The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA is seeking a part-time Lecturer to teach Elementary Arabic and an Arabic-language pedagogy course (six courses) during the 2021-2022 academic…
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Tributes: Herbert A. Davidson
Published: May 7, 2021The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Herbert A. Davidson (1932-2021), Professor Emeritus of Hebrew. Information about the funeral arrangements can…
Read MoreThe Sheikh’s House at Quseir al-Qadim: New Book by Dr. Katherine Burke
Published: April 22, 2021The Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department is proud to announce the publication of The Sheikh’s House at Quseir al-Qadim: Documenting a Thirteenth-Century Red Sea Port By Katherine Strange Burke,…
Read MoreDr. Michael Cooperson Wins Sheikh Zayed Award
Published: April 22, 2021The Near Eastern Language and Cultures Department is thrilled to announce that our own Dr. Michael Cooperson has just won the 2020/21 Sheikh Zayed Award Translation Prize for his Arabic…
Read MoreDr. Cate Bonesho Awarded Frankel Institute 2021-22 Fellowship
Published: April 22, 2021Catherine Bonesho has received one of the fellowships from the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan related to the study of Diversity in Second Temple Judaism…
Read MoreMichael Cooperson’s Impostures (2020)
Published: April 7, 2021The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is proud to announce the success of our Dr. Michael Cooperson’s recent book, Impostures (NYU Press 2020). A groundbreaking translation of a…
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Published: February 3, 2021The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA is seeking a part-time Lecturer to teach six courses of Hebrew Language (Elementary and Intermediate) during the 2021-2022 academic year,…
Read MoreDr. Luke Yarbrough Short-Listed for 2020 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
Published: November 30, 2020We are proud to announce that Dr. Luke Yarbrough has been awarded one of the two runner up prizes in this year’s British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize for his recent…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies 2020-2021 Awardees
Published: October 7, 2020The 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 MoreMemorial: Norma Kershaw
Published: September 22, 2020The UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is saddened to announce the passing of Norma Kershaw, prominent scholar, educator, and philanthropist in the fields of archaeology and cultural…
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