Cornell University Near Eastern Studies

The Department of Near Eastern Studies serves as the central hub of teaching and research from the Ancient Near East to the Modern Middle East at Cornell.

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May the summer reading begin! Add some Cornell authors to your list from @WeCornellians's May 2026 featured titles by Arts and Sciences alumni and faculty: a ‘poetic memoir,’ a study of the Gospel of John, and the final mystery from a genre luminary.

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Reclaiming experience: Approaches to trauma
https://t.co/hgEy2j4eeU
Faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences approach trauma from many different academic disciplines. Read how Prof. Lori Khatchadourian approaches trauma in her research.

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Tonight at 4:45pm this year's Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture "What Remains: Afterlives of Genocide and the Persistence of the Unfinished" with Hakem Al-Rustom. https://t.co/7p9ruPCBJe

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What is 'blasphemy' and did Donald Trump commit it? The definition can be broad, @CornellNES prof. Kim Haines-Eitzen tells @CNN. “It’s also broad in the very meaning, because what does it mean to slander God? What does it mean to denigrate the divine?”
https://t.co/LowrzSZ6DR

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Join us April 23 at 4:45pm for the Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture with Hakem Al-Rustom, University of Michigan. More information: https://t.co/7p9ruPCBJe

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Join us March 17 for "Friendship and Control: Modern Art and Islamic Craft in the Work of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian," a talk with Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow Hamed Yousefi. https://t.co/4HGCtt1yIv

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Congratulations to @CornellNES professor Ross Brann! His book MOSES MAIMONIDES: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION is a finalist for the 2025 National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture.

https://t.co/gv8jUmVBn7

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In her new book, “The Gospel of John: A Biography,” Kim Haines-Eitzen of @CornellNES explores the fourth Gospel of the New Testament, which holds many of the Bible’s most well-known passages but is also at the root of many controversies. @PrincetonUPress https://t.co/4uRn3VKNPl

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So wonderful to see some current and past graduate students enjoying time together :)

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The Ziad Fahmy School of Egypt Studies. What a joy reconnecting with everyone at MESA.

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The Ziad Fahmy School of Egypt Studies. What a joy reconnecting with everyone at MESA.

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Cornell's first snow of the season. ❄️

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Uncovering Sardis, layer by layer: Since 1958, a collaboration between @Cornell and @Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city of Sardis, Turkey. The dig is one of the longest-running projects of its kind. @CornellCAS @UNESCO https://t.co/j3b8f8kkLw

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The Rapture: 'Here and Now' on @WBUR discusses why the idea has such perennial appeal with @CornellNES professor and religion scholar Kim Haines-Eitzen.
https://t.co/RZUu7joRTl

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Alum spotlight: Ibrahim Gemeah, Ph.D. ’23
https://t.co/0UNz7RDPAa

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16, at 5pm we welcome Rachel Schine to campus for a talk on her book "Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race," (@UChicagoPress, 2024). @medvl_cornell
More information about this talk: https://t.co/gPKbtyirXY

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Renovations complete: After more than two years of work, McGraw Tower is finally free of scaffolding. Above all – literally and figuratively – is a brand-new roof. @WeCornellians https://t.co/wGKaXZvznM

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In his new book, Ross Brann of @CornellNES introduces readers to Moses Maimonides, one of the most significant intellectual figures of the Medieval period and a leader of the Jewish community in Cairo. @CornellCAS @OxUniPress @KateNBlackwood https://t.co/ohAXNh1FW6

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Welcome back, Cornellians! It’s the first day of class here in Arts & Sciences. Today, we begin new routines and open new opportunities alongside new faces – and familiar ones, too 😀

Here’s to fresh starts and boundless energy for the challenges and discoveries ahead 🧪📚🪐🎼✏️

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Report #8 on 500+ cultural heritage sites in former Nagorno-Karabakh out today. See findings from satellite monitoring missions in fall 2024 & spring 2025. Takeaways: no new destruction; damage to 2 cemeteries & 1 church; spike in # of threatened sites.1/4 https://t.co/xoIlGIKSDy

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"The Alhambra initiated me into a world that has really become my entire life and I wouldn’t have it any other way." A freshman writing seminar inspired Ashley Koca '25 to study art history & Muslim Spain in @CornellNES as a Harrison College Scholar.
https://t.co/sl5Jd7eJDs