Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Justine Landau’s research focuses on classical Persian literature and poetics. An alumna of the École Normale Supérieure of Fontenay/ Saint-Cloud, she...
Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (Emeritus)
Since 1992 Professor Machinist has been the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages in the Deptartment of Near Eastern Languages and...
Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology; Director of the Harvard Semitic Museum
Peter Der Manuelian grew up locally but somehow escaped speaking with a Boston accent. He joined both the NELC and Anthropology Departments in 2010,...
Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Please join us in welcoming Professor Nasser to the NELC faculty. Starting in the fall semester 2016, Professor Nasser will teach Arabic literature as...
Effective July 2016, Professor Russell is no longer teaching courses or advising students in NELC. Please contact the department at 617-495-5757, or nelc...
Dr. Saley has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1993, functioning as Lecturer both in NELC and in the Divinity School. He focuses primarily, but...
A Norwegian with an early interest for languages, I learned several of them before studying French, Latin, Sanskrit, and comparative linguistics at the...
Before coming to teach at Harvard (in 1981), Professor Steinkeller pursued research at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. His scholarly...
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Research Fields: Modern Jewish literatures, Yiddish literature, Hebrew literature, Jewish American literature, theories of world literature, translation...
