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Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Established in 1954 to support research and teaching on the Middle East, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies has produced generations of scholars with a profound understanding of and active engagement in the region. At the core of the Center’s mandate...

Syria: History, Politics, and Religion

This conference course takes the history of Syria over the longue duree as its object of study. Spanning Syria?s political history from the genesis of Islam to the foundation of Syria as a modern nation state, the course additionally focuses on four...

Middle Eastern Politics and Policy

Explores the major political, economic, social, and security challenges facing - and emanating from - the Middle East. Particular attention paid to the causes of the so-called Arab Spring and the prospects for genuine democratization. Explores the role of...

Muslim Voices in Contemporary World Literatures

What do Muslims think of acts of terrorism committed in the name of Islam, the mixing of religion with politics, the rights of women, the ``West''? This seminar investigates the viewpoints of prominent Muslim writers on these and other ``hot button''...

Women, Religion, and the Problem of Historical Agency

This course examines recent scholarship on women in American religious history, focusing particularly on questions of narration, agency and power. We will ask several interrelated questions: How have historians integrated women into narratives of American...