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Hindi and Urdu in conversation

While most people outside of India are familiar with Bollywood as the largest producer of Hindi-language films in the world, many would be surprised to learn that the language spoken in these films is not purely Hindi, but rather draws extensively from the vocabulary and literature of another South Asian language called Urdu.

9.19.19 | Read the Story

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Energy Policy from the Practitioner's Point of View

A conversation with about education, working in the public sector, and energy policy with Elai Rettig, the Israel Institute Teaching Fellow in Environmental Studies and Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.

4.17.19 | Read the Story

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Three Things You Should Know About Islam and Muslims

How is Islam like Hinduism? What is a defensive jihad? How does the concentration of Muslims in the Global South affect their perception worldwide? Aria Nakissa — a scholar of Islamic law and philosophy, contemporary Muslim societies, and classical Islamic texts — unpacks a trio of truths about this fast-growing faith.

4.23.19 | Read the Story

New name for Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

A new, pithier name reflects the cross-disciplinary focus that has always been the foundation of the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (formerly the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures), one of the only departments in the country where one can take classes in Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Jewish studies, and Islamic studies in one place.

2.28.19 | Read the Story

Hindi and Urdu in conversation

Energy Policy from the Practitioner's Point of View

Three Things You Should Know About Islam and Muslims

New name for Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Hindi and Urdu in conversation

Tyler B. Parker, MA '18, returns to campus for symposium on Yemeni Civil War

Energy Policy from the Practitioner's Point of View

Three Things You Should Know About Islam and Muslims

‘Khush Raho’: The WU Hindi department fosters a family of learning

'Let's solve this': WU students discuss Green New Deal

New name for Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

Toward More Expansive Perspectives on Gender, Authority, and Role Modeling

Former JIMES MA student, Anruo Bao, to present at upcoming conference, June 4-5

Maimonides and the Merchants

APTLII - Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Immersion Institute

Routledge publishes collection including essays from two alumni