AAS 2710 Introduction to Afro-Latin America

Fatima Siwaju

This seminar examines the historical and contemporary trajectories and the cultural and intellectual contributions of Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America. Students explore the myriad ways in which Afro-Latin Americans have shaped their societies from the colonial period to the present day.

We 3:30pm - 6:00pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19285 

AAS 2710 Introduction to Afro-Latin America

Fatima Siwaju

Breaking with popular constructions of the region as a timeless tropical paradise, this course will re-define the Caribbean as the birthplace of modern forms of capitalism, globalization, and trans-nationalism. We will survey the founding moments of Caribbean history, including the imposition of slavery, the rise of plantation economies, and the development of global networks of goods and peoples.

Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13187 

ANTH 1010 Introduction to Anthropology

Tessa Farmer

This is a broad introductory course covering race, language, and culture, both as intellectual concepts and as political realities. Topics include race and culture as explanations of human affairs, the relationship of language to thought, cultural diversity and cultural relativity, and cultural approaches to current crises.

TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am

MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20062 

ANTH 3885 Archaeology of Europe

Adria LaViolette

A survey of European archaeology beginning with the Neanderthal debate, and including interpretations of Upper Paleolithic cave painting, the spread village farming from the Near East, the role of megalithic monuments, the interaction of Rome and the `Barbarians', the growth of urban centers, the Iron Age, and the Viking expansion.

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20100 

ARAB 4120/7120 Introduction to Arabic Drama

Hanadi Al-Samman

This course introduces students to modern Arabic drama from the early pioneers' period in the 20th century to the contemporary era. We will study different forms of this genre including: musicals, traditional, experimental, feminist, and social drama. Further, students become acquainted with different schools of modern Arabic literary criticism and learn to analyze dramatic texts using critical analysis and specific theoretical terminology. Prerequisites: ARAB 5830 or 5840, or instructor's permission.

TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13491 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13492 

ARTH 2961 Arts of the Islamic World

Amanda Phillips

The class is an overview of art made in the service of Islam in the Central Islamic Lands, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia. Discussion sections offer more in depth discussions of larger issues raised in the lectures.

John W. Warner Hall 104
MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=12994

EGMT 1530 Engaging Aesthetics: Bollywood Pleasures

Geeta Patel

In this class student will learn to describe, analyze, and create aesthetic phenomena, think critically about the nature of art and artistry, become aware of how aesthetic experience underlies social life and can frame our politics, reflect on the historical, geographical, and cultural differences that shape aesthetic expressions and hierarchies, and respond to and take stock of the moral and ethical capacities of the arts.

Tu 5:00pm - 7:30pm

Th 5:00pm - 7:30pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13750 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13095 

EGMT 1530 Engaging Differences: Jokesters and Tricksters

Nizar Hermes

In this class, students will learn to critically reflect on one's own situation and perspective in relations to one's expanding knowledge of other human experiences, seeking to cultivate a framework for informed reflection on human diversity and social complexity while developing empathy as a foundation for democratic citizenship.

TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20312 

GSGS 2000 Introduction to Global Studies

Tessa Farmer

This interdisciplinary course introduces students to critical global economic and cultural issues and examines globalization at a variety of scales of analysis (planetary, regional, national, individual). The goal is to provide understanding of the main conceptual approaches to global studies and thus enhance their ability to understand and evaluate important real-world issues and problems.

TuTh 12:30 - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19939 

HIEU 2072 Modern Europe and the World

Jennifer Sessions

This course offers an introduction to European history since the French Revolution, with an emphasis on the ways that social, cultural, and political change in Europe has been shaped by the continent’s connections with the wider world. Our goal is to develop a framework for understanding the processes that changed a society of peasants, artisans, nobles, and monarchs into a class-based, industrialized world of liberal democracies (at least in theory), how these changes took place, and where Europe is now. We’ll talk about the political and social legacies of the French Revolution, industrialization, European imperial expansion, the rise of mass culture, the two world wars and the Holocaust, European unification, decolonization, the Cold War, and contemporary crises of liberal democracy and nationalism. Throughout the semester, we’ll focus on how ideas about state power and citizenship, social and class relations, religious and cultural life, racial and gender identities, and the very meanings of “Europe” itself have changed, and consider how people, both ordinary and notable, experienced these dramatic changes.

