The course will concentrate on cinemas of Egypt, the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) as well as Syrian and Palestinian films. It will examine major moments in the history of these …
In this course, we will examine how the current refugee crisis may be seen as a radical event of a scope that reaches beyond Europe and the Middle East. We …
In this class we will examine how South Asia (primarily India, Pakistan, and Bangla Desh) came to be a legitimate area of academic investigation within the modern American and European …
This course provides a close look at Palestinian cultural and literary production within the State of Israel. Muslim and Christian Palestinian citizens of Israel. With the support of region-specific theory, …
This course offers an in-depth historical, philological, and socio-cultural exploration into the representation of the Afro-Arab and the African as depicted across a wide range of Arabic and Islamicate chronicles, …
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Arabic.
This course is to allow 3000-level new courses in HIndi to be taught for one semester.
New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies
New course in Middle Eastern Studies.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Persian.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic int he subject area of Persian Translation
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian studies.
This course is to allow 3000-level new courses in Urdu to be taught for one semester.
How do we know what we know, and why do we feel what we feel, about Israel/Palestine? This course challenges us to reflect on this question by offering key perspectives …
In this course students will develop a mastery of core items relevant to Modern Standard Arabic grammar, a mastery which will enable them to produce discreet, sophisticated sentences, as well …
South Asia, the region which stretches from Afghanistan to Burma and down to Sri Lanka, has been the center of thousands of years of trade and finance. In this course …
In this course we will investigate the history of this vast flow through the following: the highlights of the history of business and banking, trade and finance that include the …
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Students are introduced to twentieth-century Arabic fiction, and to the varied genres of prose including letters, memoirs, short stories, travelogues, and novels. Topics include autobiography, war and nation construction, fantasy, …
The main goal at this stage is to reach a superior level of Modern Standard Arabic with due attention paid to all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing …