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“To say that Jews were subject to restrictions that would not allow them to prosper and live in the Middle East is just nonsense.”

Two history and Jewish studies faculty members at Penn State have received a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to challenge conventional thinking on the history of Jews in the Middle East.

‘Arabic Oration’ earns prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award, more than $200,000 in prize money More than a decade ago, Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin embarked on journey researching and writing the first study in English of seventh-century Arabic oration, which strongly influenced its literature and culture. The result was Popularly known as the Nobel Prizes of the Arab world, the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards give each winner the equivalent of over $200,000 in prize money. The fir...

Launch of interdisciplinary projects embody ‘creativity and resilience’ of UChicago faculty The University of Chicago has long championed collaborative research as a promising strategy for addressing complex questions. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, it was not clear how this form of inquiry might need to adapt. What new strategies would humanistic scholars adopt to share, develop and test new ideas online? What empirical data would social scientists be able to...