




Department News
Gribetz Wins 2024 National Jewish Book Award in History
Jan. 23, 2025
Professor Jonathan Gribetz has won the 2024 National Jewish Book Award in the History category (the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award) for Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Islam, Rashidbeigi Receive Kerr Dissertation Award Honorable Mentions
Dec. 2, 2024
Sarah Islam (Ph.D. 2022) and Samin Rashidbeigi (Ph.D. 2024) both received 2024 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award honorable mentions at MESA’s Annual Meeting held in November.
Hatemi and Mahallati Promoted to Senior Lecturers
Dec. 2, 2024
Nilüfer Hatemi (NES Ph.D. 2000) and Amineh Mahallati have been promoted to Senior Lecturers effective July 1, 2025.
Upcoming Events
Gaza on the Eve of the Modern Middle East: New Research on the City and its Region during the Late Ottoman Era
Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speakers
- Johann BuessowAffiliationProfessor of Islamic Studies at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Yuval Ben-BassatAffiliationDepartment of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Haifa
Bye Bye Tiberias Film Screening and talk with Lina Soualem
Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location
Friend Center 101
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Presentation
Facing Fragmentation: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature
Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Location
TBD
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