Conferences and Events

MELA Annual Meeting in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts (Nov. 19 - 21, 2009)

al-Sayyid Sadiq al-Musawi conducts research at NEC, Yale Univesity Library (Sept. 10 - Oct. 20, 2009)

His Excellency, the Ambassador of Syria to the USA, visits Yale Univesity Library (May 4, 2009)

Book donation by Yale Unversity Library to University of Southern Mindanao (Apr. 20, 2009)

Personal book donation by Mr. Simon Samoeil to Al Munawwara Islamic School (Apr. 16, 2009)

Faith & Community Project for the Southern Philippines (Jan. 13-23, 2009)

MESA Conference in Washington DC (Nov. 23-24, 2008)

Delegation of Scholars and Clerics Visiting Yale Univesity Library (Nov. 3, 2008)

Conference "Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed: Implications for Christians and Muslims" (July 24-31, 2008)

Visit to the NEC by a high religious dignitaries from Syria (May 6, 2008)

Digitalization Workshop at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (Dec 4, 2007)

MELA's Annual Meeting at Montréal, Canada (Nov. 15-16, 2007)

Illuminated Islamic Manuscript Exhibition (June - August, 2007)

Middle Eastern and Islamic Cuisine Exhibition (Feb. 1 - Apr. 19, 2007)

BLACK GOLD: Geopolitics of Oil in the Middle East (Aug. 14,2006)

Area Studies Symposium University of Arizona, Tuscon (July 14-16, 2006)

Melcom International, The European Association of Middle East Librarians, 28th Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey (June 19-21, 2006)

The 16th AFLI (Arab Federation of Library and Information Science) Conference in Algiers (March 19-21, 2006)

Travel to Syria (March 17, 2006)

United Arab Emirates (UAE) visiting Yale University Library (June 6, 2005)

Four articles on the Near East Collection (Fall 2002):
Travel Expands Collecting in the Middle East
Library Acquires Important Egyptian Private Collection
Grant Awarded for Middle East Database
The Near East Collection Online