SPRING 2019
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ID | Instructor(s) | Campus | Subject | # | Course Title | Prerequisites |
159801 | Barjamovic, Gojko | FAS | AKKAD | AB | Introductory Akkadian II | |
131771 | Barjamovic, Gojko | FAS | AKKAD | 120R | Intermediate Akkadian I | Akkadian AA/AB series. |
211066 | Steinkeller, Piotr | FAS | AKKAD | 160 | Old Babylonian Economic Text | |
118849 | Teeter, David | HDS | ANE | 120A | Intro to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1 | |
211195 | Hawkins, Laura | FAS | ANE | 106 | Ancient Mesopotamian Literature: 2000 years of early storytelling | |
121973 | Barmada abida, Nour | FAS | ARABIC | 134 | Colloquial Levantine Arabic | Anti-req: Cannot be taken for credit if Arabic 135 already complete |
127804 | Barmada abida, Nour | FAS | ARABIC | BB - 001 | Intermediate Arabic II | Arabic AA/AB series, and Arabic BA, or equivalent. |
127804 | Barmada abida, Nour | FAS | ARABIC | BB - 002 | Intermediate Arabic II | Arabic AA/AB series, and Arabic BA, or equivalent. |
113215 | El-Rouayheb, Khaled | FAS | ARABIC | 249R | Arabic Philosophical Texts: Seminar | Three years of Arabic or equivalent. |
156121 | El-Rouayheb, Khaled & Nasser, Shady | FAS | ARABIC | 251R | Classical Arabic Texts: Seminar | Three years of Arabic. Students are expected to be able to read 15-20 pages of classical Arabic per week. |
112096 | Granara, William | FAS | ARABIC | 130B | Upper-Level Classical Arabic II | Arabic 130a or equivalent, or may be taken separately with permission of the instructor. |
108970 | Granara, William | FAS | ARABIC | 242BR | Arabic 5: Modern Arabic Poetry | Four years of Modern Arabic or equivalent. |
118412 | Granara, William and staff | FAS | ARABIC | 241BR | Arabic Bridge | |
120127 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka | FAS | ARABIC | 131B - 001 | Upper-Level Modern Arabic II | Arabic 131a or equivalent. |
120127 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka | FAS | ARABIC | 131B - 002 | Upper-Level Modern Arabic II | Arabic 131a or equivalent. |
159876 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka and staff | FAS | ARABIC | AB - 001 | Elementary Arabic | |
159876 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka and staff | FAS | ARABIC | AB - 002 | Elementary Arabic | |
159876 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka and staff | FAS | ARABIC | AB - 003 | Elementary Arabic | |
159876 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka and staff | FAS | ARABIC | AB - 004 | Elementary Arabic | |
159876 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka and staff | FAS | ARABIC | AB - 005 | Elementary Arabic | |
109801 | Nasser, Shady | FAS | ARABIC | 243AR | Advanced Readings in Classical Arabic Bridge I: Historical Sources | Three years of Arabic or equivalent level of proficiency. |
114142 | Cohen, Shaye, Mirriam-Simma Walfish | FAS | ARAMAIC | B | Targumic Aramaic | Two years of biblical Hebrew, or the equivalent; and one semester of Aramaic. |
205908 | Gulesserian, Lisa | FAS | ARMEN | AB | Elementary Modern Armenian | Armenian AA/AB sequence, or equivalent. |
207660 | Gulesserian, Lisa | FAS | ARMEN | BB | Intermediate Modern Armenian II | Armenian AA/AB sequence, or equivalent. |
211203 | Gulesserian, Lisa | FAS | ARMEN | 163 | Revolutionary Women: Contemporary Fiction of Dissent in Context | Because all non-English works will be read in translation, no knowledge of Armenian, Farsi, Russian, or Turkish is required. |
159881 | Levenson, Jon | HDS | CLAS-HEB | AB | Elementary Classical Hebrew | |
122693 | Levenson, Jon | HDS | CLAS-HEB | 130BR | Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew II | Classical Hebrew 130a or equivalent. |
123873 | Teeter, David | HDS | CLAS-HEB | 120B | Intermediate Classical Hebrew II | Classical Hebrew 120a or equivalent. |
126692 | Manuelian, Peter | FAS | EGYPTIAN | AB | The Language of the Pharaohs | Egyptian Aa, Middle Egyptian I or consent of instructor. |
120897 | Levenson, Jon | HDS | HEBREW | 236 | The Song at the Sea: Seminar | An introductory course in the critical study of the Hebrew Bible and a solid command of Hebrew grammar (any period). |
211072 | Stern, David | FAS | HEBREW | 137 | Child-Sacrifice, Pros and Cons | |
