Recent Faculty Activity

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and LIfe and Director of Graduate Studies, Malika Zeghal, has published a new book entitled, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North...

Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Christina Maranci, has co-authored a new book with Michael E. Stone entitled, Armenian Manuscripts of the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection. The book is devoted to the five...

Ran Bechor has been awarded the Provostial Fund towards his project, "Karaoke System for Immersive Foreign Language Learning." The equipment will be used to incorporate music in foreign language instruction.

Peter Manuelian has been awarded the Provostial Fund towards his project, "Making of 'The Art of Intimidation' in Augmented Reality" documentary. The video will document the creation of the Snapchat lens, "The Art of Intimidation," which has been created...

Richard Cozzens, preceptor in Arabic, was recently selected as the John R. Marquand Award for Excellence in Advising and Support recipient for the 2023-2024 academic year. The Marquand Award is given to staff or faculty member who contributes to the...

The Harvard Gazette recently published an interview with Peter Der Manuelian to discuss his new biography on Egyptologist George Reisner. Click here for the interview.

The Harvard Crimson recently interviewed Peter Der Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, to discuss using modern technology to study ancient societies. The full interview can be found here.

Peter Der Manuelian recently wrote an article on early 20th century Harvard professor and archaeologist, George Reisner, for the Harvard Magazine. The article coincides with Manuelian's recent book on the subject, Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner...

Khaled El-Rouayheb has published the edited, Commentary on the Jumal on Logic by Khūnajī. This volume is currently available through Brill. Congratulations on the publication! Ibn Wāṣil (d. 1298), perhaps better known today as a historian and an emissary...

Shaye J.D. Cohen, joined by editors Robert Goldenberg and Hayim Lapin, has completed editing The Oxford Annotated Mishnah. This is the completion of a ten year project for the editors. The three volume set has a UK publication date of early June and an...