HSTAFM 263 Identity and Politics in the Modern Middle East
Instructor: Arbella Bet-Shlimon
TTh | 12:30 – 2:20
5 credits (DIV, SSc, W) | SLN: 16198
Course Description:
Explores how people in the modern Middle East think about nation, religion, ethnicity, and the role of identity in politics. Examines topics in the social and political history of the modern Middle East, including Islamism, Zionism, anticolonialism, pan-Arab nationalism, Middle Eastern encounters with the West, resistance to authoritarianism, and oil modernity.
HSTAFM 490 Topics in African and Middle Eastern History
Instructor: TBD
TTh | 11:00 – 12:20
5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 16200
Course Description:
Examines special topics in African and Middle Eastern history.
MELC 101 Gateway to the Middle East and the Horn of Africa
Instructor: Canan Bolel
MW | 1:30 – 3:20
F | 1:30 – 2:20
F | 2:30 – 3:20
F | 3:30 – 4:20
F | 12:30 – 1:20
5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 18150, 18151, 18152, 18153, 18154
Course Description
Introduces the development of Middle East and Horn of Africa cultures from ancient origins in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and Central Asia through the present day. Invites students into the world’s earliest cultures, the diversity of its peoples, and their contributions to contemporary society.
JSIS A 544 Reading Seminar on Middle East Studies
Instructor: Liora R. Halperin
F | 11:30 – 12:50
2 credits | SLN: 16790
Course Description
Middle Eastern historiography, Islamic law, Islamic theology, relations between the Middle East and the world economy, political structures, social movements in the Middle East.
HSTAFM/JSIS A 314 History of Modern Israel/Palestine
Instructor: Liora R. Halperin
MW | 1:30 – 3:20
5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 16199
Course Description
Cultural, social, and political histories of Palestine, the Land of Israel, and the State of Israel; Zionist and Palestinian nationalist movements, in their larger regional, transnational, and global contexts.
HSTAFM 552 Field Course in African History
Instructor: Christopher Tounsel
W | 8:30 – 10:20
5 credits | SLN: 16201
Course Description
Methodological and conceptual issues in African historiography, focusing on 1500 to the present. Examines topics including pre-colonial politics and economics, slavery and the slave trades, European conquest and colonization, resistance movements and nationalist politics, and post-colonial debates and dilemmas. Special attention to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and class.
MELC 286 / MELC 596 A / JEW ST 289 A Themes in Middle Eastern Literature
Instructor: Canan Bolel
MW | 3:30 – 5:20
5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 18157, 18176,
Course Description
Significant and interesting aspects of Middle Eastern culture and society as represented by literary themes. Aspects of Middle Eastern life and art such as women, minority groups, mysticism, and modern literature. Content varies.
MELC 308 / MELC 508 Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East
Instructor: Kathryn McConaughy Medill
MW | 3:30 – 4:50
3 credits (A&H, DIV, SSc) | SLN: 18160, 18172
Course Description
Investigates and critically assesses trends and topics in recent studies of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East, pertaining especially to texts, artifacts, art and images from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Levant. Explores ancient Near Eastern taxonomies and functions of gender and sexuality, and examines social, political and religious forces that inform and construct gendered categories of gods, humans, and their worlds.
MELC 286 Themes in Middle Eastern Literature
Instructor: Canan Bolel
MW | 3:30 – 5:20
5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 18157
Course Description
Significant and interesting aspects of Middle Eastern culture and society as represented by literary themes. Aspects of Middle Eastern life and art such as women, minority groups, mysticism, and modern literature. Content varies.
Language Courses
ARAB 101/511 Elementary Arabic
Instructor: Khalid A Ahmed
MW | 9:30 – 11:20
F | 9:30 – 11:20
TTh | 9:30 – 12:20
F | 9:30 – 11:20
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 10348, 10349, 10355, 10356
Course Description
Develops the four communicative language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Stresses communication skills and emphasizes the links between language and culture, using mainly Modern Standard Arabic, with exposure to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. First in a sequence of three.
ARAB 201 / ARAB 521: Intermediate Arabic
Instructor: Amina Moujtahid
MWF | 9:30-10:50
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 10357, 10350
Course Description
Explores aspects of Arab culture and emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students also learn more about Arab society in general and about features of Arab culture that influence the use of the language in daily life. Focuses on developing communication skills. First in a sequence of three.
ARAB 301 / ARAB 531: Third Year Arabic
Instructor: Amina Moujtahid
MWF | 11:00-12:20
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 10351, 10358
Course Description
Helps students acquire an advanced proficiency in Arabic by focusing on developing all four skills of language acquisition: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Explores topics related to Arabic culture, Arabic society, Arabic music and arts, and Arabic literature.
EGYPT 101/511 Hieroglyphic Egyptian I
Instructor: Noegel,Scott B.
TTh | 10:30-12:20
5 credits | SLN: 14388, 14389
Course Description
Provides an introduction to hieroglyphic Egyptian as written during the Middle Kingdom (circa 2040-1782 BCE). Students learn to read and write basic hieroglyphics so they can read a complete Egyptian text. No prior knowledge required.
PRSAN 101/511 Elementary Persian
Instructor: Elham Monfaredi
MW | 11:30-1:20
5 credits | SLN: 20204, 20209
Course Description
Conversation, pronunciation, and graded reading. Persian alphabet and basic sentence constructions. Offers rudimentary conversational and reading ability with a vocabulary of about two thousand words. First in a sequence of three.
PRSAN 201/521 Intermediate Persian
Instructor: Elham Monfaredi
MW | 9:30-11:20
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 20205, 20210
Course Description
Reading of simple texts with emphasis on reading and writing, conversation skills, grammar, and syntax. Builds a vocabulary of standard Persian in preparation for advanced reading and comprehension of literary texts. First in a sequence of three.
TKISH 101/511 Elementary Turkish
Instructor: Melike Yucel Koc
MW | 10:30 – 12:20
F | 10:30 – 11:20
5 credits | SLN: 22089, 22093
Course Description
Introduction to modern Turkish. Pronunciation and conversation, grammar and composition, graded reading. Latin characters used throughout. First in a sequence of three.
TKISH 201/521 Intermediate Turkish
Instructor: Melike Yucel Koc
TTh | 10:30 – 12:20
F | 11:30 – 12:20
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 22090, 22094
Course Description
Introduction to modern Turkish literature. First in a sequence of three.
BIBHEB 101/511 Elementary Biblical Hebrew
Instructor: Kathryn McConaughy Medill
MWF | 10:30 – 11:50
5 credits | SLN: 11289, 11292
Course Description
Introduction to biblical (classical) Hebrew beginning with the alphabet. Integrates core vocabulary and basic grammar with reading short selections directly from the Hebrew Bible.
MODHEB 101/511 Elementary Modern Hebrew
Instructor: Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
MW | 9:30 – 11:20
5 credits | SLN: 18297, 18301
Course Description
Modern Israeli Hebrew. Core vocabulary, grammar, conversational text, and oral and written communication. Excerpts from modern Hebrew prose and poetry. First in a sequence of three.
MODHEB 201/521 Intermediate Modern Hebrew
Instructor: Hadar Khazzam-Horovitz
TTh | 9:30 – 11:20
5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 18302, 18298
Course Description
Readings of selected texts in modern Hebrew with continuing emphasis on grammar, syntax, composition, and conversation. First in a sequence of three.
