Department of Near Eastern Studies

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Department News

Professor Marina Rustow awarded 2024 NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations Grant
Sept. 11, 2024
 

Marina Rustow, the Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, professor of Near Eastern Studies and History, and Director of the Princeton Geniza Lab has been awarded a …

Rami Koujah Defends Ph.D. Dissertation
July 25, 2024

Rami Koujah successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at his Final Public Oral Examination held on July 24, 2024.

Gribetz Promoted to Full Professorship
July 1, 2024

The Princeton University Board of Trustees voted to approve the promotion of Associate Professor Jonathan Marc Gribetz to Full Professor.

Upcoming Events

The Necropolitics of Ihala in Jerusalem
Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
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219 Aaron Burr Hall
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Learning Coptic in Arabic: The 13th-Century Muqaddimāt for the Coptic Language
Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 12:00 pm1:20 pm
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202 Jones Hall
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Dean's Leadership Series - Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 4:45 pm6:00 pm
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Robertson Hall
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The Self in Islam: A Global Philosophy Approach
Mon, Nov 4, 2024, 12:00 pm1:20 pm
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202 Jones Hall
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The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia
Mon, Nov 11, 2024, 12:00 pm1:20 pm
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202 Jones Hall
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