The Middle East cuts a wide swath: it contains a number of countries, a multitude of languages, cultures and customs, and thousands of years of history. Interests and conflicts resonate on a global scale, such as the… more>
categories: undergraduate, research, faculty research, undergraduate research
tags: american studies and ethnicity, anthropology, classics, economics, event, foreign languages, history, humanities, international relations, judaic studies, kevin van bladel, linguistics, middle east studies program, political science, religion, social sciences
We all know what New Jersey is famous for. The birthplace of Ol' Blue Eyes? Where Thomas Edison invented the light bulb? Heaven help us, Jersey Shore? Fuggedaboutit! The Garden State is home to one of the greatest… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: artifact, bruce zuckerman, history, humanities, linguistics, manuscript, middle east studies program, religion, west semitic research project
For the second consecutive year, archaeologist Lynn Swartz Dodd of USC College has won "beam time," enabling her and her students to conduct research on ancient artifacts using the nation's most powerful X-ray. "The items… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: archaeology, history, lynn swartz dodd, middle east studies program, religion, social sciences, x-ray
"Think of me as a kind of machine that was going through, photographing pages and pages of books, seeing titles and taking pictures because they looked good, but not having much time to digest their meaning or significance,"… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: algeria, book, fellowship, history, humanities, international relations, middle east studies program, religion
Traveling 7,600 miles to Jordan, Laurie Brand began her massive research project that will also take her to Algeria, Egypt and Lebanon before the end of 2010. Salt, Jordan, the first leg of Brand's travels, is an ancient… more>
categories: research, faculty research
tags: algeria, carnegie scholar, egypt, grant, international relations, islam, jordan, lebanon, middle east studies program, museum
It’s surprising, but one of the world’s leading experts on the topic of terrorism doesn’t like the word. “It’s a biased term,” said Richard Dekmejian, a scholar who has served as a… more>
tags: book, middle east studies program, politics, professor, richard dekmejian, violence


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