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Welcome to Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

The Chair of NELC is Professor Scott Noegel. Please click on the welcome message to learn more about the vitality and vision of NELC at the University of Washington (Seattle). Please also feel free to read our departmental Fact Sheet.

Language Highlight

Interested in the mountainous landscape of Central Asia and the diverse languages and cultures of its people? NELC offers a number of courses designed to expose unfamiliar students to the region's language and culture, as well as engage students already familiar with the Turkic peoples of Central Asia: the Kazak, Kyrgyz, Uygur, and Uzbek peoples, each having its own distinct cultural and historic identity, yet sharing a common linguistic legacy.

• Flyer (pdf file)

Spring 2012 Course Offerings

This spring, NELC is offering a listing of courses that span a diverse range of cultures and languages. Please check our current Spring 2012 Course Time Schedule (pdf file) for a tentative list of courses offered this Winter quarter.

Course fliers:

• Introduction to Qur'an (pdf file)

• Muslims in China (pdf file)

 

Event Highlight

February 25: Dr. Abbas Milani presents, "Islamic Revolution in Iran and the Arab Awakening: Ruptures or Continuities?," as part of the Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian and Iranian Studies. Printable flyer (pdf file).

Much has been written about the nature of Arab Awakening. Is it a continuation of the Islamic revolution or more akin to the 2009 democratic movement in Iran? Are we already in a post-Khamenei/Khomeini Middle East? Is the Iranian regime strengthened or weakened by the Arab democratic wave?