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1 MiddleEastStudiesGraduateCourses(AY ) [CoursesinbracketsmaybeeligiblefortheGraduateCertificatebutonlybypermissionofthe GraduateCertificateAdvisor.] FASCourses AfricanStudies AFST814Christian MuslimDialogueHTBA AFST,tba,SeanO FaheyNote:twocoursesonnorthAfrica MESwillbetaughtinthespringtermthroughthe MAinAfricanStudies. Anthropology ANTH538bCultureandPoliticsintheContemporaryMiddleEastHTBA MarciaInhorn Archaeology [ARCG953DirectedResearchinArchaeologyandPrehistoryFaculty] History HIST532a/RLST777/JDST764JewsinMuslimLands7 th 16 th CTTh IvanMarcus HIST541b/JDST790/RLST776TheJewsinMedievalSocietiesT1:30 3:20 IvanMarcus HIST554aMedievalJews,Christians,andMuslimsImaginingEachOther T1:30 3:20IvanMarcus HIST834aNarrativesofModernIranTH3:30 5:20AbbasAmanat [HIST998DirectedReadingsStaff] [HIST999DirectedResearchStaff] HistoryofArt [HSAR635aGold,Silk,andStonesM AnneDunlop] UpdatedOctober24,2008 Page1

2 InternationalRelations INRL501a/REL871a,Identity,Crisis,andGlobalizationintheMiddleEast TTH2:30 4:30SallamaShaker INRL502bHealthinConflict:TheCaseofthePalestinianPopulationW3:30 5:20TarikRamahi INRL503a,Health,Conflict,andSocietyintheArabWorldW3:30 5:20 MarwanKhawaja INRL504b/REL873b,ReligionandFeminizationofPovertyintheMiddleEast T2:30 4:20SallamaShaker INRL583a/REL879a,Power,Religion,Gender,andViolenceM1:30 3:20 SallamaShaker INRL610a,TopicsinModernMiddleEastStudiesW12:00 1:20,F10:30 12:00BasakKus [INRL720CentralIssuesinAmericanForeignPolicy,W3:30 5:20Stuart Gottlieb] [INRL725TerrorismandCounterterrorism,W3:30 5:20StuartGottlieb] Mesopotamia MESO50201(14924)AdvancedAkkadianHTBABenjaminFoster MESO531BeginningSumerianHTBABenjaminFoster MESO559DirectedReadings:Assyriology,Staff NearEasternLanguagesandCivilizations NELC505bMesopotamianHistoryoftheMiddleBabylonianPeriod,Benjamin Foster NELC551bEastMeetsWest:DramaandTheaterintheArabWorldT2:30 4:20Staff NELC554bIsraeliIdentity&Culture:1948 PresentTTh Shiri Goren NELC830/HIST829FromMedinatoConstantinople:TheMiddleEast Th AdelAllouche NELC844bArabicPaeolgraphyTh AdelAllouche NELC849DirectedReadingsinArabic,HTBADimitriGutas(F)Beatrice Gruendler(Sp) UpdatedOctober24,2008 Page2

3 NELC850/MMES490/NELC490IntroductiontoArabicandIslamicStudiesW DimitriGutas NELC851bIntro.toModernMiddleEasternStudiesTH2:30 4:20HalaNassar ReligiousStudies RLST658bEgyptianMonastcLitinCopticTTh StephenDavis RLST713aIslamicLawandEthicsTh AndrewMarch RLST714bProofsforGod'sExistanceinIslamW FrankGriffel RLST720a/bSeminarontheQur an,t3:30 5:20GerhardBowering RLST751aMedieval,Jews,Christians&MuslimsT IvanMarcus RLST777bJewsInMuslimLands7th 16thCTTh IvanMarcus [RLST801aHebrewBibleSeminar:ProblemsintheBookofJeremiah,M1:30 3:20RobertWilson] [RLST966a(01)DirReading:IslamicStudiesHTBAStaff] [RLST966a(02)MethodsinIslamHTBAGerhardBowering] PoliticalScience PLSC589aIslamicLawandEthicsTh AndrewMarch [PLSC680aAmericaatWarM ArndPlagge] [PLSC683bEurope,US,&TheIraqCrisisT JolyonHoworth] PLSC774aComparativePerspectivesonMiddleEastPoliticsW EllenLust Okar Languages,Modern Arabic ARBC501a/bElementaryModernStandardArabic 501 1MTWTHF9:25 10:15(Staff),501 2MTWTHF11:35 12:25 (BoutheinaKhaldi), 501 3MTWTHF1:30 2:20(MuhammadAziz), 501 4MTWTHF3:30 4:45(GhassanHusseinali) ARBC502a/bSpokenModernStandardArabic UpdatedOctober24,2008 Page3

