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Middle Eastern Studies

Sadaham Yathra monks walking along a wooden path.

The Earth’s Keepers: How Religion Can Guide Environmentalism

April 22, 2019 by Rachel White

If you knew in the next life you’d become a tree, you might hesitate before you cut one down. Or if you were to become one of the ocean’s fish, perhaps you’d be more careful about how you dispose of certain plastics. That’s Karma, at least as it’s applied in an environmental context, which might […]

Portrait of Bahar Sahami.

Intern Supreme

July 2, 2018 by Emily Nielsen

Bahar Sahami is a Dedman Distinguished scholar from Plano, Texas. She is a senior double majoring in government and international relations and global studies, while minoring in Middle Eastern studies and completing a certificate in global management from the McCombs School of Business. She is a 2018 Bill Archer fellow, an Intellectual Entrepreneurship Citizen scholar, […]

Nelson at the ruins of Ephesus

Liberal Arts Abroad: Government Senior Travels to Izmir, Turkey

September 22, 2017 by Emily Nielsen

Six weeks of living in another country is a significant way that liberal arts students can apply their education to the world around them. Elizabeth Nelson, a government senior with a minor in Turkish, traveled to Izmir, Turkey, this summer, immersing herself in the language and culture of the country. Nelson is from Denver, Pennsylvania, […]

Helen Heston in front of pyramids

Wise Wanderer: Helen Heston Visits Egypt

February 21, 2017 by Emily Nielsen

Studying abroad is central to a liberal arts education, allowing students to experience culture and perspectives that differ from their own firsthand. The Wise Wanderer scholarship was established to fund Liberal Arts Honors students traveling abroad, providing them with the opportunity for personal and academic development. The students selected receive $5,000 to organize and plan […]

Miles Wilson, LAC President

Liberal Arts Council President Reaches Out: Q&A with Miles Wilson

February 2, 2017 by Emily Nielsen

Miles Wilson is a Middle Eastern language & cultures and religious studies senior. He’s also the president of the Liberal Arts Council, an organization of students who “serve as the official student voice and governing body for the College of Liberal Arts.” Learn about Wilson and his commitment to the LAC, as well as the […]

Assistant professor Tarek El-Ariss. Photo courtesy of Tarek El-Ariss.

Revolution of a New Media Culture

November 1, 2013 by Emily Nielsen

With the advent of new media technologies, people around the world have instant access to uncensored news and images of revolutions through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, YouTube and an array of other social networking platforms. Since the Arab Spring began in 2010, conversations about the “digital war” have centered on the power of social media. Did […]

Professor Wm Roger Louis wins Benson Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature. Photo by Emily Nielsen.

Literary Gold British Studies

November 1, 2013 by Michelle Bryant

Wm. Roger Louis, director of the Program in British Studies, has won the Benson Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature, the highest award in literature and history in England. The award was given in recognition of his enormous contribution to English literature—both through his own writing, and through his support of other writers […]

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Middle Eastern Studies Announces Fall 2013 Scholar in Residence

April 10, 2013 by Jessica Sinn Leave a Comment

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies has appointed Hoda Barakat, an internationally acclaimed author, as the inaugural Fall 2013 Arabic Scholar in Residence. “The Arabic Scholar in Residence program will provide students with the opportunity to work closely with prominent Arab intellectuals,” says Tarek El-Ariss, assistant professor of Modern Arabic Literature in the Department of […]

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