Near Eastern Studies - Cornell University

05/26/2026

The Department of Near Eastern Studies joins the Jewish Studies Program in mourning the loss of Dr. Bernard Schapiro ’55.

View Bernard Schapiro's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

04/21/2026

שלום (shalom)

That's "hello," "peace," and sometimes even "goodbye" in Modern Hebrew, our Featured Language of the Week!
Hebrew is a unique language that bridges thousands of years of history with vibrant modern culture, literature, and everyday conversation. 📚
From the language of the Hebrew Bible to a fully spoken contemporary language, Hebrew tells a remarkable story of continuity and revival.

Did you know? Modern Hebrew was standardized during a major revival movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, making it one of the only languages in history to be successfully revived as a spoken national language.

Visit https://jewishstudies.cornell.edu/languages -hebrew to learn more about Modern Hebrew at Cornell.



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02/18/2026

Join us February 23 for "Egyptology and the social sciences: two moving targets," a talk with John Baines, professor of Egyptology emeritus and Fellow of The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.
🕐Monday, February 23, 2026, 5pm.
📍A.D. White House, Guerlac Room
more info: https://events.cornell.edu/event/lecture-with-john-baines
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02/06/2026

Now acccepting applications!
Society for the Humanities Funding Opportunities for Ph.D. Students

Timothy Murray Graduate Travel Grants
Grants of up to $2,000 to support travel for doctoral research. Deadline: March 20, 2026

Dissertation Writing Groups
Funding for writing groups of graduate students with a common interdisciplinary focus. Deadline: March 20, 2026

Brett de Bary Interdisciplinary Writing Groups
Up to $5,000 in funding for activities related to writing and publication by groups of faculty and graduate students in the humanities. Deadline: March 20, 2026

For more information visit https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/grants-and-funding

12/04/2025

Visit neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/language-study to learn more about the Arabic courses available at Cornell.

Arabic is spoken by hundreds of millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa. And it's one of the oldest continuously used languages in the world! ✨

Fun fact: Arabic is written from right to left, and its script is known for its beautiful calligraphy.

Want to learn Arabic? Come to the last Arabic Conversation Hour of the semester at the LRC tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5:30pm!

Visit neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/language-study to learn more about the Arabic courses available at Cornell.



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11/21/2025

Congratulations Iskander Khan for winning third place in the Language Resource Center - Cornell University Lingua Mater competition.
3rd: Iskander Khan | کایوگا کے پانیوں سے بہت اوپر | Urdu

11/14/2025

Join us for the LRC Speaker Series TODAY (11/14).

Daniel Kaufman
Current Challenges in Urban Language Revitalization
12 pm (noon) ET in G25 Stimson and on Zoom

Details and Zoom registration at https://lrc.cornell.edu/speaker-series

Co-sponsored by the Department of Linguistics



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11/13/2025

Ottoman Turkish (TURK 6332): TR 1:25-2:40, 3 credits, student option grading.
This class is designed for students and speakers of Modern Turkish who want to learn to read Ottoman Turkish texts.
All Spring 2026 classes offered by our department: https://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/courses/SP26

This class is designed for students and speakers of Modern Turkish who want to learn to read Ottoman Turkish texts. The basic grammatical rules of Ottoman Turkish taught in this course are reinforced through printed texts. These reading materials, which progress from simple to more complex, also int...

11/12/2025

November 1st 2025: A New Dawn at Giza, as The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens Its Doors

▫️After two decades of dust, design, and divine patience, today (Nov 1st 2025) the finally opens its monumental doors beside the Giza Plateau. A new age of Egyptology has dawned, and the pyramids have a new neighbour; not a rival, but a reverent heir.

Imagine Tutankhamun’s treasures gleaming beneath modern skylights, after a colossal Ramesses II himself greets you in towering stone. The museum houses over 100,000 artefacts, 50,000 of which are displayed for the first time.

Designed by the Dublin based Heneghan Peng Architects, and built by Egyptian hands, for , the is more than a building; it is a national revival. It signals an Egypt that honours its past while shaping its own narrative anew, as well as a country reclaiming its cultural identity not as nostalgia, but as vision.

11/11/2025

Globalism and Collapse in the Late Bronze Age World (NES 4644): M 2-4:30, 3 credits, graded.
Several Bronze Age kingdoms situated around the Eastern Mediterranean underwent a violent collapse around 1175 BCE. In this class we explore how ancient leaders reacted (or not) and what their reactions teach us about more current events.
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Several Bronze Age kingdoms situated around the Eastern Mediterranean underwent a violent collapse around 1175 BCE. Archaeological and textual evidence suggest that two major socioeconomic processes played a part: the creation of the first known international system, and climate change. In our class...