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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.

New Publication by Jonathan Gribetz
June 21, 2024

Professor Jonathan Gribetz has published Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy (Princeton University Press, 2024).

Near Eastern Studies Celebrates Class Day 2024
May 28, 2024

Near Eastern Studies held its 2023 Class Day reception in Jones 102 on May 27, 2024.

Karen Chirik wins 2024 NES Backgammon Tournament
May 8, 2024

Karen Chirik won the 2024 NES Backgammon Tournament by defeating senior Shane Patrick.

Samin Rashidbeigi Defends Ph.D. Dissertation
May 7, 2024

On Monday, May 6, Samin Rasidbeigi successfully defended her doctoral dissertation.

Mercat and Schoenfeld Selected for Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia
May 6, 2024

First-year Ph.D. student Adrien Mercat and fifth-year Ph.D. student Abigail Schoenfeld have been selected to participate in the 2024 Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia.

Patrick Awarded Barry Scholarship for Study at Oxford
April 25, 2024

NES senior Shane Patrick has been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship for study at the University of Oxford, where he will pursue an MPhil in Islamic Studies and History at Wolfson College.