近东被称为文明的摇篮，是一个复杂而极其重要的地区，将继续塑造当今世界。普林斯顿大学近东研究系是美国历史最悠久，最负盛名的大学之一，它通过了解该地区的人民及其历史，语言，文学和宗教，为了解该地区的影响提供了绝佳的机会。近东研究系提供一门通识教育课程，旨在使学生掌握近东语言的能力，并广泛了解由阿拉伯国家，伊朗，以色列组成的古代，中世纪和现代近东的文明，土耳其以及其他地区，直至阿富汗和中亚。该专业以历史，文学，宗教，法律，人类学，艺术史和政治方面的部门和同类课程为基础，并结合对一种或多种近东语言（阿拉伯语，希伯
The Near East, known as the cradle of civilization, is a complex and extremely important region that continues to shape today's world. Princeton's Department of Near Eastern Studies, one of the oldest and most renowned in the United States, provides excellent opportunities to understand the impact of this region by learning about its peoples and their histories, languages, literatures, and religions. The Department of Near Eastern Studies offers a liberal arts concentration designed to give students competence in a Near Eastern language and a broad knowledge of the civilizations of the ancient, medieval, and modern Near Eastmade up of the Arab countries, Iran, Israel, and Turkeyand beyond to Afghanistan and Central Asia. The major is built around departmental and cognate courses in history, literature, religion, law, anthropology, art history, and politics, combined with the study of one or more Near Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish). The department faculty's approach to the study of this region is multifaceted and extends from ancient times to the present.