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Shelby Justl, Ph.D. student in Penn NELC Department, studies the semiprecious stones of ancient Egypt in an effort to better understand the role that red jasper, carnelian, and others played in that society. bit.ly/33dqh3S Penn

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Simcha Gross as our new Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics! Follow him and his exciting work here at Simcha Gross

The Seminar of Oriental Studies Universidad Alcalá announces the launch of the series Monografías de Oriente Antiguo (MOA). For any questions, please send email to [email protected]. Musée du Louvre Penn NELC Department Harvard NELC @orientalinst Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut Directorate of Antiquities & Archaeology [email protected] Essex Egyptology Group #NELC

In #Mosul, #Iraq, before work had to stop on Tutunji House due to #COVID19 precautions, some exciting progress was made on the rehabilitation work of the site. 👏 👏to Penn NELC Department & State Board of Antiquities & Heritage Iraq. Follow this thread to see what they did!

👉 Before pausing their work due to #COVID19 precautions, the site workers at #TutunjiHouse were hard at work to move all the marble fragments to the masonry yard. #ProtectingHeritageToBuildPeace #MosulMosaic Penn NELC Department Michael Danti @MosulEye

👏Congratulations to the Tutunji Team -- Penn NELC Department and State Board of Antiquities & Heritage Iraq 🇮🇶 -- on this great progress to rehabilitate this important, historic site. Until authorities give the green light to return to work, stay safe everyone.

Many many congratulations to our NELC colleague Fatemeh Shams, who has been awarded a Research Fellowship from Humboldt-Stiftung for her research on the modernist poetry of Afghanistan and Iran!

Congratulations to our NELC colleague Simcha Gross upon the publication of his new co-edited volume of papers on Jews and Syriac Christians!

Great mentoring and research work by our colleague Heather Sharkey here!

Translating poetry and literature is an intellectual, artistic, and even political act, according to Professors @EmilyRCWilson, Huda Fakhreddine, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Nili Gold. @penn Penn NELC Department UPenn MEC PennEnglish Africana Studies at Penn bit.ly/3mIwcGv

Heather Sharkey (Penn NELC Department), Wolf's Undergrad Forum Faculty Director 2010-12, is teaching the past & present of Middle Eastern & North African societies through cuisines in the class Food in the Islamic Middle East. Read more: bit.ly/2M9xMoD The Penn Libraries

It left Oxford, crossed the ocean and arrived in Philadelphia today. I saw it and touched it and confirm that it exists. 😄📚🖌 Oxford Academic @OxfordMEC Penn NELC Department The Penn Libraries Penn UPenn MEC @OrientStudiesOx

"L'arche de Ctésiphon en Irak sera sauvée" via L'Orient-Le Jour #SBAH #Irak Iconem Penn NELC Department Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program lorientlejour.com/article/125151…

Welcome, Dr. Küçük!

NELC PhD candidate Mina Khalil has defended his dissertation, "A Society’s Crucible: Forging Law & the Criminal Defendant in Modern Egypt, 1820-1920", seen here with his committee, J. Lowry, H. Sharkey, and K. Fahmy (Cambridge) & NELC Chair Paul Cobb. Congrats, Dr. Khalil! 🎉🎉🎉

NELC's Richard Zettler's work on Iraqi conservation efforts! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-team…

We are pleased to welcome NELC’s new Department Chair, Prof. Heather Sharkey, a distinguished scholar of modern Middle East history and its religious minorities and an award-winning teacher. Welcome, Prof. Sharkey!