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NES 1102
Elementary Modern Hebrew II

Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 1102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5942 NES 1102   SEM 101

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  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 1102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5943 NES 1102   SEM 102

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NES 1200
Accelerated Elementary Arabic Course

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 8 Credits Graded

  • 16555 NES 1200   SEM 101

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NES 1202
Elementary Arabic II

This two-course sequence assumes no previous knowledge of Arabic and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with the alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9512 NES 1202   SEM 101

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5935 NES 1202   SEM 102

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5936 NES 1202   SEM 103

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5937 NES 1202   SEM 104

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16444 NES 1202   SEM 105

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NES 1312
Introduction to Urdu Script

Introduction to Urdu reading and writing. Assumes some knowledge of spoken Hindi-Urdu.  May be taken concurrently with HINDI 1102. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: URDU 1125

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7811 NES 1312   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: HINDI 1101 or permission of instructor.

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NES 1321
Elementary Persian/Farsi II

Intended for beginners and heritage speakers alike, this course is a quick and easy way to a popular worldly language in a modern day context (Farsi)!  Students develop all four skills - speaking, listening, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5885 NES 1321   SEM 101

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NES 1963
FWS: That's in the Bible? Archaeology and Religion of Israel

A casual reading of the Hebrew Scriptures might lead one to believe that the normative religion of the Israelites was that spelled out in the Torah and Prophets.  However, a more critical appraisal of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17449 NES 1963   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

NES 2100
Intermediate Modern Hebrew

The course is aimed at training students in exact and idiomatic Hebrew, expanding vocabulary and usage of grammatical knowledge, and acquiring facility of expression in both conversation and writing. Uses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5929 NES 2100   SEM 101

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  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

NES 2200
Intermediate Arabic II

In this two-course sequence learners continue to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and grammar foundation through the extensive use of graded materials on a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16433 NES 2200   SEM 101

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5962 NES 2200   SEM 102

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NES 2202
Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing II

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. May be taken concurrently with Intermediate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: URDU 2226

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7605 NES 2202   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: NES 2201 or permission of instructor.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

NES 2204
Introduction to Quranic Arabic

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2204, RELST 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8202 NES 2204   SEM 101

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  • Taught in English. Does not count towards Arts and Sciences language requirement.

NES 2322
Intermediate Persian/Farsi II

The course is designed with strong integration of modern colloquial Persian (Farsi).  Only colloquial Persian is used for all speaking and listening activities, while reading and writing tasks are performed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5886 NES 2322   SEM 101

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NES 2343
Intermediate Modern Greek II

Develops the student's proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading and writing modern Greek. Exposure to contemporary cultural material (newspapers, Greek websites, films, literary and musical material) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GREEK 2144

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17546 NES 2343   SEM 101

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    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This is a distance learning course taught from Brown University. The instructor is Elissavet Amanatidou .

NES 2546
Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World

Modern perceptions of Classical civilizations often stress those aspects of their cultures that are compatible with contemporary concepts of "rational thought." Certainly, Greek and Roman scholars did ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2846, ARKEO 2846, CLASS 2646

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16138 NES 2546   LEC 001

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  • 16139 NES 2546   DIS 201

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  • 16140 NES 2546   DIS 202

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NES 2565
Global Heritage

"Heritage" typically conjures images of a glorified human past, and evokes sentiments of care for lost or endangered cultures that symbolize humanity's diversity. But heritage is also the foundation for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2465, ARKEO 2465

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16664 NES 2565   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 110

    • Khatchadourian, L

      Smith, A

NES 2575
Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2575, NES 6575, RELST 2575

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8008 NES 2575   LEC 001

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NES 2668
Ancient Egyptian Civilization

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

  •  8007 NES 2668   LEC 001

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NES 2670
The History and Politics of Modern Egypt

This lecture class will explore the socio-cultural history of modern Egypt from the late 18th century to the 21st century "Arab Spring." We will explore Egyptian history under the Ottomans and the Mamluks, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2670, GOVT 2673, HIST 2672

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8531 NES 2670   LEC 001

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  • For students interested in an optional 1-credit section taught in Arabic, please enroll in NES 3366.

NES 2688
Cleopatra's Egypt: Tradition and Transformation

Under a Greco-Macedonian ruling dynasty, the Ptolemies, Egypt became a crossroads for the entire Mediterranean. Popular culture today remembers Ptolemaic Egypt best for the exploits of the famous queen ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2688, CLASS 2688

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16155 NES 2688   LEC 001

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  • 16157 NES 2688   DIS 201

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  • 16158 NES 2688   DIS 202

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NES 2695
Introduction to Christian History

This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2636, MEDVL 2695, RELST 2695

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16566 NES 2695   LEC 001

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NES 2728
Modern Middle East Literature in Translation

In their acceptance speeches for the Nobel Prize in Literature, both the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz (1988) and the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk (2006) situate their work between Eastern and Western ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2728, JWST 2728

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16613 NES 2728   LEC 001

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NES 3104
Advanced Hebrew Through Media and Literature

The course focuses and explores the development and changes of Modern Hebrew in all aspects of Israeli and Jewish culture.  A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, drama in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3104

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16873 NES 3104   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisite: NES 3101 or NES 3102 or permission of instructor.

NES 3202
Advanced Arabic II

In this two-semester sequence, learners will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from short stories, and poems, to newspaper articles dealing with social,  political,  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7806 NES 3202   SEM 101

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NES 3223
Was US Intervention in Libya To Remove Gaddafi a Mistake?

