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RELI 2080 Global Islam
Ahmed al-Rahim
Global Islam traces the development of political Islamic thought from Napoleons invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the Arab Spring in 2010 and its aftermath in the Middle East.
TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
New Cabell Hall 309
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13491
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RELI 5415 Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Studies
Ahmed al-Rahim
This graduate seminar provides a comprehensive survey of the subjects and areas addressed in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm
New Cabell Hall 064
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13887
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RELI 5559 & RELJ 5559 Resurrection
New Course in Islam | New Course in Judaism
Jessica Andruss
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Islam.
Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
New Cabell Hall 066
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19303
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19296
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RELJ 8760 Tutorial in Readings in Medieval Hebrew
Jessica Andruss
This reading course introduces students to the medieval Hebrew literary tradition and the distinctive linguistic features of Hebrew in this period. The texts under consideration will vary by semester. Scholarly articles will supplement and contextualize the Hebrew readings. Students will discuss the religious and historical significance of the passages that they prepare in advance of our sessions.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14427
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FREN 3032 Text, Image, Culture
Maya Boutaghou
In this course, students will discover and engage critically with a broad sampling of French and Francophone cultural production representing a variety of periods, genres, approaches, and media. Students will read, view, write about and discuss a range of works that may include poetry, painting, prose, music, theater, films, graphic novels, photographs, essays, and historical documents. Prerequisite: FREN 3031.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 042
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=12205
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FREN 4585 Mediterranean Journeys: Exchanges and Interactions
Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies
Maya Boutaghou
Advanced seminar in French and Francophone literature and culture. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisite: At least one literature or culture course beyond FREN 3032.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 042
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13370
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DEM 7501 Democracy Seminar II
Indrani Chatterjee, Amir Syed
The DI Seminar will provide a unique learning experience that combines interdisciplinary inquiry with diverse forms of scholarly engagement, opportunities to interact with distinguished guests, both academics and community leaders, from on and off-Grounds. In the spring, participants will undertake individual research projects that advance their particular intellectual and professional interests.
Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Pavilion VIII 105
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=12994
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ARH 1020 History of Architecture II
Sheila Crane
This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed.
MoWe 10:00am - 10:50am
Campbell Hall 153
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=10349
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HIME 9024Tutorial in Ottoman Society
Christopher Gratien
This tutorial explores diverse themes in the social and cultural environmental history of the Ottoman Empire, placing special emphasis on the transformation of Ottoman society from the 18th century onward.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=21064
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HIST 2152 Climate History
Christopher Gratien
Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues.
MoWe 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Wilson Hall 325
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19180
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ARTR 3245 & ARAB 5245 Arabic Literary Delights
Nizar Hermes
In this course we will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. We will organize the course around selected readings from a variety of premodern Arabic jocular, culinary and erotological literature available in English translations.
Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm
New Cabell Hall 027
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20239
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20240
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MEST 4991 Middle East Studies Seminar
Nizar Hermes
Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm
New Cabell Hall 038
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18911
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RELA 3890 & RELC 3890 Christianity in Africa
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
Historical and topical survey of Christianity in Africa from the second century c.e. to the present. Prerequisite: A course in African religions or history, Christianity, or instructor permission.
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Nau Hall 241
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19252
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19253
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HIME 4501 The US and the Middle East
Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History
Caroline Kahlenberg
The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.
Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm New Cabell Hall 407
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19708
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ANTH 3880 African Archaeology
Adria LaViolette
This course surveys transformations in the African past, from the Middle Stone Age emergence of modern humans, to the florescence of lifeways in the Late Stone Age, to the broad mosaic of small-, medium-, and large-scale Iron Age societies, to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We also consider how archaeological methods work to produce knowledge in combination with studies of genetics, climate and environment, and historical methods.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 168
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19639
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EGMT 1520 From Archaeology to People in Medieval Africa
Empirical & Scientific Engagement
Adria LaViolette
In this class students will learn to analyze claims about the material and social worlds through formulation and testing of new questions and hypotheses based on observation and experience.
MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
John W. Warner Hall 115
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1248&ClassNumber=10008
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RELI 8707 Advanced Readings in Persian
Shankar Nair
Advanced readings in Persian philosophical, theological, mystical, and literary texts. Course readings will be in Persian.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14868
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RELA 2748 Introduction to African Philosophy: Race, Religion, and Rationality
Oludamini Ogunnaike
This course will survey the central debates of the field of African Philosophy: what counts as "African"? what counts as "philosophy"?, the universality or cultural particularity of rationality, the role of race and racism in modern, Western Philosophy, the role of writing and orality in philosophy, and "African" conceptions of the self, truth, knowledge, gender, ethics, and justice.
Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm
New Cabell Hall 338
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13839
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RELA 5094 & REI 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
Gibson Hall 241
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19254
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ARTH 2961 Arts of the Islamic World: What is Islamic about Islamic Art?
Amanda Phillips
What makes a mosque in Indonesia different from one in Iberia? Where are all the images? and what's with all the decoration?
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.
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Campbell Hall 160
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13865
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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).
TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
New Cabell Hall 058
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14169
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MEST 2280 A Guide to Medieval Baghdad
Kristina Richardson
The course will introduce students to the political history of Abbasid Baghdad from 762 to about 1300 CE. The Abbasids -- monarchs of the Arab/Islamic Empire -- reigned for 500 years, mostly from Baghdad, though many historians hold that their decision-making authority largely collapsed by the mid-10th century. The course will also introduce students to the study of early Arabic/Islamic historiography through the close study of primary texts.
TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Cabell Hall 383
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18908
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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.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 132
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20173
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SOC 5320 Sociology of Gender
Esra Sarıoğlu
This course will explore the social construction and consequences of gender, covering such topics as work, care, sexuality, identity, politics and inequality. Readings will include the classics as well as newer works in the field. Prerequisite: Graduate status; six credits in sociology or permission from the instructor.
Th 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Randall Hall 112
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20145
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AAS 3157 Caribbean Perspectives
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
New Cabell Hall 211
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14318
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MESA 2110 Intro to Middle East / South Asia Film History | MESA 5110 Transnational Circuits of Cinema, Middle East-South Asia Film History
Samhita Sunya
"Transnational Circuits of Cinema: An Introduction to Middle East - South Asia Film History" - Since its very inception as a traveling fairground attraction, cinema has been a globally-circulating medium. This course begins in the moment of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East - South Asia genealogies of filmmaking.
This course begins in the era of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East -- South Asia genealogies of filmmaking. Its emphasis remains on the quintessentially transnational histories (parallels, intersections, circuits) of these cinemas - e.g., the centrality of popular Egyptian cinema within the Arab world; the prolific circulation of Hindi cinema across and beyond South Asia.
MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
John W. Warner Hall 113
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20957
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20958
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MESA 3380 A Thousand and One Nights at the Cinema
Samhita Sunya
This course is devoted to the longstanding screen histories of A Thousand and One Nights. We will investigate the way in which the text has variously congealed into a cinematic genre in its own right; a catapult for explorations of the fantastic, iterated as the wonders of technology/medium and sensuality; a contested site of negotiating Orientalist desires and stereotypes; and a platform for reflection upon the question of storytelling itself.
MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Physics Bldg 217
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18909
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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.
MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
New Cabell Hall 338
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14565
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SOC 1010 Introductory Sociology
Baris Unlu
Studies the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology with special attention to sociological theory and research methods. Survey of the diverse substantive fields in the discipline with a primary emphasis on the institutions in contemporary American society.
MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Cabell Hall 232
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13977
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RELI 2080 Global Islam
Ahmed al-Rahim
Global Islam traces the development of political Islamic thought from Napoleons invasion of Egypt in 1798 to the Arab Spring in 2010 and its aftermath in the Middle East.
TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
New Cabell Hall 309
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13491
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RELI 5415 Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Studies
Ahmed al-Rahim
This graduate seminar provides a comprehensive survey of the subjects and areas addressed in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm
New Cabell Hall 064
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13887
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RELI 5559 & RELJ 5559 Resurrection
New Course in Islam | New Course in Judaism
Jessica Andruss
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Islam.
Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
New Cabell Hall 066
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19303
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19296
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RELJ 8760 Tutorial in Readings in Medieval Hebrew
Jessica Andruss
This reading course introduces students to the medieval Hebrew literary tradition and the distinctive linguistic features of Hebrew in this period. The texts under consideration will vary by semester. Scholarly articles will supplement and contextualize the Hebrew readings. Students will discuss the religious and historical significance of the passages that they prepare in advance of our sessions.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14427
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FREN 3032 Text, Image, Culture
Maya Boutaghou
In this course, students will discover and engage critically with a broad sampling of French and Francophone cultural production representing a variety of periods, genres, approaches, and media. Students will read, view, write about and discuss a range of works that may include poetry, painting, prose, music, theater, films, graphic novels, photographs, essays, and historical documents. Prerequisite: FREN 3031.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 042
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=12205
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FREN 4585 Mediterranean Journeys: Exchanges and Interactions
Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies
Maya Boutaghou
Advanced seminar in French and Francophone literature and culture. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisite: At least one literature or culture course beyond FREN 3032.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 042
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13370
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DEM 7501 Democracy Seminar II
Indrani Chatterjee, Amir Syed
The DI Seminar will provide a unique learning experience that combines interdisciplinary inquiry with diverse forms of scholarly engagement, opportunities to interact with distinguished guests, both academics and community leaders, from on and off-Grounds. In the spring, participants will undertake individual research projects that advance their particular intellectual and professional interests.
Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Pavilion VIII 105
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=12994
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ARH 1020 History of Architecture II
Sheila Crane
This course will examine architecture and urbanism from around 1400 C.E. to the present, tracing connections and distinctions that have guided the design, uses, and meanings of built environments around the globe. You will be introduced to celebrated buildings and less well-known sites and cities, with particular attention to the aesthetic, social, cultural, and institutional situations in which they developed.
MoWe 10:00am - 10:50am
Campbell Hall 153
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=10349
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HIME 9024Tutorial in Ottoman Society
Christopher Gratien
This tutorial explores diverse themes in the social and cultural environmental history of the Ottoman Empire, placing special emphasis on the transformation of Ottoman society from the 18th century onward.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=21064
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HIST 2152 Climate History
Christopher Gratien
Climate change is widely regarded as the most important environmental question of the present. This course equips students to engage with the study of climate change from multiple perspectives. Part 1 surveys how understandings of the climate developed and transformed. Part 2 explores how historical climatology lends new insights to familiar historical questions. Part 3 explores the history of environment and climate as political issues.
MoWe 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Wilson Hall 325
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19180
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ARTR 3245 & ARAB 5245 Arabic Literary Delights
Nizar Hermes
In this course we will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. We will organize the course around selected readings from a variety of premodern Arabic jocular, culinary and erotological literature available in English translations.
Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm
New Cabell Hall 027
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20239
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20240
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MEST 4991 Middle East Studies Seminar
Nizar Hermes
Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm
New Cabell Hall 038
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18911
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RELA 3890 & RELC 3890 Christianity in Africa
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
Historical and topical survey of Christianity in Africa from the second century c.e. to the present. Prerequisite: A course in African religions or history, Christianity, or instructor permission.
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Nau Hall 241
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19252
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19253
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HIME 4501 The US and the Middle East
Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History
Caroline Kahlenberg
The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.
Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm New Cabell Hall 407
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19708
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ANTH 3880 African Archaeology
Adria LaViolette
This course surveys transformations in the African past, from the Middle Stone Age emergence of modern humans, to the florescence of lifeways in the Late Stone Age, to the broad mosaic of small-, medium-, and large-scale Iron Age societies, to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We also consider how archaeological methods work to produce knowledge in combination with studies of genetics, climate and environment, and historical methods.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 168
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19639
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EGMT 1520 From Archaeology to People in Medieval Africa
Empirical & Scientific Engagement
Adria LaViolette
In this class students will learn to analyze claims about the material and social worlds through formulation and testing of new questions and hypotheses based on observation and experience.
MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
John W. Warner Hall 115
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1248&ClassNumber=10008
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RELI 8707 Advanced Readings in Persian
Shankar Nair
Advanced readings in Persian philosophical, theological, mystical, and literary texts. Course readings will be in Persian.
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14868
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RELA 2748 Introduction to African Philosophy: Race, Religion, and Rationality
Oludamini Ogunnaike
This course will survey the central debates of the field of African Philosophy: what counts as "African"? what counts as "philosophy"?, the universality or cultural particularity of rationality, the role of race and racism in modern, Western Philosophy, the role of writing and orality in philosophy, and "African" conceptions of the self, truth, knowledge, gender, ethics, and justice.
Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm
New Cabell Hall 338
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13839
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RELA 5094 & REI 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
Gibson Hall 241
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=19254
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ARTH 2961 Arts of the Islamic World: What is Islamic about Islamic Art?
Amanda Phillips
What makes a mosque in Indonesia different from one in Iberia? Where are all the images? and what's with all the decoration?
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.
TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Campbell Hall 160
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13865
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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).
TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
New Cabell Hall 058
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14169
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MEST 2280 A Guide to Medieval Baghdad
Kristina Richardson
The course will introduce students to the political history of Abbasid Baghdad from 762 to about 1300 CE. The Abbasids -- monarchs of the Arab/Islamic Empire -- reigned for 500 years, mostly from Baghdad, though many historians hold that their decision-making authority largely collapsed by the mid-10th century. The course will also introduce students to the study of early Arabic/Islamic historiography through the close study of primary texts.
TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Cabell Hall 383
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18908
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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.
TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
New Cabell Hall 132
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20173
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SOC 5320 Sociology of Gender
Esra Sarıoğlu
This course will explore the social construction and consequences of gender, covering such topics as work, care, sexuality, identity, politics and inequality. Readings will include the classics as well as newer works in the field. Prerequisite: Graduate status; six credits in sociology or permission from the instructor.
Th 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Randall Hall 112
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20145
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AAS 3157 Caribbean Perspectives
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
New Cabell Hall 211
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14318
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MESA 2110 Intro to Middle East / South Asia Film History | MESA 5110 Transnational Circuits of Cinema, Middle East-South Asia Film History
Samhita Sunya
"Transnational Circuits of Cinema: An Introduction to Middle East - South Asia Film History" - Since its very inception as a traveling fairground attraction, cinema has been a globally-circulating medium. This course begins in the moment of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East - South Asia genealogies of filmmaking.
This course begins in the era of early cinema and proceeds through the contemporary moment, with a focus on Middle East -- South Asia genealogies of filmmaking. Its emphasis remains on the quintessentially transnational histories (parallels, intersections, circuits) of these cinemas - e.g., the centrality of popular Egyptian cinema within the Arab world; the prolific circulation of Hindi cinema across and beyond South Asia.
MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
John W. Warner Hall 113
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20957
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=20958
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MESA 3380 A Thousand and One Nights at the Cinema
Samhita Sunya
This course is devoted to the longstanding screen histories of A Thousand and One Nights. We will investigate the way in which the text has variously congealed into a cinematic genre in its own right; a catapult for explorations of the fantastic, iterated as the wonders of technology/medium and sensuality; a contested site of negotiating Orientalist desires and stereotypes; and a platform for reflection upon the question of storytelling itself.
MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Physics Bldg 217
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=18909
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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.
MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
New Cabell Hall 338
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=14565
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SOC 1010 Introductory Sociology
Baris Unlu
Studies the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology with special attention to sociological theory and research methods. Survey of the diverse substantive fields in the discipline with a primary emphasis on the institutions in contemporary American society.
MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
New Cabell Hall 232
https://louslist.org/sectiontip.php?Semester=1252&ClassNumber=13977