| ARBI 102-01 |
Elementary Arabic
Instructor: Magda Siekert
Course Description:
Continued introduction to MSA with more advanced development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through a greater degree of interaction in the classroom.
Prerequisite: 101.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
DENNY 21 |
| ARBI 202-01 |
Intermediate Arabic
Instructor: Mohammad Abu Shuleh
Course Description:
Continued development of conversation and composition skills using current political and social events, stories, essays, and other materials as the topics for discussion and writing assignments.
Prerequisite: 201. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
DENNY 315 |
| ARBI 302-01 |
Advanced Arabic
Instructor: Mohammad Abu Shuleh
Course Description:
Advanced Arabic 302 builds on the linguistic and communication skills developed in Intermediate Arabic 202. Students will work on Arabic grammar, syntax, and style in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The course will continue with Al-Kitaab series and introduce supplemental authentic texts as appropriate. Prerequisite: 202.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 315 |
| ARBI 500-01 |
Advanced Topics in Arabic Literature II
Instructor: Mohammad Abu Shuleh
Course Description:
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| Courses Offered in HEBR |
| HEBR 102-01 |
Elementary Modern Hebrew
Instructor: Sally Bronner
Course Description:
Introduction to the modern Hebrew language. Alphabet, phonics and grammatical structures. Emphasizes development of reading comprehension, composition and conversational skills.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 108 |
| Courses Offered in MEST |
| MEST 122-01 |
Middle East since 1750
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 122-01. Bureaucratic-military reforms of the 19th century in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, European imperialism, regional nationalisms, contemporary autocratic regimes, and the politicization of religion.This course is cross-listed as HIST 122.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| MEST 200-01 |
Arab Cinema: Women and Sexuality, Politics and Revolution
Instructor: Magda Siekert
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 210-03 and WGSS 210-07. This course introduces students to Arab society and culture through an exploration of Arab cinema, which has a long and rich tradition. Students will watch a representative selection of Arab films from across the Arab world that reflect the many challenges and narratives in the region. Through the films, we will explore Arab societies and cultures, especially women and sexuality, politics and revolution, and the role of religion and tradition in shaping public discourse and imagination on taboo topics including LGBTQ issues. In addition to weekly film viewings and discussions, we will read critical film and culture theory and analysis as they apply to Arab cinema. The class will be conducted in English and all films will have English subtitles.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
DENNY 104 |
| MEST 221-01 |
Women of the Middle East: Stories of Resistance
Instructor: Mireille Rebeiz
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FREN 364-01 and WGSS 221-01. The condition of women writers in post-colonial, predominantly Arab countries is heavily marked by the dual legacy of the regions Muslim heritage and the cultural imprint of former colonizers, which are intertwined with ethnic, religious, linguistic and other differences that in varying ways traverse the region as a whole. The tensions associated with these differences erupted in wars in some countries and violence and discrimination against women in some others. Several women writers stood up against injustice and sexism by writing to defend womens rights and render justice. Their writing served to bear witness and preserve the victims memory. This course focuses on Middle Eastern womens narratives in times of conflict and examines issues of representation, gender and sexuality, national identity, and memory and trauma.
This course is cross-listed as WGSS 221, and FREN 364.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
BOSLER 314 |
| MEST 231-01 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 371-01.
Part of the Globally Integrated Program in Israel and Palestine. A study of conflict through four phases: the early stages of the Zionist movement and its impact in Ottoman Palestine to 1917; Zionist immigration and settlement and Arab reaction during the Mandate period; the creation of Israel and its wars with the Arab states to 1973; and the rise of a Palestinian Arab nationalist movement and the challenges it poses to Arab states and Israel.This course is cross-listed as HIST 371.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 203 |
| MEST 233-01 |
U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
Instructor: Magda Siekert
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 290-04. Part of the Globally Integrated Program in Israel and Palestine. This course introduces the students to the theory and practice of U.S. public diplomacy in the Arab world from a historical and a comparative perspective, looking at past challenges, successes and failures. The course examines the role of public diplomacy in the context of U.S. strategic interests in the region, U.S. efforts to promote democratic governance in the Arab world through the use of public diplomacy tools including traditional and new media, cultural exchanges, and educational programs. Students will debate whether public diplomacy should be integrated into the policy-making process, and how it could complement traditional diplomacy and advance political, military, and economic policies.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 21 |
| MEST 262-01 |
Zionism: Ideology, Institutions, Cultures & Contestations
Instructor: Neil Diamant
Course Description:
Cross-listed with JDST 252-01 and POSC 290-03. This course aims to provide students with a multi-dimensional understanding of Zionism as a political ideology that found its expression in the creation of a state, the establishment of a particular set of economic and cultural institutions as well as in the creation of new conceptions of land, space, and group interaction. At once a future-oriented revolutionary ideology and revivalist movement based on the idea of returning to an ancient homeland, the significance of Zionism in 20th and 21st centuries cannot be understated. Zionism (or rather, Zionists), produced a state Israel whose foundation has roiled politics in the Middle East until today. This course will look at the particular historical circumstances that gave rise to Zionism in the late 19th century, Zionist institutions, political culture and dominant historical narratives. The course will conclude with a detailed examination of more contemporary critics of Zionism both from within Israel and outside of it.This course is cross-listed as POSC 290 and JDST 262.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
STERN 103 |
| MEST 266-01 |
International Politics of the Middle East
Instructor: Ed Webb
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 277-01 and POSC 277-01. This course examines key factors and events in the formation of the modern Middle East state system and evolving patterns of conflict and cooperation in the region. Students will apply a range of analytical approaches to issues such as the conflicts between Arabs and Israelis, Iraq's wars since 1980, and the changing place of the region in global politics and economics.Prerequisite: one course in any of International Studies, Middle East Studies, or Political Science. This course is cross-listed as POSC 277 and INST 277.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
DENNY 203 |
| MEST 550-01 |
Middle East Studies Research Seminar
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
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