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CHNSHIS 135: The Mongol Empire and World History: From Steppe Confederation to Eurasian Empire, c.1206-1368

Instructor: Mark Elliott This course seeks to provide a comprehensive introduction to the study of Mongol Eurasia, anchored by the theme of globalization. The Mongol empire has variously been credited with the inaugural establishment of a globalized world...

NEC 120: Jerusalem, a History: From Antiquity to the Present

Instructor: Jessica Marglin Jerusalem is considered one of the world’s holiest cities and is shared by three faiths; Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe Jerusalem to be sacred, albeit for different reasons. While in some ways the common sacrality...

IGA 655: Middle Eastern Politics and Policy

Instructor: Tarek Masoud

HIST 1984B: Book history before the modern age

Instructor: Ann Blair This course meets every other week across fall and spring semesters. The fall will provide an introduction to recent work in the book history from antiquity to 1800, with an emphasis on Europe and some comparison with Islamic and...

MEDVLSTD 111: Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Middle Ages

Instructor: Sean Gilsdorf This class explores the relationships of passion, love, and obligation that bound men and women over the course of nearly two millennia, from Rome in the first century B.C.E. to sixteenth-century Italy. In particular, it focuses...

HDS 3694/AFRAMER 186: Religion, Culture, and Society in Africa

Instructor: Jacob Olupona Exploring the meaning of religion and its impact of on African culture and society broadly, this course will highlight both religious traditions and innovations. Instead of treating each of the religions of Africa, the triple...

HDS 3649: Chosen Silence in Medieval Islamic Mystical Literature

Instructor: Zahra Moballegh Amid the vast corpus of biographical writings, poetry, and historical accounts on Sufis and Muslim mystics, appear tales of masters who, after a lifetime of study, teaching, and spiritual discipline, chose to throw all their...

HDS 3178: Introduction to Iranian Religions and Persian Philosophy

Instructor: Payam Mohseni Throughout historical and contemporary periods, Persia (Iran) has occupied a central role in global religious thought and spirituality. The ancient Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism (Mazdayasna) and Manicheanism, had...

HLS 3165: Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Property in American, Islamic and Jewish Law

Instructor: Havva Guney-Ruebenacker This reading group will explore key issues in marriage, divorce, and property law across American, Islamic and Jewish legal systems. It will also examine how Jewish and Islamic law of marriage contracts and divorce...

HDS 3212: A Survey of Islamic Law: Interpretation, Evolution, and Contemporary Topics

Instructor: Khalil Abdur-Rashid This course is a survey of the sources and development of Islamic law through an exploration and analysis of the essential topics of what is known as the Sharia. The objective of this course is to provide students with an...

ISLAMCIV 104: Christians and Muslims in the Eyes of One Another in the Early Modern Period (16th-18th c.)

Instructor: Houssem Chachia During the Early Modern period, European perceptions of Muslims and Muslim perceptions of Europeans underwent significant fluctuations. These shifting views alternated between hatred, deep contempt, curiosity, and exoticism...

HDS 3338/RELIGION 1078: The Prophet Muhammad in History, Devotion, and Polemic

Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi In the early seventh century, a man named Muḥammad son ofʿAbdallah founded a movement that in time grew into a global religion, empire, and civilization. This course explores three discourses that developed around the life and...