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Instructor: Shady Nasser This course will introduce students to the major writers, canonical works, and important literary movements of Arabic Literature from late antiquity up to the modern period. The course will be structured thematically with special...

Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi The Meccan Sanctuary, also known as the Kaʿba, is a focal point of worship for Muslims, who pray towards it daily and strive to make a pilgrimage to it at least once in their lifetime. This course is an advanced graduate...

Instructor: Shady Nasser A survey of medieval Arabic writings on literary theory, from the early proponents of the Qasida form and amud al-shi'r to selected writings on mu ḥdath poetry. Works on both poetry and prose will be considered. Authors included...

Instructor: Khaled El-Rouayheb Reinforcement of advanced classical Arabic grammar and stylistics, and introduction to the genres of usul, kalam, mantiq and falsafa.

Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi This course explores the contents of the Quran and probes its place in the history of human civilization. Students will learn about and critically reflect on the following subjects: 1) the Quran’s core ideas, stories, laws...

Instructor: Tarek Masoud 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...

Instructor: Cemal Kafadar Since the fifteenth century, individuals and societies in different parts of the world adopted a gradually but unmistakably quickening tempo in their everyday lives and started to make more uses of the nighttime –for socializing...

Instructors: Lorenzo Bondioli, Rosie Bsheer, and Cemal Kafadar Covering a whole millennium and beyond, this course privileges the long history of Palestine in order to center the continuities and breaks in the region’s past and how these shaped people’s...

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: Ipek Sener The purpose of this course is to equip the students with the historical, theoretical and empirical knowledge to better understand the Middle East, its culture and politics. It will address a set of enduring issues in Middle East...

Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar Critically explores the historiography and interpretations of Islamic ornament. Themes include ornamentality and abstraction, theories of perception, orientalist discourses on the so-called "arabesque," resonances of...