Middle East Institute
Fall 2015 Course List
Courses with significant Middle East content
Language courses are not included.
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL CLASSES – NO GRADUATE CREDIT
Asian Civilization: Middle East V2113
Intro To Islamic Civilization -Rec
Section 001
Call Number: 62983
Instructor: George Saliba
Points: 3
Day/Time: W 4:10pm-5:00pm
Location: TBA
Anthropology V3933
Arabia Imagined
Section 004
Call Number: 97598
Instructor: Brinkley Messick
Points: 4
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: TBA
Asian Studies BC3610
Persian Literature Thru English Translation
Section 001
Call Number: 03827
Instructor: Hossein Kamaly
Points: 4
Day/Time: MW 10:10am-11:25am
Location: TBA
Asian Humanities V3399
Major Texts: Middle East/India
Section 001
Call Number: 05400
Instructor: Rachel McDermott
Points: 4
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: TBA
Classical Civilization V3101
Archaeology Of Egypt & Nubia
Section 001
Call Number: 06516
Instructor: Ellen Morris
Points: 3
Day/Time: TR 10:10am-11:25am
Location: TBA
Comparative Literature: Middle East W3927
The Ethics/Aesthetics Of Repression
Section 001
Call Number: 72097
Instructor: Nanor Kebranian
Points: 3
Day/Time: T 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: TBA
Comparative Literature: Middle East W3929
Modern Arabic Novels
Section 001
Call Number: 61786
Instructor: Moneera Al-Ghadeer
Points: 3
Day/Time: T 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: TBA
History W3719
History Of The Modern Middle East
Section 001
Call Number: 63866
Instructor: Rashid Khalidi
Points: 3
Day/Time: TR 8:40am-9:55am
Location: 417 International Affairs Building
History W4983
Science & Empire From Baghdad To
Byzantium
Section 001
Call Number: 25513
Instructor: Alexandre Roberts
Points: 4
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: 302 Fayerweather
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Middle East Institute
Fall 2015 Course List
Courses with significant Middle East content
Language courses are not included.
Comparative Literature: Middle East W3928
Arabic Prison Writing
Section 001
Call Number: 11073
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
Points: 3
Day/Time: R 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: TBA
Middle East W3541
Zionism: A Cultural Perspective
Section 001
Call Number: 23303
Instructor: Dan Miron
Points: 3
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
Location: TBA
Middle East W3920
Contemporary Culture In Arab World
Section 001
Call Number: 25888
Instructor: Joseph A Massad
Points: 3
Day/Time: W 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: TBA
Religion V2305
Islam
Section 001
Call Number: 04539
Instructor: Najam I Haider
Points: 3
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
Location: TBA
Religion V2505
Intro To Judaism
Section 001
Call Number: 06829
Instructor: Beth A Berkowitz
Points: 3
Day/Time: TR 10:10am-11:25am
Location: TBA
Sociology W3285
Israeli Society & Israel-Palestine Conflict
Section 001
Call Number: 64506
Instructor: Yinon Cohen
Points: 3
Day/Time: TR 4:10pm-5:25pm
Location: TBA
MIXED UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE CLASSES
Open to qualified undergraduates with instructor permission
Art History W4144
Europe & The "Orient" (711-1517)
Section 001
Call Number: 11073
Instructor: Avinoam Shalem
Points: 3
Day/Time: MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
Location: 612 Schermerhorn Hall
Art History G4136
What's The Matter?
Section 001
Call Number: 92075
Instructor: Avinoam Shalem
Points: 4
Day/Time: T 6:10pm-8:00pm
Location: TBA
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Middle East Institute
Fall 2015 Course List
Courses with significant Middle East content
Language courses are not included.
Comparative Literature: Middle East G4236
Arab Women Novelists
Section 001
Call Number: 88784
Instructor: Moneera Al-Ghadeer
Points: 4
Day/Time: M 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: 207 Knox Hall
History W4235
Central Asia: Imperial Legacies, New Images
Section 001
Call Number: 27797
Instructor: Gulnar T Kendirbai
Points: 4
Day/Time: W 12:10pm-2:00pm
Location: 301M Fayerweather
History W4601
Jews-Later Roman Empire, 300-600CE
Section 001
Call Number: 25035
Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
Points: 4
Day/Time: R 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: 311 Fayerweather
History W4610
Jews In Ancient Mediterranean
Section 001
Call Number: 25896
Instructor: Seth R Schwartz
Points: 4
Day/Time: R 10:10am-12:00pm
Location: 311 Fayerweather
History W4704
Sunnis, Shias, & Others
Section 001
Call Number: 01120
Instructor: Hossein Kamaly
Points: 4
Day/Time: R 12:10pm-2:00pm
Location: TBA
Middle East G4004*
Politics, Religion & Secular: Theory/Methods
Section 001
Call Number: 18737
Instructor:
AjayG4004*
S Chaudhary
Middle East
Points:
Politics,
4 Religion & Secular: Theory/Methods
Day/Time:
Section 001
F 12:10pm-2:00pm
Location:
Call Number:
TBA 18737
GRADUATE LEVEL CLASSES
Architecture A6454
Arab Cities In Evolution
Section 001
Call Number: 11446
Instructor: Ziad Jamaleddine
Amale Andraos
Points: 3
Day/Time: M 11:00am-1:00pm
Location: 114 Avery Hall
Anthropology: Middle East G6406
Modern State & Colonial Subject
Section 001
Call Number: 73884
Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
Points: 3
Day/Time: T 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: TBA
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Middle East Institute
Fall 2015 Course List
Courses with significant Middle East content
Language courses are not included.
History G6999
History Of The Mod Middle East
Section 001
Call Number: 76011
Instructor: Rashid Khalidi
Points: 4
Day/Time: TR 8:40am-9:55am
Location: 417 International Affairs Building
History G6999
History Of South Asia I
Section 001
Call Number: 12146
Instructor: Allison Busch
Points: 4
Day/Time: TR 11:40am-12:55pm
Location: 313 Fayerweather
History G9002
Ancient History-Near East: Imperialism
Section 001
Call Number: 71397
Instructor: Marc Van de Mieroop
Points: 4
Day/Time: M 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: 311 Fayerweather
Middle East G4004*
Politics, Religion & Secular: Theory/Methods
Section 001
Call Number: 18737
Instructor: Ajay S Chaudhary
Points: 4
Day/Time: F 12:10pm-2:00pm
Location: TBA
Middle East G6210
Readings In Classical Arabic I
Section 001
Call Number: 15071
Instructor: George Saliba
Points: 4
Day/Time: W 4:10pm-6:00pm
Location: TBA
Middle East G6530
Dynamics of Israeli Culture: Poetry
Section 001
Call Number: 97194
Instructor: Dan Miron
Points: 4
Day/Time: T 10:10am-12:00pm
Location: TBA
Regional Institute U6660
Security/Intl Pol-Persian Gulf
Section 001
Call Number: 60898
Instructor: Lawrence Potter
Points: 3
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm
Location: 208 Knox Hall
Regional Institute U6719
Mid-East Conflicts & Global Security
Section 001
Call Number: 63283
Instructor: Naomi Weinberger
Points: 3
Day/Time: R 11:00am-12:50pm
Location: 407 International Affairs Building
*Open only to MA students in Islamic Studies and MESAAS MA students
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