4 502 1MW2:30 3:45(MuhammadAziz), 502 2MF11:35 12:25(MuhammadAziz), 502 3TTH4 5:15(GhassanHusseinali) ARBC503a/bIntermediateModernStandardArabic 503 1MTWTHF9:25 10:15(BoutheinaKhaldi), 503 2MTWTHF2:30 3:20(MuhammadAziz) ARBC504a/bAdvancedModernStandardArabic MWF1:30 2:20GhassanHusseinali ARBC505a/bArabicSeminar,T3:30 5:20 ARBC508bArabicGrammarinHistoricalContext ARBC510bIntermediateClassicArabic,MW11:35 12:50Staff ARBC849bDirectedReadings,Staff Hebrew HEBR501a/bElementaryModernHebrew501 1MTWTHF9:30 10:20Ayala Dvoretzky,501 2MTWTHF3:30 4:20Staff HEBR502a/bIntermediateModernHebrew502 1MW1 2:15Ayala Dvoretzky502 2TTH11:35 12:50YechielSchur HEBR503bAdvancedModernHebrew:IsraeliSocietyTTH2:30 3:45Shiri Goren HEBR504bIntro.toModernIsraeliLiteratureMW11:35 12:50Ayala Dvoreztky HEBR505aContemporaryIsraeliSocietyinFilmShiriGoren HEBR506bDynamicsofIsraeliCulturetth11:25 12:50ShiriGoren Persian PERS501a/bElementaryPersian(Farsi),MTWTHF9:25 10:15Fereshteh Amanat Kowssar PERS502a/bIntermediatePersian(Farsi),MTWTHF9:25 10:15Fereshteh Amanat Kowssar PERS503a/bPersianSeminar:IdentityandChangeMW11:35 12:20 FereshtehAmanat Kowssar PERS504aThematicSurveyofModernPersianLiterature PERS589a/bDirectedReadings:Persian UpdatedOctober24,2008 Page4

5 Turkish TKSH501ElementaryTurkish,MTWTHF10:30 11:20MelikeUnal TKSH502IntermediateTurkish,TTH11:35 12:50MelikeUnal LANGUAGES,ANCIENT Akkadian AKKD501a/bElementaryAkkadian,TTH9 10:15EckartFrahm AKKD502bIntermediateAkkadianMW2:30 4:20Staff AKKD506bSelectedMesopotamianTexts:Billingual AKKD545bNeo Babylonian Semitic SMTC501IntroductiontoComparativeSemitics,T10:30 12:20ElitzurBar Asher Egyptian EGYP501a/bIntro.toClassicalHieroglyphicEgyptianTTH9 10:15Colleen Manassa EGYP502aIntermediateEgyptianI:LiteraryTexts,T2:30 3:20Colleen Manassa EGYP503bIntermediateEgyptianII:HistoricalTextsT2:30 4:20Colleen Manassa EGYP512bEgyptianMonasticLiteratureinCoptic,MW2:30 3:20Stephen Davis EGYP540aAncientEgyptianEpistolography,TH2:30 4:20JohnDarnell EGYP578bTheEgyptianNetherworldBooks,M3:30 5:20 UpdatedOctober24,2008 Page5

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