Honors and Awards

Melike
Prof. Melike Yücel-Koç Receives Language Educator of the Year Award
(February 28, 2024)
A test wall at the excavation site, after cleaning and conservation.
Prof. Stephanie Selover Awarded a Site Preservation Grant by the  American Institute of Archaeology
(February 27, 2024)
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MELC Updates 2023-2024
(February 26, 2024)
Naomi Sokoloff
From the Chair
(February 20, 2024)
Elkhafaifi, Hussein
Prof. Hussein Elkhafaifi Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
(January 4, 2024)
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
(November 27, 2023)
Svetlana Ostroverkhova
Student Spotlight: Svetlana Ostroverkhova
(October 26, 2023)
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Call to Poetry Translators: Second Cycle of Mo Habib Translation Prize
(September 6, 2023)
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
A Novel Prize for Persian Translation
(August 21, 2023)
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
Announcing the Winner of the Inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize  
(June 5, 2023)
Anaëlle Enders
MELC minor Anaëlle Enders awarded the prestigious President’s Medalist Award
(March 1, 2023)
Anaëlle Enders
MELC Faculty and Student Updates
(February 27, 2023)
Mo Habib
Call for Translations: MELC Launches Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature
(September 2, 2022)
Forrest Martin
NELC graduate student, Forrest Martin, is the recipient of this year's Michael A. Williams Award.
(May 16, 2022)
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NELC major Lucida Olson awarded the prestigious Irene Dickson McFarlane Tuition Scholarship for 2022-23.
(May 9, 2022)
Piper Coyner
NELC Student and Faculty News and Awards
(March 22, 2022)
Piper Coyner
NELC Major Piper Coyner Awarded the 2020-21 Junior Medalist for High Scholarship
(January 18, 2022)
Hamza Zafer
UW NELC Associate Prof. Hamza Zafer accepts prestigious Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowship.
(October 6, 2021)
Ottoman Lyric Poetry
American Association for Turkic Teachers Names Award After Prof. Walter G. Andrews
(October 15, 2020)
Professor Aria Fani
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
(October 12, 2020)
Picture of NELC Student Piper Coyner
NELC Major Piper Coyner Awarded UW President's Medal
(May 26, 2020)
Noah Gruenert in the mountains of Tajikistan
NELC Major Noah Gruenert Broadcasts in Persian on Radio Iranshahr
(January 14, 2020)
Scott Noegel Delivers U-Wisconsin-Milwaukee Commencement Address
Professor Scott Noegel Receives Honorary Ph.D. in Letters from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(October 7, 2019)
andrews, mentor award, UW research conference
Walter Andrews receives Undergraduate Research Mentor Award with the Newbook Project
(May 17, 2018)
Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA) at the Turkish Republic Day Reception
NELC Professor Awarded by the Turkish American Cultural Association
(November 1, 2016)
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Alumna Morgan Cassell Awarded Rangel Fellowship
(April 7, 2013)