by mesaas | May 27, 2020 | Publications |
Nonhuman figures are ubiquitous in the work of Franz Kafka, from his early stories down to his very last one. Despite their prominence throughout his oeuvre, Kafka’s animal representations have been considered first and foremost as mere allegories of intrahuman...
by mesaas | May 8, 2020 | All News |
We hope you are well and staying healthy. Please see below a list of summer courses being offered by MESAAS. For more information, please visit the Directory of Classes: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/sel/MELC_Summer2020.html Middle East S1210 section 001...
by mesaas | Apr 27, 2020 | All News |
Wael Hallaq wins the Nautilus Book Award for his Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman...
by mesaas | Apr 27, 2020 | All News |
Professor Khatchig Mouradian was awarded a Humanities War & Peace Initiative Grant from Columbia’s Division of Humanities in the Arts and Sciences for his workshop and edited volume project on the literature of the Great War in the Middle East. The...
by mesaas | Apr 24, 2020 | Publications |
For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a particular basic education through which they understood and engaged with the world. Not everyone who lived in the land of Iran was Persian, and...
