Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

Spring 2009 South Asian Studies Courses

Anthropology
Art History
English
History

Music
Politics
Religious Studies
MESALC

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES COURSES -- SPRING 2009
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
ANTH 291C	Writing Muslim Worlds	9:30-10:45	TR	Strohl	CAB 216
ANTH 367	Tibet and the Himalayas	14:00-15:15	TR	Sihle	CAB 324
ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT
ARAH 975	The Indian Temple	10:00-12:30	M	Ehnbom	FHL 208
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
ENLT 226	Migrant Fictions	14:00-15:15	MW	Chakravorty	BRN330
ENMC 372	South Asian Film and Literature	15:30-16:45	MW	Chakravorty	CAB 119
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
HISA 100a	Introductory Seminar: Pakistan: Islamic Frontier	13:00-15:30	W	Barnett	PV8 108
HISA 202	Medieval India	15:30-16:45	TR	Barnett	CAB 138
HISA 303	20th Century India	14:00-15:15	TR	Nair	CAB 323
HISA 505	Memory and Archive in South Asia	13:00-15:30	W	Nair	RFN 311
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
MUPF 257	Tabla	TBA	TBA	Tripathi	TBA
MUPF 357	Advanced Tabla	TBA	TBA	Tripathi	TBA
POLITICS DEPARTMENT
PLCP 224	Politics of Economic Development	15:30-18:00	M	Echeverri-Gent	CAB B-26
PLCP 525 PLCP 725	Politics of Economic Reform	15:30-18:00	W	Echeverri-Gent	CAB B-29
PLIR 424	War and Peace in South Asia	14:00-16:30	M	Hussain	CAB 222
RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
RELB 254	Tibetan Buddhism	11:00-12:15	TR	Miller	WIL 216
RELB 314	Seminar in Jainism	15:30-18:00	T	Lang	BRN 328
RELB 315	Buddhism and Gender	15:30-18:00	M	Lang	WIL 216
RELB 355	Theravada Buddhism	14:00-15:15	TR	Kent	MIN 130
RELB 517	Dalai Lamas	14:00-15:15	M	Schaeffer	CAB 216
RELB 548 RELB 581	Literary Tibetan VI / VIII	12:30-13:45	TR	Miller	HAL 123
RELG 104	Introduction to Eastern Religious Traditions	13:00-13:50	MW	Nemec	GIL 130
RELH 374	Hinduism Through its Narrative Literature	15:30-18:00	W	Nemec	CAB 123
RELI 208	Islam in the Modern World	9:30-10:45	TR	Sachedina	TBA

MESALC COURSES FOR SPRING 2008
MESA Courses
MESA 100	From Ghengis Khan to Stalin	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Lyons	TBA
MEST Course
MEST 496	Mideast Studies Majors' Seminar	15:00 - 17:30	W	Korangy	TBA
Hindi and Urdu Programs
HIND 102	Elementary Hindi-Urdu II	12:00-12:50 12:30-13:45	MWF T	Chaussee	TBA
HIND 202	Intermediate Hindi II	10:00 - 10:50 15:30 - 16:45	MWF T	Gour	TBA
HIND 206	Accelerated Intermediate Hindi II (for heritage learners)	12:00 - 12:50 12:30 - 13:45	MWF T	Gour	TBA
HIND 302 HIND 502	Advanced Hindi Readings II	11:00 - 12:15	TR	Gour	TBA
HIND 302H	Language House Conversation
URDU 302 URDU 502	Advanced Urdu II	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Chaussee	TBA
Persian Language
PERS 102	Elementary Persian II	11:00 - 11:50 11:00 - 12:15	MWF R	Hajibashi	TBA
PERS 202	Intermediate Persian II	13:00 - 13:50 12:30 - 13:45	MWF R	Hajibashi	TBA
PERS 302H	Language House Conversation
PERS 302 PERS 502	Readings in Modern Persian Prose Fiction	15:15 - 16:30	MW	Hajibashi	TBA
PERS 423	Shahnamah	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Korangy	TBA
Persian Literature in Translation Program
PETR 322 PETR 522	20th-Century Persian Literature in Translation	17:00 - 18:15	MW	Hajibashi	TBA
PETR 332 PETR 532	Life Narratives and Iranian Women Writers	14:00 - 15:15	MW	Milani	TBA
PETR 342 PETR 542	Sufism in Iran: Literature and History	12:30 - 13:45	TR	Korangy	TBA
Sanskrit Program
SANS 102 SANS 502	Elementary Sanskrit II	13:00 - 13:50	MWF	Hueckstedt	Shea 211
SANS 202a SANS 504	Bhagavadgita	14:00 - 14:50	MWF	Hueckstedt	TBA
SANS 702	Literary Theory	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Hueckstedt	Shea 211
SAST Courses
SAST 270	Indian Society and Politics	10:00 - 10:50	MW	Williams	TBA
SAST 496	Majors' Seminar: South Asian Studies	15:30 - 18:00	T	Chaussee	TBA
South Asian Literatures in Translation Program
SATR 300	Women Writing in India and Pakistan	15:30 - 18:00	W	Farooqi	TBA
SATR 328	Poetry of Passionate Devotion: The Ghazal	14:00 - 15:15	TR	Farooqi	TBA

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