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MESALC

Undergraduate

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

News & Events

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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A Conversation With Peter Beinart

September 9, 2025

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

101 Nau Hall

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Recent Publications

The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature

The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Urdu Literature: Poetry and Prose Miscellany

Mehr Farooqi

Oxford University Press (2010)

A Cup of Sin

A Cup of Sin: Selected Poems

Farzaneh Milani

Syracuse University Press (1999)

The Perplexity of Hariya Hercules

The Perplexity of Hariya Hercules

Robert Hueckstedt

Penguin Global (2010)