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Project Ideas for Doctor of Philosophy in Middle Eastern Languages and Culture

Linguistic and cultural scholarship spanning Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and regional traditions.

🏛 Introduction

UC’s PhD in Middle Eastern Languages & Culture fosters rigorous study of texts, languages, and societies from ancient to modern Middle East, emphasizing decolonial and community-engaged approaches.

💡 Suggested Project Titles

Digital repository of Judeo-Arabic manuscripts with crowd-transcription tools

Corpus linguistics study of code-meshing in Lebanese Arabic podcasts

Ethnography of contemporary Persian poetry slams in Tehran’s cafes

VR walkthrough of Abbasid Baghdad’s book markets reconstructed from geospatial data

Policy memo on cultural heritage protection amid Yemen’s conflict

Machine-learning OCR for Syriac Estrangelo script in early Christian texts

Interactive map of Ottoman postal routes correlated with modern trade corridors

Critical essay on eco-Islam and water ethics in Maghrebi literature

Podcast series featuring translators of contemporary Iraqi novels

White paper on decolonizing Near Eastern archaeology field schools

Study of Arabic hip-hop activism during the Arab Spring decade

Digital platform linking medieval Persian medical treatises to botanical databases

Comparative analysis of Hebrew sci-fi narratives and post-apocalyptic theology

Citizen-science initiative documenting Amazigh language signage in Moroccan villages

Archival project on Armenian newspaper networks in late Ottoman Istanbul

Symposium on gendered rhetoric in Quranic exegesis across centuries

Metaphor mapping of oil economies in Gulf Arabic media (1970-present)

Workshop teaching papyrology with AR fragments in community colleges

Interactive exhibition on coffeehouse culture from Cairo to Damascus

Conference on open-access policies for Middle Eastern language corpora

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