Spring 2017 Core Courses
ANTH 1151 Ethnographies of the Muslim Middle East
W 12:30-3:00 p.m.
Professor Anila Daulatzai
An introduction to ethnographic studies of Middle East, focus on: religion, language, modernity, gender, and political culture. Students will engage in critical examination which anthropologists sought to capture Middle Eastern life, and problems that have pervaded anthropological representation, methodologically and theoretically. You will learn, through the ways anthropologists approach the peoples, ideas, and cultures of the region in ways that complement and contradict the knowledge production of other disciplines, the processes we come to understand cultural difference, and ways this encounter sheds light on our selves and practices. Previous course in Anthropology/ Middle East studies is suggested. Enrollment limited to 25. DPLL.
HIST 1445 The Making of the Ottoman World, 15th-20th Centuries
TTh 2:30-3:50 p.m.
Professor Meltem Toksoz
This course treats some of the major themes of Ottoman state and society, one of the major empires of the world out of which many new polities in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East and North Africa emerged during the twentieth century. At the center of the course is the transformation of the “classical” Ottoman state to the early modern and modern through the many shapes and forms it has taken. We will be covering the beginnings from the 15th century and end with the analysis of the making of the modern Ottoman society in the early 20th century.
RELS 0095 Islam
M 2:00-2:50 p.m.
Professor Abed Azzam
This course covers the basic beliefs and practices, political and social institutions, law and theology, philosophy and art that constitute Islam’s history and culture. We will begin to examine the emergence of Muhammad’s message in Arabia in its geopolitical, cultural and religious context to look later at Islamic institutional and intellectual tradition against the backdrop of the Islamic state and society. In the modern period, we will read the social, political and intellectual results of Islam’s encounter with European colonialism. In light of this account, the course concludes by studying contemporary phenomena such as ISIS and European Islam.
FULFILLS CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT (WITH WRIT DESIGNATION)
ARCH 1220 Byzantine Archaeology and Art: Material Stories of a Christian Empire
TTh 1:00-2:20 p.m.
Sophie Moore
ASYR 1500 Ancient Babylonian Magic and Medicine
TTh 2:30-3:50 p.m.
Matthew T. Rutz
COLT 0812J Storytellers, Editors, and Archivists in Modern Arabic Narrative
MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Emily Drumsta
(anticipated) COLT 1814S The Balkans, Europe’s Other?: Literature, Film, History
Vangelis Calotychos
COLT 2821N Around 1948: Interdiscplinary Approaches to Global Transformation
W 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Ariella Azoulay, Leela Gandhi
EGYT 1510 Ancient Egyptian Art II
MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Laurel D. Bestock
HIST 1202 The Shaping of the Classical World: Greeks, Jews, and Romans
TTh 1:00-2:20 p.m.
Kenneth S. Sacks
HIST 1969B Israel-Palestine: Lands and Peoples II
W 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Omer Bartov
INTL 1803M Reassessing Contentious Politics, and Social Movements
Th 4:00-6:30 p.m.
M. Ali Kadivar
JUDS 0061 Foreigners, Refugees, and the Ethics of Minority
TTh 2:30-3:50 p.m.
Paul E. Nahme