Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley's Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Department (formerly known as Near Eastern Studies) A. and Ph.D.

Berkeley's Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Department (formerly known as Near Eastern Studies), founded in 1894, is one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country. The Department offers both general instruction and specialized training in Archaeology, Art History, Assyriology, Egyptology, Iranian Studies, Judaic and Islamic Studies, Comparative Semitics, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and

Turkish. Specific concentrations offered by the department are:
Arabic Language and Literature, Cuneiform (Assyriology, and Sumerology), Egyptology, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Hebrew Studies (Bible, Rabbinic Literature, Modern Hebrew Language and Literature), Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, Persian Language and Literature, Semitics and Turkish Language. For students from other disciplines, the department offers a wide variety of courses to supplement such related fields as classics, linguistics, history, political science, comparative literature, anthropology, and art history. The Department strongly recommends that its own graduate students take advantage of courses in these other fields, provided that they are relevant to their fields of study. Many of the department's courses are restricted to a small number of students, thus affording an opportunity for close contact with the instructing staff. The Department offers a comprehensive body of information on past and present Near Eastern civilizations; instruction is given in both language/literature and lecture courses. The department offers an undergraduate major in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Students can specialization in 5 major subplans including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Ancient Middle Eastern Worlds, or Modern Middle Eastern Worlds. Please see the Berkeley Academic Guide for more information about the undergraduate programs: http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree-programs/middle-eastern-languages-cultures/

Graduate programs leading to the M. degrees are offered in Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian languages and literature, Near Eastern Archaeology, Art History, Cuneiform, Hebrew Bible, Biblical and Judaic Studies, Old Iranian Studies, Egyptology, and Islamic Studies.

02/23/2025

🚨📜 New arrival of ancient Egyptian texts! 📜🚨

Next week: Join a talk (on Zoom) by Giuliano Sidro about The Bancroft Library’s recently received papyri, part of the largest collection of papyrus texts in the Americas.

🗓 12-1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20
🔗 ucberk.li/journey
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📜: P.Tebt. II 598 (late 2nd century CE): Account of priests and revenue. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

02/23/2025

This presentation will discuss a nearly 150-year history of the engagement of Black cultural agents with ancient Egypt through artistic, scholarly,...

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Classical Persian Literature | Fall 2024
06/24/2024

Classical Persian Literature | Fall 2024

Intensive Arabic Texts Program | Application due July 1 | CMES and IBA in Karachi, Pakistan
06/18/2024

Intensive Arabic Texts Program | Application due July 1 | CMES and IBA in Karachi, Pakistan

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