“Reading and Writing in the Dark at Khirbet el-Qom: The Literacies of Ancient Subterranean Judah,” by Alice Mandell and Jeremy Smoak is now available in the latest edition of Near Eastern…
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Since 2007, the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project, under the direction of Aaron A. Burke, Katherine S. Burke, and Martin Peilstöcker, has endeavored to bring to light the vast archaeological and historical…
Read MoreThe Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in Islamic Studies at the rank of Assistant…
Read MoreFor a second year, the 2018/2019 term of the Getty Scholars Program at the Villa will address the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from…
Read MoreThe Division of Humanities is excited to announce that the project of Religious Landscapes of Los Angeles: Teaching and Exploring Religious Diversity Through Civic Engagement, led by Principal Investigator and Center for the…
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Responding to the national need for experts in Turkish language and culture, the course will enable students to access archival materials and conduct research. The Turkish language is rarely taught…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreNELC professor Aaron Burke’s research of the Egyptian fortress in Jaffa are the subject of Archaeology magazine’s cover story by Roger Atwood in the July/August 2017 issue. Read more: http://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony
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Persian for Heritage Students July 10 to August 3, 2017 at UCLA Monday-Thursday 9:00am-2:00pm UCLA will offer a summer Persian class for high school students who are exposed to Persian…
Read MoreThe Division of Humanities is excited to announce that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced Nouri Gana, an Associate Professor here at the department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, a…
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