Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

MESALC
Anthropology
French
History

Politics
Religious Studies
Sociology
SWAG

Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures (MESALC) Courses
ARAB 2270	Culture and Society in the Contemporary Arab Middle East (graduate credit available by arrangement)	14:00 - 15:15	MW	Obiedat	TBA
ARAB 5020-1	Advanced Arabic II	12:30 - 13:45	TR	Said Ramadan	TBA
ARAB 5020-2	Advanced Arabic II	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Said Ramadan	TBA
ARAB 7020	Advanced Arabic IV	14:00 - 15:15	MW	Faiza	TBA
ARAB 5840	Topics In Arabic Prose	11:00 - 12:15	TR	Sawaie	TBA
ARAB 5860	19th-Century Arabic Prose	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Sawaie	TBA
ARAB 7000	Teaching Arabic as a Second Language	10:45 - 12:15	TR	Said Ramadan	TBA
ARTR 2500	Taboo and the Arabic Novel (graduate credit available by arrangement)	12:30 - 13:45	TR	Mahgoub	TBA
HIND 5020	Advanced Hindi Readings II	11:00 - 12:15	TR	Gour	TBA
PERS 3230	Introduction to Classical Persian Literature (graduate credit available by arrangement)	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Korangy	TBA
PETR 5320	Life Narratives and Iranian Women Writers	9:00 - 10:15	MW	Milani	TBA
SANS 8993	Graduate Study in Sanskrit	TBA	TBA	Lang	TBA
SAST 4559	New Course in South Asian Studies: Popular Culture in South Asia: Visual Aesthetics (graduate credit available by arrangement)	15:00 - 17:30	W	Patel	TBA
SATR 3000	Women Writing in India and Pakistan 1947-Present (graduate credit available by arrangement)	15:30 - 18:00	W	Farooqi	TBA
SATR 3559	New Course: Literature and Society in South Asia: Breaking the Cast(e) (graduate credit available by arrangement)	11:00 - 12:15	TR	Farooqi	TBA
URDU 5020	Advanced Urdu II	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Chaussee	TBA
Department of Anthropology Courses
ANTH 2820	Emergence of States and Cities (graduate credit available by arrangement)	12:30-13:45	TR	Wattenmaker	TBA
Link to the Anthropology Department's Courses Page
Department of French Courses
FREN 3046	African Literatures and Cultures (relevance depends on specific content) (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Drame	TBA
Link to the French Department's Course Pages
Department of History Courses
HIEU 5302	Nationality, Race, and Ethnicity in Modern Europe (relevance depends on specific content)	TBA	TBA	Geraci	TBA
HIME 2020	History of the Modern Middle East (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Thompson	TBA
HIME 2559 RELJ 2559	New Course in Middle East History: Women in Israeli Society (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Zalashik	TBA
HIME 3559 RELJ 3559	New Course in Middle East History: Israel: Immigration and Immigrants (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Zalashik	TBA
HIME 5002	Seeking Justice in the Middle East	TBA	TBA	Thompson	TBA
Link to the History Department's Courses Page
Department of Politics Courses
PLIR 3650	International Relations of the Middle East (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	9:30-10:45	TR	Quandt	Maury 209
PLIR 5250	Negotiating Arab - Israeli Peace	13:00-15:30	W	Quandt	CAB B-30
See SIS for more complete set of options.
Department of Religious Studies Courses
RELC 5559	New Course in Christianity: The Idea of Jerusalem from Pilgrimage to Crusade	TBA	TBA	Young	TBA
RELI 2080	Islam in the Modern World (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	9:00 - 9:50	MW	al-Rahim	Clark 108
RELI 5559	New Course in Islam: Classical Sources of Islamic Studies	15:30 - 18:00	M	al-Rahim	TBA
RELJ 2559	New Course in Judaism: Women in Israeli Culture (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Zalashik	TBA
RELJ 3559	New Course in Judaism: Israel: Immigrants and Immigration (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	TBA	TBA	Zalashik	TBA
RELJ 5559	New Course in Judaism: On Hannah Arendt	TBA	TBA	Geddes	TBA
RELG 7559	New Course in Religion: Philosophic Resources for Abrahamic Theologies: The Meanings of 'Universal,' 'True' and 'Absolute'	TBA	TBA	P. Ochs	TBA
RELG 7559	New Course in Religion: Feasting, Fasting and Faith: Food in Jewish and Christian Traditions	TBA	TBA	V. Ochs	TBA
Link to the Religious Studies Department's Courses Page
Department of Sociology Courses
Check the Sociology Department's Web Site for possible courses offered this semester.
STUDIES IN WOMEN AND GENDER (SWAG)
SWAG 3140	Border Crossings: Women, Islam, and Literature in the Middle East and North Africa (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	3:30 - 4:45	MW	Milani	TBA
SWAG 3559	New Course in SWAG: Transnational Feminisms (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	11:00 - 12:15	TR	Lavie	TBA
SWAG 3559	New Course in SWAG: Gendering Partition Cultures (graduate credit may be possible -- by arrangement)	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Lavie	TBA

Phone: (434) 982-2304 Email: mesa@virginia.edu Fax: (434) 924-6977
Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
232 Cabell Hall, P.O. Box 400781
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4781