Courtesy of the course flyer By Anushka Chakrabarti To increase inclusivity within the field of Egyptology, the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department at UCLA is collaborating with Howard University…
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Buccellatis win the 2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Published: March 4, 2022The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is thrilled to announce that our own Dr. Giorgio Buccellati and Dr. Marilyn Kelly Buccellati of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology…
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Nancy Ezer
Published: February 28, 2022The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is deeply saddened to learn of the passing our beloved Hebrew lecturer, Nancy Ezer. Nancy Ezer will be remembered as a devoted…
Read MoreNew Summer Program aims to Challenge Academic Colonialism in Egyptology
Published: December 17, 2021The department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in collaboration with Professor Mario Beatty of Howard University is thrilled to announce a new Egyptology summer program. Called “Pathways to a…
Read MoreAdditional Support for the Pourdavoud Center’s Research Initiatives
Published: December 9, 2021The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World would like to express its deep appreciation to Ms. Nastaran Akhavan for her financial support of the UCLA Archaeological Gazetteer…
Read MoreA New Pledge of Support for the UCLA Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran
Published: November 3, 2021The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World would like to express its deep gratitude to Dr. Haleh Emrani and the Gramian-Emrani Foundation for their financial support of…
Read MoreFaculty Position in Anatolian Open
Published: October 19, 2021The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Program in Indo-European Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, have been authorized to make an appointment to a…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies 2021-2022 Awardees
Published: September 24, 2021The UCLA Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is pleased to announce the awarding of the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies. This fellowship was established…
Read MoreEmergency Support for Afghan Scholars at Risk
Published: September 1, 2021Dear colleagues and friends of the UCLA campus, With the support of campus leadership, the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies launched an emergency effort to respond to the Taliban…
Read MoreThe Sound Traditions: Studies in Ismaili Texts and Thought – New Book by Ismail Poonawala
Published: August 9, 2021The Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department is proud to announce the upcoming publication of The Sound Traditions: Studies in Ismaili Texts and Thought (Brill, 2021) by our own Dr….
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