Near Eastern Studies (NES)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

NES 1561

This course will introduce students to the study of the Ottoman Empire from its inception in the late 13th century until the early part of 19th century. The classes will follow the main timeline of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1561

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6226 NES 1561   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17502 NES 1561   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 1602

This introductory course surveys the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Each week, we will explore a different archaeological discovery that transformed scholars' understanding of the ancient ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 1702CLASS 1702

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6176 NES 1602   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 1660

Globalization may seem like a recent hot topic, but it was already very much in vogue 1000 years ago when Norse explorers burst out of Scandinavia to journey as far as North America, Azerbaijan, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1660MEDVL 1660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17499 NES 1660   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17495 NES 1660   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 1916

The seminar will explore the global phenomenon of urbanism across different historical and geographical contexts. Students will collaboratively develop creative and critical insights regarding cityscapes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20559 NES 1916   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hagay, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

NES 1945

As the founder of Islam, Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in history. An important source for his life is the Sira of Ibn Ishaq (d. 761) as redacted by Ibn Hisham (d. 833), a biography that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20146 NES 1945   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall B02
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

NES 2201

This course is designed to develop competence in Urdu reading and writing for students with a first-year knowledge of Hindi and knowledge of Urdu script. The goal of this course is to improve listening, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: URDU 2225

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3827 NES 2201   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: NES 1312 or permission of instructor.

NES 2515

This course explores the major debates that define the study of contemporary Iran. Drawing from ethnographic works, literary criticism, intellectual histories and more, we will examine historical events ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2415RELST 2515SHUM 2515

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17918 NES 2515   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2655

At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2530MEDVL 2655RELST 2655

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5392 NES 2655   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2668

The course surveys the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt from its prehistoric origins down to the early first millennium bce. Within a chronological framework, the following themes or topics will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2668

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18674 NES 2668   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2674

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2674GOVT 2747HIST 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17420 NES 2674   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17421 NES 2674   DIS 201

    • F Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17422 NES 2674   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17423 NES 2674   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17424 NES 2674   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20658 NES 2674   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20679 NES 2674   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2754

This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2754JWST 2754SHUM 2754

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6320 NES 2754   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For updated course description, see syllabus.

NES 3325

Designed for those students who have either taken Intermediate Urdu or are at the same level of competency in reading and writing skills. The goals of this class are to improve Urdu literary reading and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: URDU 3325

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5405 NES 3325   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: Intermediate Urdu or same level of written and oral proficiency.

NES 3612

This course will investigate the social and political histories of Afghanistan from the late 19th century through the present day. Drawing from religious treatises, intellectual histories, ethnographies, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3612ANTHR 6612NES 6612

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18682 NES 3612   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3686

The course is a survey of Feminist Islamic thinkers from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, and their diaspora, featuring both French and Arabic texts in English translation. The purpose of the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3685FGSS 3686FREN 3685

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19783 NES 3686   SEM 101

    • MW White Hall B14
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3850

What explains authoritarian resilience in the Middle East? What are the causes and consequences of Islamist political attitudes and behavior? What is the historical legacy of colonialism and empire in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3313JWST 3850

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17506 NES 3850   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17507 NES 3850   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17508 NES 3850   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4346

This class will study an important example of resistance, that is, several armed revolts against Imperial Rome during the first two centuries of our era. Africa, Asia, and Europe all saw such rebellions. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18517 NES 4346   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18518 NES 4346   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 4605

This seminar examines the dynamics of modern collective identities which dominated the Egyptian public sphere in the long twentieth century. We will explore the underpinnings and formation of territorial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4650HIST 4091NES 6605

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17441 NES 4605   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4696

Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18943 NES 4696   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4700

Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17797 NES 4700   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4991

For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course. For ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3921 NES 4991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4264 NES 4991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4265 NES 4991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4266 NES 4991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Monroe, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4267 NES 4991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4268 NES 4991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4269 NES 4991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Shoer, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4270 NES 4991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4271 NES 4991   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4272 NES 4991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5023 NES 4991   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5060 NES 4991   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5340 NES 4991   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5456 NES 4991   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5834 NES 4991   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Ozer Griffin, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5898 NES 4991   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5899 NES 4991   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6253 NES 4991   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 4998

Each fall, a small number of highly qualified seniors enter the Near Eastern Studies Honors Program. The Honors Program is open to NES majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3719 NES 4998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To enroll in Honors, please email cmc40@cornell.edu to request a permission number.

NES 4999

Each fall, a small number of highly qualified seniors enter the Near Eastern Studies Honors Program. The Honors Program is open to NES majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4675 NES 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 6221

This seminar presents an introduction to Judeo-Arabic through the study of selected classical texts and the study of its grammar and lexicon. Because Judeo-Arabic combines elements of Hebrew and Arabic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17913 NES 6221   SEM 101

    • W White Hall 413
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6346

This class will study an important example of resistance, that is, several armed revolts against Imperial Rome during the first two centuries of our era. Africa, Asia, and Europe all saw such rebellions. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18502 NES 6346   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Strauss, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18503 NES 6346   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 6547

In this seminar we will explore the Ottoman Empire's presence in the continent, and the continent's influence on the rest of the Ottoman Empire.  In addition to the focus on the history of Ottoman North ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6547HIST 6547

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18305 NES 6547   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18306 NES 6547   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 6605

This seminar examines the dynamics of modern collective identities which dominated the Egyptian public sphere in the long twentieth century. We will explore the underpinnings and formation of territorial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4650HIST 4091NES 4605

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17440 NES 6605   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6612

This course will investigate the social and political histories of Afghanistan from the late 19th century through the present day. Drawing from religious treatises, intellectual histories, ethnographies, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3612ANTHR 6612NES 3612

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18683 NES 6612   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6696

Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18947 NES 6696   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6700

Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19991 NES 6700   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6722

A series of lectures on a range of themes in the discipline sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies. Presentations include lectures by invited speakers and works in progress presented by faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  6028 NES 6722   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6991

For graduate students who wish to do intensive reading on a focused topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member that has agreed to supervise the course. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3549 NES 6991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4273 NES 6991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4274 NES 6991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4275 NES 6991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4276 NES 6991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4277 NES 6991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4278 NES 6991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4279 NES 6991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4620 NES 6991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Monroe, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5447 NES 6991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5900 NES 6991   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5901 NES 6991   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6252 NES 6991   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Ozer Griffin, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6519 NES 6991   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Shahda, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 7758

What is "religion," and how can we use material culture to investigate ancient beliefs and rituals? This course (1) explores major themes and problems in the archaeology of ancient Greek religion, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19164 NES 7758   SEM 101

    • T Morrill Hall 102
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person