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  Spring 2008 Middle Eastern Studies Courses
 
 
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES COURSES FOR J-TERM 2008
POLITICS DEPARTMENT
PLCP 424 Nation Building in Iraq

10:00-13:00
14:00-16:00
MTWRF
Waldner
325 CAB
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES COURSES FOR SPRING 2008
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
ANTH 282 Rise of Civilization
11:00-11:50
TR
Wattenmaker
TBA
ANTH / MESA 304 France in North Africa / North Africa in France
15:30-18:00
T
Lim
CAB 319
FRENCH DEPARTMENT
FREN 346 African Literatures and Cultures
10:00-10:50
MWF
Drame
CLM 322a
FREN 353 L'immigration en France
13:00-13:50
MWF
Bargach
CAB B028
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
HIME 100a Medieval Texts Along the Silk Route
13:00-15:30
R
Gross
CAB 318
HIME 202 History of the Modern Middle East
9:30-10:45
TR
Gross
CLK 108
HIME 304 Gender in Middle Eastern-Islamic History
11:00-12:15
TR
Zarinebaf
MRY 113
HIME 401a History Seminar: Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
13:00-15:30
T
Gross
WIL 140
HIME 504 The Ottoman Empire and the Balkans
15:30-16:45
TR
Zarinebaf
WIL 215
HIEU 210 Modern Jewish History
9:30-10:45
TR
Loeffler
MRY 115
HISA 100 Pakistan: Islamic Frontier
13:00-15:30
W
Barnett
CAB 431
HISA 401 The Partition of India
13:00-15:30
W
Nair
BRN 332
See also: Other HISA courses that might qualify.
POLITICS DEPARTMENT
PLIR 365 International Relations of the Middle East
11:00-12:15
TR
Quandt
TBA
PLCP 541 Islam and Democracy
13:00-15:30
W
Quandt
TBA
RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
RELI 208 Islam in the Modern Age
14:00-15:15
TR
Sachedina
MIN 125
RELI 312 Sufism
14:00-15:15
MW
Sachedina
CAB 316
RELI 710 Islamic Law, Ethics and Society
15:00-17:30
T
Sachedina
TBA
RELJ 331 Law in Judaism
TBA
TBA
Alexander
TBA
RELJ 339 Jewish Feminism
TBA
TBA
V. Ochs
TBA
RELJ 375 Scriptural Reasoning
TBA
TBA
P. Ochs
TBA
RELJ / RELC 501 Genesis
TBA
TBA
Halvorson-Taylor
TBA
RELJ 520 Mishnah
TBA
TBA
Alexander
TBA
RELJ 539 Ethnographic Study of the Jews
TBA
TBA
V. Ochs
TBA
RELJ 548 Philo and Hellenistic Judaism
TBA
TBA
Gamble
TBA
Biblical Hebrew Program
RELJ 112 Elementary Classical Hebrew II
TBA
TBA
Goering
TBA
RELJ 309 Israelite Prophecy
TBA
TBA
Goering
TBA

MESALC COURSES FOR SPRING 2008
Studies Courses (MESA, MEST, SAST mnemonics)
Course Mnemonic
Course Title
Time
Days
Instructor
Room
MESA 100
15:30-16:45
TR
Lyons
CAB B031
MESA / ANTH 304
 North Africa
15:30-18:00
T
Lim
CAB 319
MEST 496
11:00-13:00
W
al-Samman
TBA
SAST 250
15:30-16:45
TR
Cohen
CAB 225
SAST 260
TBA
TBA
Cohen
TBA
Arabic Language
Course Mnemonic
Course Title
Time
Days
Instructor
Room
ARAB 102
Elementary Arabic
12:00-12:50
MWF
Sawaie
CAB 138
ARAB 202
Intermediate Arabic
10:00-10:50
MWF
Ramadan
CAB 323
ARAB 226
12:00-12:50
MWF
Obiedat
CAB 225
ARAB 302 / 502
14:00-15:15
TR
Sawaie
CAB 320
ARAB 302H
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Shea House
ARAB 324
14:00-15:15
TR
Ramadan
CAB B028
ARAB 584
12:30-13:45
TR
Obiedat
CAB 316
ARAB 587
14:00-15:15
TR
Obiedat
CAB 316
Arabic Literature in Translation
Course Mnemonic
Course Title
Time
Days
Instructor
Room
ARTR 329 / 529
11:00-12:15
TR
al-Samman
CAB 325
Hebrew Language
Course Mnemonic
Course Title
Time
Days
Instructor
Room
HEBR 102
Intro to Modern Hebrew II
10:00-10:50
MTWRF
Harari
CAB B029
HEBR 202
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
11:00-11:50
MTWR
Harari
CAB B029
HEBR 302
Advanced Modern Hebrew II
15:00-16:15
MW
Harari
CAB 130
HEBR 494
Independent Study in Hebrew
14:00-15:15
T
Harari
TBA
Persian Language
Course Mnemonic
Course Title
Time
Days
Instructor
Room
PERS 102
Elementary Persian II
13:00-13:50
12:30-13:45
MWF
T
Hajibashi

CAB 334
CAB 340
PERS 202
Intermediate Persian II
11:00-11:50
15:30-16:45
MWF
T
Hajibashi
CAB 335
MRY 110
PERS 302H
Language House Conversation
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Shea House
PERS 324
15:30-16:45
MW
Hajibashi
CAB 235
PERS 424
12:00-13:15
TR
Ioannesyan
CAB 335
Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit
See: Spring 2008 South Asian Studies Listings or MESALC Department Listings.

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