Congratulations to Ellen Frierson, the winner of the 2012 Middle East Center undergraduate award contest, with her entry entitled "Gift of Nile: Eygpt's Hydropolitical Dominance of the Nile Valley in the...
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Media Library The Middle East Center maintains a collection of videos and DVDs for free use by schools, groups, and individuals in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region. |
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Law Certificate For Law Students interested in applications of Middle East and Islamic Studies to Law, the Center has created a certificate program that addresses linguistic, cultural and legal issues of the Middle East. |
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About At the Middle East Center we recognize our position as a meeting point of different disciplines, departments, and constituents, which allows us to facilitate learning and research opportunities. |
The Middle East Center's (MEC) mission involves raising awareness of the unique circumstances of the region through research and instructional programs. The MEC has adopted an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle East, and we offer a wide range of educational opportunities.
Calendar
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Aug
8
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9am
University of Pennsylvania - Houston Hall
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Aug
6
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University of Pennsylvania: African Studies Center, Middle East Center, South Asia Center, & Center for East Asian Studies
*Admitted applicants*
9pm
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St. University of Pennsylvania
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Jun
8
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The Drexel University Mediterranean Ensemble
Members of the Turkish Fusion group, Barakka (Baris Kaya, Roger Mrgdichian, Joseph Tayoun, Bill Tayoun) Renown Turkish Dancer: Bulent Dogun
7pm
Drexel University's Mandell Theater 33rd and Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA
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May
10
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Education Professionals in Philadelphia
12pm
At your desk, (This is a virtual presentation)
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May
9
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Tuomo Melasuo, University of Tempere, Finland
5pm
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 222
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This new interdisciplinary degree is designed to allow students, both majors and minors, to specialize in the Modern Middle East as a region of the world by combining course work using both social, scientific, and humanistic approaches, underpinned by relevant language skills.
"The MMES major provided with the flexibility to pursue my own interests while giving me a solid and broad foundation for understanding the Middle East region. I cannot stress enough how very helpful the faculty, staff and graduate students were in guiding me to develop my many academic interests into something substantive and academically challenging." More >
The MEC provides K-12 teachers, as well as the wider public, access to the multitude of resources on the Middle East available through the University of Pennsylvania.
The Middle East Center congratulates affiliated Professor Jamal J. Elias (Religious Studies) for receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship for the Humanities. ...
The Greater Philadelphia Global Education Network website has been launched! To check out the new website go to: www.philaglobaled.org.
We at the Middle East Center welcome David Giovacchini as Penn Library's new Middle East Studies Librarian. David manages Penn's print and electronic collections related to the Middle East, both...
Training Session for Departing Armed Forces Members: On June 1, 2011 the Middle East Center hosted a workshop for military offices preparing to be deployed to Iraq on the history and politics of Kurds...