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Building bridges: Global Language Initiative prepares U of T students for a 'pluricultural' world

March 22, 2022

A U of T News article highlights a story on the Global Languages Initiative, which NMC is actively involved in.

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Professor Roger Mervyn Savory (1925 - 2022)

March 15, 2022

The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations is saddened to report that Professor Roger Savory, a long-time member of the NMC community, and a dearly beloved colleague and friend to many, passed away on February 17, 2022.

U of T collaborates with Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation on study of Iranian women poets and cinema

January 24, 2022

A hub for the study of Iranian history and culture, the University of Toronto has signed a multi-year partnership with the Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation to share a wealth of information on Iranian poets and Iranian film with the world.

The grapes used to make top European wines may be from the west-Asian country of Georgia where vineyards have existed for 8,000 years

January 03, 2022

The grapes used to make popular French, Italian and Spanish wines may not be from Europe but instead from the Western Asian country of Georgia, a study has suggested.

Open book: U of T-Aga Khan exhibit explores secrets within ancient texts

October 26, 2021

An ancient book can tell a story in more ways than one.

A wooden cover can offer clues about the climate when the book was made. Its paper and ink can tell us about technologies that were used at that point in history.

rendering of the Interior of the 90 Queens Park performance hall with a view of the Toronto skyline

‘A win for everyone’: U of T receives green light to proceed with Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities

September 08, 2021

The University of Toronto is welcoming the outcome of a formal mediation process led by the Ontario Land Tribunal that has resulted in the approval of a revised rezoning envelope for the new Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities (CCC) building located at 90 Queen’s Park on the St. George campus.

Assistant Professor Anne Porter and NMC students explain 4,500-year-old burial mound in the Smithsonian magazine

June 23, 2021

Archaeologists Propose 4,500-Year-Old Burial Mound Was World’s First Military Memorial

Mesopotamians turned a community tomb on the Euphrates into a battle monument

U of T launches world's first professorship in the ancient languages of Zoroastrian sacred texts and literature, thanks to community support

June 18, 2021

The University of Toronto is now home to the world’s first endowed professorship focused on preserving the languages and culture of Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions, thanks to a US$1.1-million gift from the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) and its community.

PhD student wins 2021 Three Minute Thesis final for work on rhetoric in 13th century Persian literature

April 08, 2021

The photo of the winner, Faraz Alidina and the poster of the competition

Bikila Award president Tessema Mulugeta presents Arts &amp; Science Dean Melanie Woodin with The Weeknd’s cheque for $30,000 – pushing the Ge’ez course’s endowment past the $500,000 goal (photo by Diana Tyszko)

With support from The Weeknd, U of T's Ethiopic program soars past $500,000 endowment goal

November 02, 2020

The future of the University of Toronto’s Ethiopic program – the only one of its kind in North America and among a handful in the world – just got brighter.

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