MoWe 10:00am - 10:50am

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=18955 

HIEU 9038 Tutorial in the History of Modern France

Jennifer Sessions

This tutorial serves as an introduction to the history and historiography of France and the French empire. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore themes including revolution, industrialization, urbanization, modernity and mass culture; gender and sexuality; race and religion; and regionalism, and imperial expansion.

Schedule TBA

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20439 

HIEU 9038 Tutorial in the History of Modern French Empire

Jennifer Sessions

An introduction to the history and historiography of the French colonial empire in the modern period. Looking at the period since the French Revolution, readings explore the ideologies, institutions, and practices of French imperialism, the processes of decolonization, and the postcolonial legacies of empire.

Schedule TBA

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20440 

HIME 2001 The Making of the Islamic World

Kristina Richardson

Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols).

MoWe 1:00pm - 1:50pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13144 

HIME 2010 Modern History of Palestine/Israel

Caroline Kahlenberg

This course surveys the history of modern Palestine/Israel. Using sources including scholarly texts, memoirs, newspapers, songs, short stories, posters, we study the history of this region from the mid-1800s to the present. Historical themes include colonialism in the region; the relationship between religion, nationalism, and ethnicity; rising violence and war; the relationship between memory and history; and the ongoing importance of history amidst the current crisis.

TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=18976 

HIME 9993 Questions: Modern Middle East

Caroline Kahlenberg

Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor.

Schedule TBA

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21095 

HIME 9993 Tutorials in Middle Eastern History: Kurdish History

Christopher Gratien

Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor.

Schedule TBA

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21460 

HIND 3012 Learn Hindi with Hindi Cinema

Abdul Nasir

This course uses Bollywood cinema as course material to learn more about the culture related to Hindi, expand your Hindi language skills, and make you competent to use Hindi even more efficiently. This course emphasizes individual learning styles and preferences and advances all the aspects of the Hindi Language. We explore how language and culture are interrelated with the help of some Bollywood movies.

TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13292 

HISA 2001 New Course in South Asian History: Decolonial Gender

Indrani Chatterjee

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of South Asian history.

TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20912 

HIST 1501 Introductory Seminar in History: Birds in Human History

Christopher Gratien

Introduction to the study of history intended for first- and second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussion, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.

Tu 5:00pm - 7:30pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=18999 

HIST 3352 The First World War

Sila Onder and Christopher Gratien

At the Great War's centennial, we take stock of how it shaped life in the 20th century for peoples around the globe. Movies, memoirs, government reports and other texts throw light on causes of the war, the human carnage of 1914-18, Woodrow Wilson's effort to end war forever with a League of Nations, the demise of liberalism and the rise of fascism and communism in postwar Europe, and the launch of anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa.

TuTh 3:00pm - 4:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19000 

MESA 2430 Sadaqah and Seva: MESA Superheroes

Adrienne Resha

This course offers a semester-long study of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian representation and racialization in American popular culture via the superhero genre. Engaging with visual media (comics, television, film), creator talks and interviews, and academic writing, we will think critically about how people and ideas travel across borders.

MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21080 

MESA 3270 A History of Astrology

Kristina Richardson

In this course we will examine the history of astrology, as both a body of knowledge and a process of discovery, from the ancient to the contemporary periods. Astrology played a significant, albeit underappreciated, role in the making of ancient and medieval societies. We will consider astrology's early global status as a science with immutable laws, and its 17th-century designation as a pseudo-science in Western thought.

MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20898 

MESA 3640 Israel/Palestine on Film: Historical Perspectives from ME/SA

Caroline Kahlenberg and Samhita Sunya

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 on both the modern history of Palestine/Israel, on the one hand; and the modern history of film, on the other, through a unique set of "outsider" films about Israel/Palestine from across the Middle East and South Asia.

TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21067 

MESA 4991/7991    From Method to Practice: Research Workshop in and Across Areas

Samhita Sunya

The purpose of this course is to provide students with guidance in developing their undergraduate capstone projects/graduate research projects. The initial portion of the course will be heavy on readings, while the latter portion will be structured as a series of hands-on workshops that draw on the insights of the earlier readings, in order to guide students through a semester-long research project of their choosing.

TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21450 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21286 

MEST 2270 Culture and Society of the Contemporary Arab Middle East

Hannadi Al-Samman

Introduces the cultural traits and patterns of contemporary Arab society based on scholarly research, recent field work, and personal experiences and observations in the Arab world. Taught in English; no knowledge of Arabic is required.

TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20158 

MEST 3232 No Foul- No Game: Sports, Nationality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Sophia Solomon

This course reviews key milestones of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout the lends of competitive sports in the MENA regions and in Israel in particular. The course examines sports¿ role in reflecting socio-political divisions of religion, gender, class and representation struggles, while serving political interests as part of culture and identity building, as well as its utilization as a platform for ethno-nationalist violence.

Tu 2:00pm - 4:30 pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20259 

MEST 3282 The Ottoman Empire: State, Society, Culture

Baris Unlu

In this course, we will examine the history of the Ottoman Empire through social, political and cultural changes and transformations. We will do this through concepts and phenomena such as state and empire formation, capitalism, class struggle, imperialism, colonialism, orientalism, nationalism, nation-building, patriarchy, and ethnic engineering. We will discuss each period and theme within a global framework.

Tu 5:00pm - 7:30 pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13282 

MEST 3491 Native Translation: Palestinian Voices in Contemporary Israel

Zvi Gilboa

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, and through a continuous engagement with (the English translation of) literature, music, film, spoken word, visual art, political speeches, and newspaper articles, you will develop a critical understanding of the multifaceted, contemporary manifestation of Palestinian voices in Israel.

Tu 5:00pm - 7:30 pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13282 

PETR 3131/7131 Love, Lust and the Divine in Persian Literature

Parwana Fayyaz

This course aims to introduce students to Persian literature's contribution to global humanism through poetry and poetics. We'll explore how Persian romance novels in verse (masnavi) engage with themes like love, desire, beauty, and the Divine, and how these themes intersect with gender, religion, society, ethics, womanhood, and leadership. The main focus will be the narrative content, the poets' arguments, and the issues they raise.

TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=14404 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21148 

PETR 3380/7380 Learning from Animals: Ethics in Medieval Persian Literature

Parwana Fayyaz

In this course, we'll explore how Persian literature–especially in allegorical and narrative forms like the masnavi–addresses themes such as virtue, justice, empathy, and self-knowledge. The focus will be on two key twelfth-century texts: Nasrullah Munshi's Kalila and Dimna (translated by Wheeler Thackston), a collection of animal fables–featuring lions, jackals, elephants, hares, tortoises, snakes, ducks, and even ants–rooted in Indian and Persian moral traditions. 

MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20901 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21285 

RELG 1000 Questions in the Study of Religion

Noah Salomon and Chris Rowe

What is religion? Why do people reach out to God(s) or other unseen powers? How are beliefs in spiritual entities expressed and perpetuated? Why do people come together to form religious communities? How does religion order people's lives, and what impact have religious visionaries and institutions had on societies through the ages? This is a co-taught seminar that introduces students to the rich and interdisciplinary field of Religious Studies.

TuTh 3:30 - 4:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=13672 

RELI 2085 Modern Islam: From the Age of Empires to the Present

Shankar Nair

Surveys Islamic history from the "age of the great empires" (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal) to the colonial period and up to the present day, including Islam in America. Islamic life and thought will be examined from multiple angles – including popular piety and spirituality, philosophy and theology, law, gender, art, architecture, and literature – with particular attention paid to the rise of modern Islamic "fundamentalist" movements.

