A Department Blossoms as it Embraces Three Distant Regions

Established in 2008 in response to student and community interest, AMESALL continues a long tradition of scholarly excellence and innovative teaching in the languages and literatures of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. We provide instruction in over a dozen languages from these three regions using the latest methodologies and technologies of heritage and second language learning. In addtition, we offer introductory and specialized courses taught in English covering a borad spectrum of topics, including literature, folklore and translation. Please feel free to contact us for additional information. We are located on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway, which is part of the greater New Brunswick Campus, directly on the border of the beautiful wildlife nature preserve. Give us a call, we'll be glad to talk to you!

Awards:

CHARLES G. HABERL has been awarded the Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence (2012) for his important contribution to the documentation and preservation of Mandaean. This is a competitive award which recognizes distinguished research accomplishments of faculty members who have just been tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. 

SAMAH SELIM has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for the academic year 2012-2013 to support her new book-length study of modern literary criticism in Egypt. Earlier this academic year Samah won the University of Arkansas' 2011 Arabic Literature Translation Award, making her the only person to win both the Arkansas award and the Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translatio