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Spring 2023 courses offered by the department

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Alumni Spotlight: Anna Kawar '06

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Alumni Spotlight: Jonathan Levine '02

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Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

By | David Nutt

Arts Quad in fall

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

By | Kathy Hovis

Sasha Prevost

NES graduate student wins poetry award

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Kroll Travel Awards help undergrads study in Israel

Melanie Larkins

Alumni Spotlight: Melanie Larkins

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Arabic and Islamic Studies

Book cover: Sonorous Desert

Desert sounds offer lessons in solitude and community

By | David Nutt

Book cover: Medicine in the Talmud

Ancient Jewish text preserves real-world remedies

By | Kate Blackwood

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Learn & travel with Cornell alumni, faculty this summer

By | Kathy Hovis

Ainav Rabinowitz and Shanzai Ikhlas. Photo by Julia Kohn. — Ainav Rabinowitz and Shanzai Ikhlas. Photo by Julia Kohn

Women of MENA

By | Ainav Rabinowitz, student in the College of Arts & Sciences

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'I wanted to experience Arabic language differently'

By | Dana Slayton

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Call for papers for December 2022 Workshop on Judeo-Persian Literature

By | Jason Mokhtarian, Department of Near Eastern Studies

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Alumni Spotlight: Ruth Margolies Beitler '88

By | Near Eastern Studies

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First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer research positions

By | Kathy Hovis

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Fall 2022 NES Courses of Interest

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Graduate Alumni Spotlight: Yiyi Chen Ph.D. 2000

By | Near Eastern Studies

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Underground Railroad project releases new 3-D model

By | Kathy Hovis

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2022 Language Awards in a Middle Eastern language

By | Near Eastern Studies

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More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours

By | Kaitlin Provost

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Abergel illuminates Israeli Black Panthers’ struggle

By | Ayla Cline

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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16

By | Kathy Hovis

Dan M. Kasell

Alumni Spotlight: Dan Kasell '02

Isaac Kramnick

Scholarship honors eminent professor and 'university citizen'

By | Kathy Hovis

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Mokhtarian co-organizes conference on magic bowls

By | Near Eastern Studies

Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt

Fahmy wins Urban History Association book prize

By | Kate Blackwood

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Alumni Spotlight: Ezra Newman '16

By | Near Eastern Studies

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What to read in 2022? A&S faculty weigh in

By | Staff

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Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities

By | Kathy Hovis

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World court decision sets ‘new precedent’ for cultural heritage protection

By | Staff

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Nexus Scholars Program applications now open

By | Kathy Hovis

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A 'freedom church' unearths its Underground Railroad history

By | Susan Kelley

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Alumni Spotlight: Emma Doody-Stetson '11

By | Near Eastern studies

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Two juniors receive Caplan Travel Fellowships

By | Staff

Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Margolis '02

Two students wearing lab coats examining a beaker of something yellow in a lab.

New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities

By | Kathy Hovis

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NES Courses of Interest: Spring 2022

By | Near Eastern studies

Farid Ferdows

For those who dream, Cornell is your place, says Farid Ferdows ’21

By | Linda Copman

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Call for Applications: Jewish Studies Course Development Grant

By | Jewish Studies

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Attacks upon cultural heritage are 'attacks upon a people'

By | Staff

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Catholic Church ‘systemic abuse’ dates back to the beginning

By | Staff

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Applications open for new humanities prize

By | Kathy Hovis

Qais Sultan

Alumni Spotlight: Qais Sultan '99

By | Qais Sultan

St. James AME Zion Church

Excavation to explore church’s role in Underground Railroad

By | Susan Kelley

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Applications now open for Klarman postdoc fellowships in A&S

By | Linda B. Glaser

Daniel Sharp

Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Sharp '18

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Faculty Statement on Cuneiform Tablet Repatriation

By | Department of Near Eastern Studies Faculty

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Satellite monitoring documents cultural heritage at risk

By | Kate Blackwood

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden

White House science adviser sworn in on 500-year-old Jewish text

By | Jack Jenkins

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Cornell shares land acknowledgement

