The Alexander-Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI) has awarded Near Eastern Studies, Assyriology, graduate student, Lucas Grassi Freire with their AGHI Faculty Fellowship for the AY 2026-2027! The AGHI Faculty Fellowship aims […]
The Roots of Civilization
The Department of Near Eastern Studies was founded in 1883 and was the first program in the United States to offer a PhD in the field. Choose from four programs of study: Assyriology, Egyptology, Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Studies, and Near Eastern Archaeology/Near Eastern Art.
- Degrees Offered BA, PhD
- Major Near Eastern Studies
- Minor Near Eastern Studies
News & Announcements
NES Graduate Students Awarded Krieger School Scholar-Teacher Awards
The Department of Near Eastern Studies is excited to announce recipients of the KSAS Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences Scholar-Teachers Awards (STAR). Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics […]
Crossing Borders: Translating the Ancient World – Dr. Christie Carr Visits NES
On April 6th and 7th, the Departments of Classics and Near Eastern Studies teamed up to host a joint event on the topic of translation with visiting speaker Dr. Christie Carr. […]