
$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects
A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
Read MoreStudy the languages, literatures, cultures, religions and history of regions from ancient Sumer to the modern Middle East.
A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
Read MoreThis summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
Read MoreNeala Gollomp graduated from Cornell in 2007 with a dual degree in Near Eastern Studies and Government. She is currently Senior Director, Product at Roku where she is responsible for the core experience across the Roku platform and The Roku Channel.
Read MoreHannah Master is an archaeology and Near Eastern studies major.
Read MoreDanielle Greco Near Eastern Studies and Fine Art major
Read MoreDepartment faculty nominate undergraduate students each semester to receive awards for excellence in a Middle Eastern language. We congratulate this year's recipients!
Read MoreAfter graduation from Cornell University David Greenky spent four years working at a company dealing with international security with a focus on the Middle East, traveling often to Israel and the Gulf States.
Read MoreOn April 20, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, David Nirenberg, will give a talk on the history of anti-semitism and how it can help us understand debates about anti-semitism today.
Read MoreIntroduction to Islamic Civilization offered TR 2:55-4:10 p.m. 3 credits. D. Powers
The Jewish Bible-Old Testament in Context offered MW 10:10-11:25 a.m. 3 credits. L. Monroe
Wondrous Literatures of the Near East offered TR 11:40-12:55 p.m. 3 credits. D. Starr
Histories of Afghanistan offered R 2:00-4:30 p.m. 3 credits. S. Golestaneh
Interested in exploring the languages, literatures, cultures, religions, and history of the Middle East from antiquity to the modern day? Consider pursuing a major in Near Eastern studies.
We also offer undergraduate minors in Arabic and Near Eastern studies.
Take Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, or Persian to fulfill the College of Arts & Sciences language requirement!
We also offer instruction in some of the ancient Middle Eastern languages like Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, Hieroglyphic Egyptian, and Sumerian.
See all of the Middle Eastern languages taught in the department.
Isaac Kramnick
Edited by: Ross Brann
Occasional Publications of the Program of Jewish Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Studies #7, 2022
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