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"Can the Muslim Intellectual Heritage Be Read Independently of Europe? Ibn Khaldun, Ibn 'Arafa, and the Decline Narrative" by Dr. Fouad Ben Ahmed

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This paper interrogates the epistemological frameworks through which the intellectual heritage of Muslim societies has been constructed, with particular attention to the case of Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808 AH / 1406 CE) and Ibn ʿArafa al-Warghamī (d. 803 AH /...

ARABIC 243DR: Islamic Religious Sciences

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Instructor: Shady Nasser An introduction to research methodology in various genres of Islamic Religious sciences: Quran, Hadith, and Law. Minimum recommended: two years of classical Arabic. Two years of classical Arabic or equivalent level of proficiency.

"The Textbook Tradition and Higher Research: Kātibī's Shamsiyyah on Disputed Points in Logic" by Dr. Tony Street

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Najm al-Din al-Katibi (d. 1276) wrote a logic text for intermediate students, The Epistle on Logical Rules for Shams al-Din. It became wildly successful, read by most students in the course of their madrasah education. What made it such a bestseller? Some...

New article by Professor Malika Zeghal: "The Shaping of the 1857 Security Pact in the Regency of Tunis"

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Abstract: This article examines the creation of the 1857 Security Pact ( ʿAhd al-amān) in the Regency of Tunis. This law is commonly viewed as having been drafted and imposed by the European powers as a replication of the Ottoman Tanẓīmāt and as having...

MODMDEST 315: Reading al-Manar in the Interwar Period

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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...

ISLAMCIV 218/RELIGION 2810: Islamic Institutions - Middle East & Beyond: Modern Transformations & Debates (19th-21st centuries)

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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...

ARABIC 245R: Classical Arabic Seminar: Readings in Arabic poetry, grammar, and language

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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...

ARABIC 152: Introduction to Qur'an and Hadith

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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...

ISLAMCIV 145B/HDS 3602B: Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology: The Modern Period (19th and 20th centuries)

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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...

ARABIC 243BR: Introduction to the Rational Sciences

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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 Arabic or equivalent level of proficiency.