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Near Eastern Languages & Cultures offers a comprehensive body of courses across its many programs.
About our department
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures brings together a variety of disparate cultural and linguistic studies, both ancient and modern, into a vibrant interdisciplinary whole. In the NELC department, we make the past come alive. We make cultural studies of the Middle East relevant to undergraduate students and the larger Los Angeles community, and in our graduate programs, we create the next generation of experts in the ancient Near Eastern and modern Middle Eastern region.
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What’s in an ‘O’? New UCLA research may unlock mystery of ring tied to Pontius Pilate
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Our Work
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Faculty Spotlight: Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian works as an Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology in the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department. Her upbringing was peripatetic, but most of her…
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Faculty Spotlight: Gina Konstantopoulos
Gina Konstantopoulos is Associate Professor of Assyriology and Cuneiform Studies and has worked at UCLA since 2021. Her work centers on religion, magic, and literature in…
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The Bruin who landed the quad: Benjamin Krut is the only member of the Class of 2026 to graduate with – count ’em – four majors
Sean Brenner/UCLA Humanities (photo); Tina Hordzwick/UCLA (illustration)
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