By | Susan Kelley

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Society for the Humanities 'Afterlives' theme draws record interest

By | Kate Blackwood

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Advising, teaching awards honor Arts and Sciences faculty

By | Linda B. Glaser

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Teaching Awards given to NES faculty Monroe and Weatherspoon

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'My time at A&S has taught me the power of curiosity'

By | Lindy Davenport

Fall 2021: New Courses

Book cover: Iberian Moorings

‘Iberian Moorings’ compares Muslim and Jewish golden ages

By | Kate Blackwood

Lori Khatchadourian

Khatchadourian quoted in Le Monde

Yiddish textbooks

Yiddish to fulfill A&S language requirement

By | Ayla Cline

Vankasar Church, Vahag851, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Activity at Recaptured Church in Azerbaijan Raises Concern

By | Amos Chapple

Bryan K. Roby

Talk to reflect on Afro-Asian Jewry in Israel

By | Ayla Cline

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Israel in Black and White

By | Ayla Cline, College of Arts & Sciences

Christian Brady

Alumni Spotlight: Christian Brady '92

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Spring 2021 Language Awards

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Alumnus shares public health messages through comic illustrations

By | Kathy Hovis

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Congratulations Jessica Streit

Yehonathan Indursky

Director of Netflix hit “Shtisel” highlights Jewish Studies event

By | Kate Blackwood

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Same-sex marriage exposes 'cavernous divide' between Vatican, Catholics

By | Staff

Eli Shaubi

Alumni Spotlight: Eli Shaubi '13

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Four A&S faculty honored with endowed professorships

By | Kathy Hovis

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Dustin Nash, PhD '15, receives tenure

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Students win State Department Pickering Fellowships

By | Kathy Hovis

Joanna Seiff

Alumni Spotlight: Joanne Seiff '95

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NES alumni books spotlighted

Dadivank, a 9th-13th century monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The US can help prevent the destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh. Here’s how.

By | Lori Khatchadourian, Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Adam T. Smith, Professor, Anthropology Cornell University

New Spring 2021 Courses

Book Cover: Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema

Starr discusses new book for UC Press' Luminos series

Rebecca Taylor sings Cornell's Alma Mater in Turkish in front of Uris Library

Cornell's Alma Mater in Turkish, Japanese, and Quechua

Fiks birobidzhan A Map of Birobidzhan (from series Pleshka-Birobidzhan), 2016

Di Linke: the Yiddish Immigrant Left from Popular Front to Cold War

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Armenian-Azerbaijan ceasefire puts ‘treasures of human history’ at risk

By | Staff

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Archaeologists: Ancient people in Turkey adapted to climate change

By | Staff

"Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side" book cover

'Yeshiva Days' records Lower East Side Jewish life

By | Kate Blackwood

Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem yeshiva

A Year of Learning at New York's Oldest Yeshiva

By | Andrew Silow-Carrol

Book Cover: Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema

Book profiles Jewish director as a leader in Egyptian cinema

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30 Arts & Sciences faculty honored with endowed professorships

By | Kathy Hovis

Aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosions

Beirut Under Fire: Political and Personal Perspectives

Klarman Hall

Applications open for Klarman fellowships

By | Kathy Hovis

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Summer conversation sessions keep language skills sharp

By | Kathy Hovis

Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Jason Sion Mokhtarian

By | Staff

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Faculty research group addressing monuments, heritage

By | Kate Blackwood

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Pollack outlines new initiatives to promote racial justice

By | Staff

Book cover: The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage

New book chronicles complexities of Roman storage

By | Daniel Aloi

Modern Persian book cover

'Modern Persian' an innovative textbook by Dr. Gocheleishvili

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Statement from Near Eastern Studies

By | Ziad Fahmy, Chair of Near Eastern Studies

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Students translate ancient religions for the 21st century

By | Linda B. Glaser

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Congratulations Class of 2020

ryan Musto

Ryan Musto: 'The university is a place that cares about making a difference in the world'

Philip Hollander

NES welcomes new Hebrew instructor

Jason Mokhtarian

NES Welcomes Prof. Mokhtarian

By | Ayla Cline

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