UT College of Liberal Arts: Middle Eastern Studies

Department of Middle Eastern Studies

Department of Middle Eastern Studies

Encouraging the Study of the Middle East

and its diverse peoples, cultures, and histories

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Dr. Bruce Wells publishes new book on Late Babylonian Legal Texts

Dr. Bruce Wells publishes new book on Late Babylonian Legal Texts

Dr. Stephennie Mulder explains the significance of threats to Iranian cultural sites in USA Today article

Dr. Stephennie Mulder explains the significance of threats to Iranian cultural sites in USA Today article

Estefanía Valenzuela Mochón, Ph.D. Candidate, publishes on Discourse Prominence in the Dīwān of Ibn Quzmān

Estefanía Valenzuela Mochón, Ph.D. Candidate, publishes on Discourse Prominence in the Dīwān of Ibn Quzmān

Apply for the 2020 Arabic Summer Institute!

Apply for the 2020 Arabic Summer Institute!

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Events, Seminars, & Important Dates

Thu

Jan 23

The Prostitute and the Paint: Conjured Agency and Its Thrills in Late Antiquity

5:00 PM
RLP 1.302B

Fri

Jan 24

Brown Bag Lecture Series: From Cultural Assault to Cultural Exchange: The Critical Reception of Hollywood in Post-Revolutionary Iran

1:00 PM
CAL 516

Wed

Jan 29

Memories of Oppression: Discourses of Shi'i-exclusive Persecution in Ba‘thist Iraq

3:00 PM
CAL 516

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Housed in the College of Liberal Arts, the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies offer language and content courses, and comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs of study.

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Sonia Seeman

Sonia
Seeman

Middle Eastern music & expressive culture; Roma ("Gypsy") & minority communities; former Ottoman territories of Southeastern Europe,cosmopolita... more

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