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Giant of Ismaili studies honored by younger generation

A younger generation of scholars recently paid tribute to UCLA Professor Emeritus Ismail K. Poonawala at a symposium (“Reflections on Ismaili Studies: Standing on Poonawala’s Shoulders”) organized by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies on May 23, 2013, by presenting new research in a tradition made immeasurably richer by his life’s work as a scholar of Ismaili Shiism.
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International Institute congratulates UCLA Librarian of the Year David Hirsch

David Hirsch of the Young Research Library was voted UCLA Librarian of the Year 2013 by his peers. A librarian, linguist and scholar, his work supports scholars throughout the International Institute.
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Discovering Primary Sources

A team of graduate students is working with the UCLA Library’s Special Collections staff, Middle East Bibliographer and Digital Library Coordinator to catalog the library’s extensive collections of Arabic, Persian and Ottoman manuscripts.
Posted: 9/25/2004

Keddie Awarded Balzan Prize

Emeritus Professor of History Nikki Keddie honored for her research and studies and her many publications on the Islamic world
Posted: 9/25/2004

UCLA and Getty Museum Hold Summer Institute in Turkey

Scholars from nine countries spend four weeks visiting ancient sites, studying preservation of the Middle East's historic past.
Posted: 9/23/2004

Graduate Research in Istanbul

Kent Schull is a UCLA graduate student in History. He and his family of five (now six) spent two years in Istanbul, where he conducted dissertation research with support from a Fulbright-Hays grant.
Posted: 9/19/2004

Government Attacks on Area Specialists Called Disservice to U.S. Middle East Policy

Rashid Khalidi sees perils for the U.S. in empire building while ignoring its own professional Middle East experts and the history of the region.
Posted: 6/29/2004

Andreas Tietze

Remembered by a Former Student
Posted: 6/19/2004

Summer in Cairo

by Azza Basarudin
Posted: 6/19/2004

Year's Lesson

Khadijah Haseeba is completing her BA in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. She spent 2002-2003 studying at the American University in Cairo via the UC Education Abroad Program.
Posted: 6/19/2004

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