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Instructor: Shady Nasser An introduction to research methodology in various genres of Islamic Religious sciences: Quran, Hadith, and Law. Minimum recommended: two years of classical Arabic. Two years of classical Arabic or equivalent level of proficiency.

Instructor: Shady Nasser A class designed for advanced students of Arabic (at least 4 years of formal Arabic training). We study the grammar manual of al-kafiya by Ibn al-Hajib along with al-Astarabadhi’s commentary. Four years of Arabic or equivalent...

Instructor: Malika Zeghal Today’s news headlines consistently point to the role that religion plays in the political life of Middle Eastern societies. But do these headlines tell the whole story? This course will challenge simplistic explanations of the...

Instructor: Ali Asani South Asia is home to the largest population of Muslims in the world. And yet, within South Asia, Muslims are a minority. What is Islam and what does it mean to be Muslim in South Asia? After briefly examining the historical...

Instructor: Ali Asani 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...

Instructor: Mohsen Goudarzi In the early seventh century, a man named Muḥammad son of ʿAbdallah 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...

Instructor: Teren Sevea An engagement with the theoretical and methodological issues that scholars of religion across the various research areas deem to be the most urgent and compelling in the discipline today, accompanied by sustained consideration of...

Instructor: Teren Sevea What are the academic approaches to studying Islam? How do our academic approaches help us engage the question: what is Islam? This course begins by considering how 'Islam' is an object of academic inquiry but remains primarily...

Instructor: Intisar Rabb This course will survey core concepts in Islamic law ( sharia) in historical and comparative modern contexts. Popular perceptions of this legal system imagine it to be a static code from 7th-century Arabia. By contrast, we explore...

Instructor: Lorenzo Bondioli In Ruling Medieval Egypt: A History Through Documents we will explore the establishment, consolidation, and evolution of Islamic state structures along the Nile Valley between the seventh and the twelfth century CE. We will do...

Instructor: Fouad Ben Ahmed Philosophy in Muslim Contexts” is a dynamic undergraduate course that delves into the fascinating evolution of philosophical thought in Islamic civilizations. Over twelve modules, students explore the historical roots, early...

Instructor: Fouad Ben Ahmed “Non-demonstrative Logical Arts among Philosophers in Muslim Contexts: Dialectic, Rhetoric, and Poetics” is an illuminating graduate course that delves into the fascinating intersection of philosophy, rhetoric, and poetics...