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Join us on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 3 pm for the Michael E. Marmura Lecture Series in Arabic Studies, “Labors of Love: Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought”, presented by Susanna Ferguson. More details are on the NMC website. (uoft.me/MarmuraLecture…).

Join us Friday, Nov 22 at 3pm for the Michael E. Marmura lecture, celebrating Heba Mostafa's new book on how moments of historical violence and anxiety around caliphal identities in flux were central to developments in Islamic architecture! More info: uoft.me/MarmuraLecture….

Join us on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 3 pm (EST) for Evren Altinkas’ online talk “Canadians in Turkey”, presented by Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish Studies. For more information, visit the NMC website: uoft.me/SOTSEvrenAltin….

Join us on Friday, January 17, 2025, at 3 pm (EST) for our Marmura Lecture Series, honoring Professor Marmura's own specialization. Jon McGinnis will bring al-Ghazālī's skepticism and mysticism to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion. uoft.me/MarmuraLecture…

The Global Languages Initiative (GLI) is hosting its Language and Culture Day event on Friday, January 24, 2025, from 11 am to 1 pm at the Sidney Smith Lobby. Come and discover the world of language and cultural studies.

Join us on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 3 pm (EST) for our Michael E. Marmura Lectures in Arabic Studies. Assistant Professor Miray Philips will talk about how transnational actors compete in their advocacy on behalf of Christians in the Middle East. (uoft.me/MarmuraLecture…).

Join us on Friday, March 7, 2025, at 1 pm (EST) for Teach-In on Syria, an online conversation with Basheer Amin (the founder of Raqam Wahed) to discuss critical perspectives on Syria, including the Kurdish question and its trajectories. Join the event at bit.ly/basheeramin

Join us on Friday, March 7, 2025, at 3 pm for our next Michael E. Marmura Lecture in Arabic Studies "Paratexts in Arabic Translation (Or The Persistence of Othering)", presented by Dima Ayoub. More information can be found on the NMC website (uoft.me/MarmuraLecture…).

Thinking about enrolling in a summer course? Registration for our 2025 undergraduate summer courses is now open! More information can be found on the NMC website (uoft.me/NMC2025SummerC…)

More NMC 2025 Summer Courses

Join us on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 4 pm (EST) for Zehra Koçak’s talk “Echoes of Ferdowsi: Ottoman Translations of the Shahnameh and Translation Criticism”, presented by Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish Studies. For more info, visit the NMC website: uoft.me/SOTSseminarZeh….

Here’s another summer course to check out. You can find all NMC summer courses on the NMC website (uoft.me/NMC2025SummerC…).

Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres

Join us on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 3 pm (EST) for Hande Gürses’ Book Presentation: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk, hosted by Seminar in Ottoman & Turkish Studies. More info on the NMC website (uoft.me/SeminarinOttom…). Registration link for online: bit.ly/SOTS-HandeGurs…

Join us on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 3 pm for our last Marmura lecture of the year, with Zulfiqar Hirji, who will be speaking about a unique group of Quran manuscripts produced in East Africa. For more information, visit the NMC event page (uoft.me/MarmuraLecture…).

Join us on Tuesday, April 22, at 3 pm for our lecture “FoodStore: Food Storage in the Late Fifth, Fourth, and Third Millennia BC in the Northern Fertile Crescent”, presented by Valentina Tumolo. More information can be found on the NMC event page (uoft.me/NMCLectureVale…).

Join us on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 10 am (EST) for Gönül Bozoğlu’s talk “Official and Major to Personal and Minor Heritages in Turkey”, presented by Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish Studies. For more information, visit the NMC website (uoft.me/SeminarinOttom…).

First time taking a language course? Undergrads must complete the Language Assessment Questionnaire before enrolling in an intro class to ensure proper placement. Learn more at the NMC Undergraduate Language Course Assessment.(uoft.me/NMCUndergradua…).

The 2025-26 academic year is almost here, and we’ve got brand-new courses ready for you! Ready to level up your knowledge and skills? Check out the latest courses designed to keep you ahead of the curve! More details can be found on the NMC website (uoft.me/NMCnewundergra…).