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Learn about the Major and Minor in Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures

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Learn about the MA program, admissions, and program structure

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Pre-requisites, course listings and descriptions

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We focus on the deep historical ties between the many and varied cultures, religions, literatures, and languages of the Middle East and South Asia

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September 9, 2025
A Conversation with Peter Beinart
May 17, 2025
MESALC Graduation Ceremony 2025
September 20, 2024
Winning Author Visit: Shehan Karunatilaka
September 20, 2024
SHEA House Application Deadline Year 2025-2026

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Recent Publications

Sirens of Modernity

Sirens of Modernity: World Cinema via Bombay

Samhita Sunya

University of California Press (2022)

A Study of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's Letters in the National Archives in Tunis cover

A Study of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's Letters in the National Archives in Tunis

Mohammed Sawaie

al-Mu'assassa al-Arabiyya li al-Dirasat wal al-Nashr (2004)

The Two-Sided Canvas

The Two-Sided Canvas: Perspectives on Ahmed Ali

Mehr Farooqi

Oxford University Press (2013)