Spring 2025

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...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Nicholas Boylston Questions arising from the diversity of religions recur in all of the major branches of Islamic thought and appear in complex permutations in diverse cultural contexts. Focusing primarily on pre-modern Islam, this course...

Instructor: Nicholas Boylston Students learn the details of Classical Persian grammar, lexicography, and prosody, and work with modern Persian academic commentaries on classical works. Students gain the reading fluency necessary for research in Classical...