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Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona

Near Eastern Studies Events

NES Calendar and Events (NES sponsored, co-sponsored or items of interest)


Date(s) Event More Information
Recurring Events: Arabic/Persian/Turkish conversation tables, NES UO meetings, etc.
Tuesday, Nov 3, 4:00 p.m. Student Union Tucson Room The Obibi Era: American-Israel Relations in the Age of Obama and Netanyahu, Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, sponsored by AZ Center for Judaic Studies, Co-sponsored by NES with other units.
Wed, Nov 4, 3-4 p.m., Marshall 490 Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) fellowship information session, Graduates
Wed, Nov 4, 2009, 1-4 p.m., Student Union 3rd Fl Ballroom Graduate School Fair, Schools recruiting: USC, Columbia, Creighton, Hawaii Pacific, Pepperdine and UC Riverside are just some of the grad schools that will be in attendance representing a wide range of disciplines including medical schools, business schools, Schools of Art and Design and Schools of Earth Science, to name just a few. In addition, several graduate programs from across the UA campus will be there.
Thurs, Nov 5, 11-12 p.m., Marshall 490 Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) fellowship information session, Undergraduates
Thurs, Nov 5, 4:00 p.m., University Libraries: Special Collections Life and Death on the Estate of a Princess in 21st Century BCE Mesopotamia, David Owen, Cornell University, Co-sponsored by NES with other departments
Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Marshall Rm 490

Panel: Iran’s June 12th Election and After: Society, Gender, and Technology, M. Kamali, R. Hosseini, S. Keyl

NES/CMES Colloquium Series
Monday, Nov 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Tucson Jewish Community Center The Art of Writing in Ancient Israel, William Schniedewind, UCLA. Co-sponsored by NES with other departments.
Thurs, Nov 12, 2009, 6:00 p.m., Harvill Rm 150

MY PRISON, MY HOME- the book: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran. Lecture by author Dr. Haleh Esfandiari

Persian Lecture Series
Friday Nov 13, 3:00 p.m., Marshall Rm 490

Quadriliteral Verbs in Arabic: Morphological Diversity and Phonological Coherence, Samira Farwaneh, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Linguistics and SLAT

NES/CMES Colloquium Series

Friday, Dec 4, 3:00 p.m., Marshall Rm 490

Razi Ahmad, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies

NES/CMES Colloquium Series

Flier Coming
Jan 29-31.2010, Hotel Arizona, Tucson Second International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, CERCLL. Scholarships available.
 
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