Welcome to Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
The Interim Chair of NELC is Selim Kuru. 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.
Event Highlight
The Art of Interior design for the Afterlife: the Private Tomb of Menna on the West Bank of Luxor
The tomb chapel of Menna (TT 69) is one of the finest painted tombs in Egypt and underwent extensive non-invasive analysis and documentation in a joint ARCE-Georgia State University USAID project. This talk will focus on the different methods used and their results which relay important information about the tomb owner and the time in which he lived as well as artistic methods, work process, and status materials used in this extraordinary tomb chapel.
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 students to the region's language and culture, as well as engage them 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.
Where will this summer take you? NELC offers an array of exciting courses that range from full-term, intensive language studies in Persian, Modern Hebrew, Turkish, and Arabic, as well as A or B term-only courses covering the culture, religion, and society of the Near East. For more information, please refer to the NELC Summer 2012 Program flyer (pdf file).
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