210972 | Stern, David | FAS | HEBREW | 255 | The Passover Haggadah | Two years of Hebrew. |
211312 | Teeter, David | HDS | HEBREW | 256 | The Poetics of Biblical Composition | |
125910 | Asani, Ali | FAS | ISLAMCIV | 186 | Ismaili History and Thought | Introductory course on Islam or permission of instructor. |
144341 | Asani, Ali | FAS | ISLAMCIV | 241R | Indo-Muslim Culture and So. Asian Islam | Introductory coursework on Islam, Islamic Civilizations 178 (formerly Religion 1820), or equivalent. |
205248 | Husayn, Nebil | FAS | ISLAMCIV | 135 | Early and Medieval Islamic History | |
205305 | Ousmane, Kane | HDS | ISLAMCIV | 179 | Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa | |
109243 | Ousmane, Kane | HDS | ISLAMCIV | 170 | Islam, Modernity, and Politics | |
211155 | Zeghal, Malika | FAS | ISLAMCIV | 218 | Modern Islamic Institutions | Arabic reading proficiency preferable. |
159988 | Aharony, Irit | FAS | MOD-HEB | BB | Elementary Modern Hebrew | |
111756 | Aharony, Irit | FAS | MOD-HEB | 120B | Intermediate Modern Hebrew II | Modern Hebrew 120a. |
126531 | Aharony, Irit | FAS | MOD-HEB | 130B | Advanced Modern Hebrew II | Modern Hebrew 130a, or equivalent level of proficiency. |
107349 | Zeghal, Malika | FAS | MODMDEST | 100 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | |
111799 | Barjamovic, Gojko | FAS | NEC | 98 | Tutorial - Junior Year | |
159992 | Barjamovic, Gojko | FAS | NEC | 99B | Tutorial - Senior Year | |
110914 | Barjamovic, Gojko | FAS | NEC | 101 | Historical Background to the Contemporary Middle East | |
203473 | Nasser, Shady | FAS | NEC | 299A | NELC Doctoral Colloquium: Research, Resources and Pedagogy | |
211199 | Zeghal, Malika | FAS | NEC | 370 | Teaching | |
211200 | Zeghal, Malika | FAS | NEC | 380 | Research | |
211198 | Zeghal, Malika | FAS | NEC | 360 | Course-Related Work | |
211354 | Ames, Robert | FAS | PERSIAN | 105 | Beyond Akhlāq: Ethical Literatures of the Persianate World | While the course assumes no prior knowledge of Persian language or literature, some familiarity with it and/or Islamic studies would be helpful. |
159991 | Dayani, Sheida | FAS | PERSIAN | AB | Elementary Persian | |
109547 | Dayani, Sheida | FAS | PERSIAN | 130BR | Advanced Persian II | Persian 130ar or permission of the instructor. |
113367 | Dayani, Sheida / Shahvand, Shahrad | FAS | PERSIAN | BB | Intermediate Persian II | |
210888 | Boylston, Nicholas | FAS | PERSIAN | 108 | Persian Sufi Literature | |
121504 | Steinkeller, Piotr | FAS | SUMERIAN | 200R | Studies in Sumerian Language | |
118971 | Steinkeller, Piotr | FAS | SUMERIAN | 210 | Sumerian History Seminar | |
159868 | Demir, Meryem | FAS | TURKISH | AB | Elementary Modern Turkish | |
110700 | Demir, Meryem | FAS | TURKISH | 120B | Intermediate Modern Turkish II | Turkish 120a or equivalent. |
118285 | Taskomur, Himmet | FAS | TURKISH | 140B | Intro to Ottoman Turkish II | Turkish 140a or equivalent. |
126431 | Taskomur, Himmet | FAS | TURKISH | 150B | Advanced Ottoman Turkish II | Turkish 140 or equivalent; one year of Arabic or Persian desirable. |
211210 | Taskomur, Himmet Kafadar, Cemal | FAS | TURKISH | 200 | Advanced Readings in Islamicate Sources | Turkish 150 or permission of the instructor. |
159871 | Feldman, Sara | FAS | YIDDISH | AB | Elementary Yiddish II | No prerequisites. |
119875 | Feldman, Sara | FAS | YIDDISH | BB | Intermediate Yiddish II | Yiddish Ba or permission of the instructor. |
211187 | Feldman, Sara | FAS | YIDDISH | 118 | Yiddish Cinema | No prior knowledge of Yiddish or film studies required. |
FALL 2018
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ID | Instructor | Subject | # | Course Title |
110013 | Barjamovic, Gojko | AKKAD | 157 | Introduction to Old Assyrian Language and History |
114320 | Barjamovic, Gojko | AKKAD | AA | Introductory Akkadian I |
111624 | Steinkeller, Piotr | AKKAD | 154 | Peripheral Akkadian |
110014 | Barjamovic, Gojko | ANE | 103 | Ancient Lives |
207757 | Zakovitch, Yair | ANE | 209 | Biographies in the Hebrew Bible |
112869 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | 241AR | Advanced Modern Arabic Bridge: Language, Literature, and Culture I |
108971 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | 242AR | Arabic Five |
