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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Instructor: Ali Asani Description: A course on selected topics in Shii History, Thought and Literature. Permission of the instructor required. Course Notes: Prerequisite: introductory course on Islam.

Instructor: Ali Asani Description: A seminar for graduate students focusing on current scholarship on Islamic civilization in South Asia. Course Notes: Open to undergraduates with a background in Islamic or South Asian studies. Recommended Prep...

Instructor: Ali Asani This course offers an introductory survey of mystical traditions of Islam, popularly labelled as “Sufism.” It explores the fundamental concepts, practices, and institutions associated with these traditions, their historical...

Instructor: Ali Asani This course explores the doctrines and practices of the Ismailis, adherents of a minority branch of Shia Islam that recognizes the continuation of religious authority after the Prophet Muhammad through a particular line of his...

Instructors: David Roxburgh and Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar An introduction to key monuments and cities - Baghdad, Cairo, Cordoba, Isfahan, Istanbul, Samarqand - from the historical Islamic lands, ca. 650-1650 C.E., from Spain to India. Various building types...

Instructors: David Roxburgh, Yukio Lippit, Joseph Koerner, and Jinah Kim Description: An introduction to major works of art and architecture from around the world, co-taught by a team of professors. Subjects include Eadweard Mybridge and photography...

Instructor: Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar Architecture of the eastern Mediterranean basin (at Italian, Ottoman, and Mamluk courts) with emphasis on cross-cultural encounters and transmission of the Romano-Byzantine heritage, science and technology...