - 2025, had the opportunity to meet with the Syrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hind Kabawat . The Minister had given a talk entitled, Syria in Transition , at the...