Islamic Studies News

Welcome to Catherine Bonesho & Luke Yarbrough

Published: May 9, 2018

We are pleased to welcome Catherine Bonesho and Luke Yarbrough to the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures effective July 1st. Catherine is our new Early Judaism hire, and Luke is our new Islamic Studies hire. Both of these incoming scholars work on cross-cultural connections through space and time and will add great depth…

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Professor Ismail Receives 25th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran

Published: January 8, 2018

Professor Ismail K. Poonawala’s  book entitled “Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part III; An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 39-41” co-authored with Carmela Baffioni, and published by the Oxford University Press, 2017, has been selected for an award at the 25th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran.

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UCLA Recruitment: Assistant Professor in Early Judaism

Published: August 1, 2017

The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in early Judaism at the rank of Assistant Professor to be filled effective July 1, 2018. Applications are invited from scholars with research and teaching interests in the cultures (especially 2nd Temple Judaism)…

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