Student News
June 9, 2023
2023 NMES Graduation Celebration
June 8 was a special day for the Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies–for the first time, graduating students were celebrated and recognized with a hooding ceremony. Joined by faculty members, their fellow students, and family members, four graduating PhDs were hooded in a traditional ceremony that marks the culmination of years…
February 22, 2023
Book Summary: “‘Wordplay’ in Ancient Near Eastern Texts” by Scott Noegel
Jennifer Hunter interviews Scott Noegel, Professor and Director of Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Program in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Culture (MELC), about his open-source book “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts. Professor Scott Noegel describes his latest book, “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts, as containing “really everything and…
March 7, 2021
Roman Pomeshchikov nominated for an “Excellence in Teaching Award”
Roman Pomeschikov has been nominated for an “Excellence in Teaching Award” through the College of Arts and Sciences. While the final award will be announced in the Spring, being nominated at the University level is already an extraordinary recognition. This award recognizes graduate students who demonstrate extraordinary teaching ability as graduate instructors or as a graduate teaching assistant.
Confrontations, Roman!
February 25, 2021
NMES Program Director Nominated for Thorud Leadership Award
Dr. Cabeiri Robinson, associate professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of international Studies and director of the doctoral program in Interdisciplinary Near and Middle Eastern Studies has been nominated by a collaborating group of NME students for the Thorud Leadership Award, which is the highest leadership honor at the University of Washington. NME students put forward Dr. Robinson as a nominee in order to publicly acknowledge the outstanding leadership, dedication, strategic vision, and student advocacy and mentorship that she has practiced in her role as director of the NME program.
January 8, 2021
Ayda Apa Pomeshikov and Gözde Burcu Ege Awarded Digital Humanities Fellowship
Congratulations to Ayda Apa Pomeshikov and Gözde Burcu Ege, who have both been awarded Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships to support their collaborative project “Digitized Ethnographies: Humanitarianism(s) and Forced Displacement in the Middle East.”
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