Intructor: Jacob Olupona

This course focuses on the history and phenomenology of African peoples’ religious experiences in the Americas. The historical and social processes that led to the emergence of African diasporic religions in Latin America and the Caribbean will form the core...

Instructor: Shady Nasser

An introduction to Qurʾān and Ḥadīth disciplines. A survey of different schools of Qurʾānic interpretation within the Arabic/Islamic tradition. The course introduces the discipline of Ḥadīth (Prophetic tradition) and the role it plays in Qurʾānic commentary...

Instructor: Khaled El-Rouayheb

Description:

Reinforcement of advanced classical Arabic grammar and stylistics, and introduction to the genres of usul, kalam, mantiq and falsafa.

Recommended Prep:

Three years of...

Instructor: Shady Nasser

A survey of medieval Arabic writings on Arabic poetry, grammar, and language with special focus on the theme of standardization of Arabic grammar and poetics and how they serve as tools for interpreting literary texts. We read a variety of works from early...

Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar

Architecture of the eastern Mediterranean basin (at Italian, Ottoman, and Mamluk courts) with emphasis on cross-cultural encounters and transmission of the Romano-Byzantine heritage, science and technology, architectural practice, ornament, urban...

Instructors: David Roxburgh and Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar

An introduction to key monuments and cities - Baghdad, Cairo, Cordoba, Isfahan, Istanbul, Samarqand - from the historical Islamic lands, ca. 650-1650 C.E., from Spain to India. Various building types are treated - e.g., mosques...

Instructor: Khalil Abdur-Rashid

This course, as part of the new HDS Initiative on Islamic Spiritual Life and Service, is intended for students preparing for vocation in a variety of settings in which they will provide Islamically-inspired service and support. The course will...

Instructor: Shiraz Hajiani

Eight out of ten Muslims, today, may identify as Sunni. In studying the past; however, even the most careful scholars tend to project this make-up of Muslim societies into history. The Shiʿis were not always marginalised minority communities. Some scholars...

Instructor: Ali Asani

This course offers an introductory survey of mystical traditions of Islam, popularly labelled as “Sufism.” It explores the fundamental concepts, practices, and institutions associated with these traditions, their historical development and their influence on...

Instructor: Diana Eck

How does our society deal with religious, ethical, and cultural diversity, and what challenges do we face as people of different faith communities encounter one another in cities and public institutions, schools and businesses, neighborhoods and families?Who do...

Instructor: Intisar Rabb

Description:

This course will survey core concepts of Islamic law (sharia) in historical and comparative modern contexts. Popular perceptions of this legal system imagine it to be a static code from 7th-century Arabia. Islamic law is in...

Instructors: David Roxburgh, Yukio Lippit, Joseph Koerner, and Jinah Kim

Description:

An introduction to major works of art and architecture from around the world, co-taught by a team of professors. Subjects include Eadweard Mybridge and photography, Hokusai, the...

Instructor: Khaled El-Rouayheb

Description:

The course is a continuation of Islamic Civilizations 145a but may be taken independently. It explores the thought of some of the major Islamic philosophers and theologians in the 19th and 20th centuries: Muhammad Abduh,...

Instructor: Malika Zeghal 

This graduate seminar explores the transformation of Islamic institutions in the modern period, such as religious endowments (Awqaf), sharia courts, and Islamic education. We will engage with the historiography of these institutions and with primary...

Instructor: Ali Asani

Description:

A seminar for graduate students focusing on current scholarship on Islamic civilization in South Asia.

Course Notes:

Open to undergraduates with a background in Islamic or South Asian studies.

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Instructor: Malika Zeghal 

Meeting approximately every other week, students will establish digital maps and databases based on al-Manar and other periodicals in Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt in the Inter War Period. Enrollment only by instructor's permission.

Instructor: Ali Asani

This course explores the doctrines and practices of the Ismailis, adherents of a minority branch of Shia Islam that recognizes the continuation of religious authority after the Prophet Muhammad through a particular line of his descendants known as the Imams....

Instructor: Ali Asani

Description:

 A course on selected topics in Shii History, Thought and Literature. Permission of the instructor required.

Course Notes:

Prerequisite: introductory course on Islam.