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Read moreStudy the languages, literatures, cultures, religions and history of regions from ancient Sumer to the modern Middle East.
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
Read moreSarah Cutler, an alumna of Arts & Sciences, has used her work in journalism to help people understand political polarization in the U.S.
Read moreStudents from the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s Cornell in Washington program will have an opportunity to observe in person how policymakers contend with Islamophobia and antisemitism at a White House briefing on March 14.
Read moreOn March 13, the Department of Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences will host “Academic Freedom and Middle East Scholars after Oct. 7,” one of Cornell’s Freedom of Expression theme year events.
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Read moreThis fifth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program was launched in 2019.
Read moreLeading academics from around the country will join Cornell experts in a semester-long series, “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined.”
Read moreNelly Silagy Benedek, class of ’84, was a College Scholar and majored in English, Art History, and Near Eastern Studies, concentrating on modernism in art and poetry.
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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.
My NES education afforded me the unique opportunity to look through a multifaceted lens of religion, culture, gender, and language and showed me how much the relationships of the past affect the present. All of these learning experiences proved to be vital in finding my future educational and career path and transformed my thinking in a capacity for which I will always be grateful. - Danielle Greco '23
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.
February 2023