116746 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | AA | 001 - Elementary Arabic I |
116746 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | AA | 002 - Elementary Arabic I |
116746 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | AA | 003 - Elementary Arabic I |
116746 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | AA | 004 - Elementary Arabic I |
116746 | Alkyam, Sami | ARABIC | AA | 005 - Elementary Arabic I |
109425 | Barmada, Nour | ARABIC | BA | 001 - Intermediate Arabic I |
109425 | Barmada, Nour | ARABIC | BA | 002 - Intermediate Arabic I |
109802 | El-Rouayheb, Khaled | ARABIC | 243BR | Introduction to the Rational Sciences |
114034 | Granara, William | ARABIC | 130A | Upper-Level Classical Arabic I |
121346 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka | ARABIC | 131A | 001 - Upper-Level Modern Arabic l |
121346 | Korica-Sullivan, Nevenka | ARABIC | 131A | 002 - Upper-Level Modern Arabic l |
114291 | Nasser, Shady | ARABIC | 245R | Themes in Classical Arabic Literature |
116764 | Levenson, Jon | ARAMAIC | A | Introduction to Biblical Aramaic |
205906 | Gulesserian, Lisa | ARMEN | AA | Elementary Modern Armenian I |
207657 | Gulesserian, Lisa | ARMEN | BA | Intermediate Modern Armenian I |
123023 | Levenson, Jon | CLAS-HEB | AA | Elementary Classical Hebrew |
116431 | Levenson, Jon | CLAS-HEB | 120A | Intermediate Classical Hebrew |
122692 | Levenson, Jon | CLAS-HEB | 130AR | Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I |
160234 | Manuelian, Peter | EGYPTIAN | 200 | Egyptian Text Reading |
126691 | Manuelian, Peter | EGYPTIAN | AA | The Language of the Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs I |
207795 | Cohen, Shaye | HEBREW | 159 | Studies in the Babylonian Talmud: Parents and Children |
116498 | Levenson, Jon | HEBREW | 218 | The Joseph Story and the Book of Esther |
112948 | Stern, David | HEBREW | 153 | Critical Study of Midrash |
207756 | Zakovitch, Yair | HEBREW | 204 | Reading the Song of Songs |
144341 | Asani, Ali | ISLAMCIV | 241R | Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam |
161217 | Asani, Ali | ISLAMCIV | 184 | Muslim Devotional Literatures in South Asia: Qawwalis, Sufiana Kalam (Sufi Poetry) and the Ginans |
210887 | Boylston, Nicholas | ISLAMCIV | 138 | Ethics in Islamic Tradition |
121928 | El-Rouayheb, Khaled | ISLAMCIV | 145A | Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology: The Classical and Medieval period |
205305 | Kane, Ousmane | ISLAMCIV | 179 | Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa |
208302 | Nasser, Shady | ISLAMCIV | 99 | The Quran in Muslim Life and Practice |
116199 | Harris, Jay | JEWISHST | 111 | Modern Jewish Thought |
203082 | Zaritt, Saul | JEWISHST | 179 | Postwar Jewish American Culture |
110947 | Aharony, Irit | MOD-HEB | 120A | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I |
114218 | Aharony, Irit | MOD-HEB | BA | Elementary Modern Hebrew |
119630 | Aharony, Irit | MOD-HEB | 130A | Advanced Modern Hebrew I |
127670 | Aharony, Irit | MOD-HEB | 241R | Advanced Seminar in Modern Hebrew: Israeli Culture: Cinema & Literature |
117327 | Granara, William | MODMDEST | 200A | Approaches to Middle Eastern Studies |
111799 | Barjamovic, Gojko | NEC | 98 | Tutorial - Junior Year |
118983 | Barjamovic, Gojko | NEC | 99A | Tutorial - Senior Year |
204053 | Nasser, Shady | NEC | 299B | NELC Doctoral Colloquium: Research, Resources and Pedagogy |
109546 | Dayani, Sheida | PERSIAN | 130AR | Introduction to Persian Literature: Seminar |
111324 | Dayani, Sheida | PERSIAN | BA | Intermediate Persian I |
123051 | Dayani, Sheida | PERSIAN | AA | Elementary Persian I |
148063 | Steinkeller, Piotr | SUMERIAN | 145 | Sumerian Incantations and Rituals |
111729 | Demir, Meryem | TURKISH | AA | Elementary Modern Turkish |
113576 | Demir, Meryem | TURKISH | 120A | Intermediate Modern Turkish |
118284 | Taskomur, Himmet | TURKISH | 140A | Intro to Ottoman Turkish I |
126430 | Taskomur, Himmet | TURKISH | 150A | Advanced Ottoman Turkish I |
114058 | Feldman, Sara | YIDDISH | AA | Elementary Yiddish I |
119874 | Feldman, Sara | YIDDISH | BA | Intermediate Yiddish I |
123432 | Feldman, Sara | YIDDISH | CA | Advanced Yiddish I |
207574 | Zaritt, Saul | YIDDISH | 107 | The Politics of Yiddish |