MoWe 11:0am - 11:50am, Th 5:00pm - 5:50pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19523 

RELI 3200 Muslim Misfits: Islam and the Question of Difference

Noah Salomon

Islam began strange and will return to strange as it began. So blessings to the strange ones! So goes a famous saying of the Prophet Muhammad, celebrating the virtue of truth over conformity. This course examines Islamic movements that have sought to push back against religious and political norms of their times. Along the way, we read debates about orthodoxy: what are the limits of the Muslim community and how are such limits contested?

TuTh 12:30 - 1:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19528 

RELI 5094 What Is Love?: Reflections from the Islamic Tradition

Oludamini Ogunnaike

This seminar will examine some of the most profound and influential writings about love from the Islamic intellectual and poetic traditions. Perhaps more than any other civilization, the literary and philosophical traditions of Islamic civilization have been "love-centric." In this course we will closely read and discuss various philosophies and theories of love from the mundane to the mystical.

Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19522 

RELI 5221 Hindu-Muslim Encounters

Shankar Nair

This course examines Hindu-Muslim interactions in South Asia, bridging the long-standing gap between Hindu and Islamic studies while introducing critical issues currently facing the historiography of Hindu-Muslim relations. Special topics within the ambit of Hindu-Muslim encounters will be explored in depth, with a particular emphasis on intellectual interactions between traditions of Hindu and Islamic philosophy.

Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=19522 

SATR 2110 Cultural Translation: Travel Writing in South Asia

Mehr Farooqi

Travel writing is among the oldest forms of literature, especially in Asia. This course explores depictions of the Indian sub-continent by travel writers from Buddhist pilgrims to Arab geographers to colonial and post-colonial writers.

TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20255 

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20254 

SATR 3000 Women Writing in India & Pakistan: 1947-Present

Mehr Farooqi

We will read and critique the fiction and poetry of culturally specific regions while reflecting on the assumption that experiences and identities are fundamentally gendered. We will explore issues associated with women writing in regional languages to writing in mainstream languages like Hindi, Urdu and English. We will also examine how the publication and dissemination of women's texts are related to the women movements in India and Pakistan. Prerequisite: Completion of First Writing Requirement

We 3:30pm - 6:00pm

SOC 2320 Gender and Society

Esra Sarıoğlu

MoWe 1:00pm - 1:50pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20726 

SOC 3320 Sociology of the Body

Esra Sarıoğlu

This course will provide an understanding of how sociologists interpret the body in modernity. Topics will include the body in consumer culture, the gendered body, body modification, identity and the body, technology and the body, the regulation of bodies, and vulnerable bodies. Students will be able to understand the central issues and concepts used by sociologists who study embodiment and the relationship between the body and society.

MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=14033 

TURK 2020 Intermediate Turkish II

Daniel Lefkowitz

This course is the second of the two Intermediate levels of Turkish (TURK 203 and 204). It will build on students' existing basic skills. There will be a focus on communication, and students will have opportunities to practice Turkish in oral, written, and reading forms. Besides pre- recorded video lectures and audio conversations, students will explore authentic materials such as TV commercials, film trailers, and news media.

MoWeFr 1:45pm - 2:35pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=12527 

TURK 3020 Advanced Turkish II

Daniel Lefkowitz

This advanced-level Turkish course explores the rich culinary heritage of Turkey, focusing on its diverse regions, historical influences, and the role of food in cultural identity. Students will gain an understanding of how Turkey's cuisine reflects its multicultural past and present, blending flavors from the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

MoWe 3:05pm - 4:20pm

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=20900 

URDU 3050 Born for the Stage: A Survey of Modern Urdu Drama

Griffith Chaussee

In this class we will conduct close readings (in Urdu!) of several 20th-century dramas/plays, and will discuss them in detail. There will be weekly assignments, a final take-home exam, and a final video project. Prerequisite: URDU 2020 or instructor permission.

TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am

https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1262&ClassNumber=21099