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NMC Welcomes New Faculty Member

June 30, 2021

NMC welcomes Dr. Adrien Zakar, who is jointly appointed as Assistant Professor of Late Ottoman History and History of Science and Technology in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (NMC) and the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST).

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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

NMC Statement on the CAUT Censure

June 21, 2021

NMC Statement on the CAUT Censure:

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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.

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Dr. Shawn Flynn Appointed President of St. Joseph’s College

April 19, 2021

Dr. Shawn Flynn has been appointed as President of St. Joseph's College at the University of Alberta for a five-year term effective July 1, 2021.

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Appointment of Director - Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies

April 15, 2021

Professor Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi has been appointed as inaugural Director of the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies for a five-year-and-three-month term effective April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026.

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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

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Celebrate Nowruz with poetry and song

March 23, 2021

Welcome spring and celebrate the Iranian New Year with music and poetry at the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies’ inaugural Nowruz event on March 26.

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NMC Welcomes New Faculty Member

February 01, 2021

NMC welcomes Dr. Milena Methodieva as Assistant Professor of Late Ottoman History. Dr. Methodieva joined NMC’s faculty on January 1, 2021. She completed her PhD from Princeton, MA from Bilkent University, Turkey, and BA from the American University in Bulgaria.

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Why do NASA Scientists Read a 1000 Year Old Book?

January 29, 2021

Michael the Great was patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199 CE, when he wrote his voluminous world Chronicle in three parts in one volume: ecclesiastical history, political history, and ‘natural history,’ in which he discussed celestial observations, earthquake reports, and meteorological conditions.

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