Faculty of the Graduate Group 

Graduate studies in NELC are conducted under the auspices of the Graduate Group in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. In the Graduate Group faculty, the Standing Faculty of NELC is augmented by archeologists, historians, art historians, and specialists on religions of Near Eastern origin who share its focus on the primary sources of the Near East. Many emeritus faculty also continue to be active in working with students in the MA and PhD programs.

NELC faculty also hold close connections with Penn Museum (which draws several of its curators from the faculty of NELC), the Middle East Center, the Center for Ancient Studies, the program in Ancient History, the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, and the program in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, among other programs and institutions.