Faculty News and Annoucements

Wael Hallaq wins the Nautilus Book Award for his Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha.

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 Humanities War and Peace Initiative (HWPI) fosters the study

Please click on the image above for the Columbia University resource guide for COVID-19 issues.

Given the current circumstances, we will be administering the Arabic language proficiency exams for our graduate students online, following the following guidelines: 1. Students translate a scholarly article/book/etc. into English. 2. Students may use a dictionary. 3. Exam must be taken in one sitting 4. The maximum time allowed is