Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations (NELC)

 

 

Events

Commencement 2012

   Congratulations to our graduates!

Three students who received their degrees during the last academic year marched in the ceremony on May 14, 2012.
Melinda Nelson-Hurst earned her doctorate in Egyptology in December, 2011. She will be teaching at Tulane University beginning this fall.
Kate Liszka was awarded a PhD in Egyptology this month. She will begin a three-year Princeton post-doc in September.
Charlotte Rose earned a Master's degree in Egyptology last December. She is continuing in the program to earn her PhD.
Other students not in attendance are: Amina Chaudhry (MA), Omar Foda (MA), Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg (MA), Adnan Zulfiquar (MA), Aaron Hagler (PhD), Gretchen Head (PhD) and Ailin Qian (PhD).

 

News

 

Congratulation to Dr. David Stern! He has been selected as the Radcliffe Institute fellow at Harvard University for the 2011-2012 academic year. Dr. Stern will work on his project, A History of the Jewish Book from Antiquity to the Present Day: The Biographies of 120 Books.

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We are proud to announce that Dr. Heather Sharkey has received the 2011 Charles Ludwig Distingued Teaching Award.  Established in 2004 by the College Alumni Society, the award was named in memory of the organization’s long-time president. It recognizes School of Arts and Sciences standing faculty members who show an extraordinary commitment to the engagement of students as active and interactive participants in the learning process.
Says Dr. Sharkey, "I'm particularly gratified by this award because it relies so heavily on students' nominations."
Congratulations, Dr. Sharkey!

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Paul M. Cobb, Associate Professor of Medieval Islamic History, has published a new book, co-edited with Antoine Borrut, entitled "Umayyad Legacies: Medieval Memories from Syria to Spain" (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2010), a collections of papers on Islam's first dynasty from an international, interdisciplinary conference he organized in Damascus in 2006.

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