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Instructor: Rosie Bsheer This course is a critical history of political economy that centers on the Middle East and South Asia. It begins with readings in classical political economy, liberalism, and Enlightenment thought, coupled with colonial...

Contact: harvardasa@gmail.com The Harvard African Students Association nourishes cultural, intellectual, political and economic awareness about the African continent, and includes students from Africa, connected to Africa, or interested in Africa.

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 democratization. Explores the role of...

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...

An introduction to ten iconic monuments of the Islamic world from the beginning of Islam to the early modern period. The course introduces various types of building-mosques, palaces, multifunctional complexes-and city types and the factors that shaped...

Instructor: Giovanni Bazzana The course will focus on the history of Israel/Palestine in the span of time of almost a millennium that witnessed the emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Specific attention will be devoted to the changing landscape...

Instructor: Rosie Bsheer The principal analytical focus in this seminar will be the role of oil in shaping the cultural, social, political, and economic relations of the Arabian Peninsula. This region has long been at the center of global circulations of...

Instructor: Evridiki Georganteli Crusading expeditions in the Holy Land, Spain, and Eastern Europe from 1096 until the end of the Middle Ages shaped the political, socio-economic, and cultural map of Europe and the Middle East. This course explores the...

Instructor: Annette Lienau This course will explore contemporary literature and cinema across Southeast Asia, focusing on regional developments after the Asian financial crisis of 1997 through the present. Themes discussed include literature’s...

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...