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Instructor: Fouad Ben Ahmed This course provides an in-depth exploration of how Muslims have engaged with their historical and intellectual heritage across the centuries. Focusing on key moments of rediscovery, reinterpretation, and cultural revival...

Instructor: Salma Waheedi This reading group offers students the opportunity to engage with current and emerging debates on Islamic law, social justice, and human rights. After a brief introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence, we will examine legal...

Instructor: Salma Waheedi This reading group offers students the opportunity to engage with current and emerging debates on Islamic law, social justice, and human rights. After a brief introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence, we will examine legal...

Instructor: Mohammad Sagha From the rise of the Axis of Resistance and U.S.-Iran rivalry in the region, to the war in Yemen between the Shi'a Ansarallah (Houthis) and Saudi Arabia, and the battle over the future of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, the rise of...

Instructor: Francesco Piraino This course will explore the multiplicity of Islamic modernities by examining how different Islamic movements and intellectual figures approach issues such as race, gender, diversity, sexuality, and class. We will focus on...

Instructor: Zahra Moballegh Islamic philosophers, theologians, jurists, and mystics have grappled with the nature of logic. This course explores this challenge through the lens of feminist criticism. As many feminist philosophers argue, knowledge cannot...

Instructor: Fouad Ben Ahmed This course offers an in-depth exploration of key disciplines within classical Islamic thought, centered on reading primary texts in Arabic. Students will engage with foundational writings in philosophy, theology ( kalām)...

Instructor: Payem 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...

Instructor: Yunus Kumek This course introduces students to practices of spiritual care from a Muslim Perspective. As we will survey spiritual care practices of different Muslim cultures, our focus will be the relevant application of these practices in...

Instructor: Havva Guney-Ruebenacker Slavery has been often considered as a morally legitimate practice over its long history. From ancient Greek philosophy to modern times, various theories were developed by philosophers, jurists and theologians to...