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Registration is Now Open for Spring Semester - 40-100 ACADEMIC HOURS (February 15, 2022 - June 16, 2022)  בואו ללמוד שפות במכון פוליס בלב ירושלים تعالوا تعلموا معنا لغات في القدس  Modern Hebrew (لغة عبرية)Biblical HebrewSpoken Arabic (ערבית מדוברת)Modern Standard Arabic (ערבית ספרותית מודרנית)Ancient GreekCopticLatinClassical Syriac Online CoursesJerusalem Campus Courses Begin learning a new language or advance […]

The latest publication from the Polis Institute Press is an ancient Greek version of the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel, co-authored by our Dean, Christophe Rico, and Polis instructor Stephen Hill.  The book is designed as a teaching aid for students who have completed beginner levels in ancient Greek.  This story was chosen […]

Dr. Tania Notarius and Lecturer Henri Gourinard are preparing the program for the new Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Souls and Sounds of the City, which aims to be a shared ground for researchers, writers, and students, interested in different aspects of the Jerusalem cultural heritage in its Near Eastern context (archaeology, anthropology, epigraphy and paleography, history, languages, […]

Join the celebration, November 11th, 2021 Open invitation The Polis Institute invites you to join our 10th Anniversary Celebration Thursday November 11, 2021 at the Polis Institute classroom 6.  The event will begin with a short slide presentation by Dean Christophe Rico at 12:30pm followed by a light lunch reception and cake cutting ceremony.  All […]

Join us for the 2021 Dies Academicus on November 11th The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the end of the 1940s and their publication over the following decades has led to a revolution in our understanding of the Hebrew of the Second Temple period.  The lecture […]

You can still register for September Intensive Language Courses by August 11th and receive a 200 NIS discount.  Begin Now or Advance To The Next Language Level!80-120 ACADEMIC HOURS IN 4 WEEKS ou can still register for September Intensive Language Courses by August 11th and receive a 200 NIS discount.  Advance an entire language level!  […]

We are pleased to announce a new publication from the Polis Institute Press, ⲞⲨⲀⲒ, ⲤⲚⲀⲨ, ϢⲞⲘⲦ: ⲞⲨϪⲰⲘ ⲚⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲘⲈⲦⲢⲘⲚⲬⲎⲘⲒ (One, Two, Three: Practice Book in Spoken Coptic), which is available in paperback at Amazon here.  We are pleased to announce a new publication from the Polis Institute Press, ⲞⲨⲀⲒ, ⲤⲚⲀⲨ, ϢⲞⲘⲦ: ⲞⲨϪⲰⲘ ⲚⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲘⲈⲦⲢⲘⲚⲬⲎⲘⲒ (One, Two, […]

Your Participation Enriches the Conference Experience! We welcome your participation in the Polis Institute’s 5th Interdisciplinary Conference From Logos to Person.  You can choose one of two ways to participate; as an in-person presenter, or as a contributor to the Atrium of Papers.  In either event, an abstract submission of up to 250 words must be submitted […]

Polis – The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities is happy to announce that we have begun accepting registrations for the 2021-22 Academic Year. This year we are offering seven programs: our third-party MA degrees in Ancient Philology and Near Eastern Languages – which both have corresponding one-year programs - as well as Certificates in […]

We are happy to announce the release of our new book 'Essential Verbs in Levantine Spoken Arabic' which aims to help anyone studying the language. The book is a compilation of 463 verbs in Arabic, with a simple translation in three languages: English, Spanish, and French. The introduction is also in the same three languages. […]