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...earlier version of the June 4 news article "Islam Scholar Malika Zeghal To Join NELC Dept." incorrectly stated that incoming Harvard professor Malika Zeghal's first book focused on the colonization of Egypt. In fact, the book focuses on the religious institution of al-Azhar University in Egypt, according to Zeghal...
...Sciences did not have the funds to create another professorship. When Asani was offered tenure at the University of Bonn in Germany that year, Harvard fought to keep him, Eck said, by making him a professor of the practice in the departments of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) and the Study of Religion. The seat is a senior position with five-year contracts...
...Graham said Asani's reputation has not "suffered much" from the delay in tenure. "He's recognized internationally as a first-rate scholar," said Graham, who has served as chair of NELC...
Asani first came to Harvard as an undergraduate in 1973. Graham said he remembered him as a "notably outstanding" student who graduated summa cum laude in the comparative study of religion. He went on to study under Harvard's famed Islam scholar Annemarie Schimmel for his graduate studies in NELC...
...March 8 magazine article "No Strings Attached?" incorrectly stated that offices of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) department are located at 1430 Mass. Ave., above CVS. While the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and some NELC faculty do have offices at the site, the department's headquarters are at the Semitic Museum on 6 Divinity Avenue. The Crimson regrets the error...