Questions have arisen recently about the wisdom of the 2011 Western intervention in Libya, which resulted in the removal and assassination of Colonel Gaddafi, that country's long-time ruler. The question ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3220, GOVT 3223

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18055 NES 3223   SEM 101

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NES 3414
Akkadian Language IV: Assyrian Language

Assyrian is a dialect of the Akkadian language spoken and written in northern Mesopotamia from roughly 2000 to 600 B.C.  It is the language used by the traders of Karum Kanesh and the rulers of the Neo-Assyrian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 6414

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18095 NES 3414   SEM 101

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    • TBA

    • Tenney, J

  • Prerequisite: NES 1411, NES 3412, previous Akkadian language instruction, or permission of instructor.

NES 3432
Hasidism: History, Community, Thought

The modern Jewish religious movement known as Hasidism began in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century and thrives today.  We will approach Hasidism primarily through three avenues: recent critical social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17632 NES 3432   LEC 001

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NES 3519
History of State and Society in Modern Iran (Through Literature and Film)

In the conditions of strict censorship and numerous limitations on various forms of political organization and activism, literature and cinema, especially Iran's internationally acclaimed art cinematography, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3519

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8527 NES 3519   LEC 001

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NES 3542
Greece, Turkey, and the Levant, 1800-1950

This course will take the students through the age of reforms in the Ottoman Empire, the rising of nationalism, and the encroachment of colonialism in the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3542

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17307 NES 3542   LEC 001

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NES 3610
Humans and the Ancient Mediterranean Environment

The Eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse and varied landscape with a rich cultural heritage for studying long-term human-environmental interactions.  In this course we will explore how human ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16190 NES 3610   LEC 001

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NES 3662
Sumerian Language and Culture II

This course continues to expose students to the earliest written language, Sumerian, begun in Sumerian Language and Culture I. It also tackles important historical and cultural questions of third millennium ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3662, ARKEO 6662, NES 6662

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16594 NES 3662   SEM 101

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NES 3700
Arabic Language Through Film

The objective of this course is to help students develop all four communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) through the use of Arabic films coupled with other structured materials ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18238 NES 3700   LEC 002

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NES 4352
Medieval Cosmologies: Text, Image, and Music

Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17100 NES 4352   SEM 101

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NES 4517
Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16648 NES 4517   SEM 101

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NES 4520
Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16671 NES 4520   SEM 101

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NES 4525
Palestinians in Israel

This course examines the political, intellectual, and cultural expression of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Referred to by the Arab media as "1948 Arabs" or "Arabs within" and by the Israeli media as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4525, NES 6525

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16630 NES 4525   SEM 101

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NES 4548
The Bible and American Ethics

This course will focus on the array of perspectives offered in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament on such contemporary social issues as: immigration; abortion rights, surrogate childbirth, gay marriage, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4548, JWST 4548, RELST 4548

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18234 NES 4548   SEM 101

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NES 4550
Archaeology of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have long been an enigma, a people defined by distant voices. Originating from present-day Lebanon, they were Semitic speakers, renowned seafarers and transmitters of an innovative alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16579 NES 4550   SEM 101

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NES 4560
Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies

Requirement for NES majors.  Seminar offering advanced Near Eastern Studies students the opportunity to read and discuss the range of theories and methods that have been employed by scholars ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 6560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6091 NES 4560   SEM 101

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NES 4618
Seminar in Islamic History: The Beginnings of Islam: 600-750

An examination of Islamic history from 600-750, with special attention to historiography and interpretive issues. Topics to be discussed will include: Arabia and the Near East before Islam; the collection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16584 NES 4618   SEM 101

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NES 4623
Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East (1800-1950)

This seminar utilizes recent research on the concept of minorities in the Middle East during the late Ottoman Period, through the age of European colonialism, and post-colonial nationalisms.  Following ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17347 NES 4623   SEM 101

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NES 4642
Women in the Modern Middle East

The primary emphasis of this discussion seminar is the historical development of gendered identities and the fluid manner in which different Middle Eastern communities responded to shifting ideas of sexuality, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4640, HIST 4642, NES 6643

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16560 NES 4642   SEM 101

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NES 4652
Bodies and Diseases in the Middle East (1500-2000)

Bodies and Diseases in the Middle East (1500-2000) will explore the history of medicine and science in the Middle East from early modern period to the present. It covers the main topics and questions regarding ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4651, FGSS 4652, NES 6652

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16642 NES 4652   SEM 101

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NES 4675
The First Age of Globalization

The period between around 1870 and World War I was an era of unprecedented global interconnectedness. Telegraph wires, steamships, and railways crossed oceans and continental frontiers, fundamentally changing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4175, HIST 4175

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18104 NES 4675   SEM 101

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NES 4711
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

The Babylonian Talmud is one of the most significant and influential books that the Jews of the ancient world produced. This complex and multi-faceted work comprises over five thousand pages of intricate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4711, NES 6711, RELST 4711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17929 NES 4711   SEM 101

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  • Some reading knowledge of Hebrew and/or experience reading Talmud in its original language required.

NES 4992
Independent Study, Undergraduate Level

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. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7459 NES 4992   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Brann, R

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

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7460 NES 4992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7461 NES 4992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7462 NES 4992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7463 NES 4992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Monroe, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7464 NES 4992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • Monroe, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7465 NES 4992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Powers, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7466 NES 4992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Scharf, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7467 NES 4992   IND 613

    • TBA

    • Shoer, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7468 NES 4992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Starr, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7470 NES 4992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Younes, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7554 NES 4992   IND 618

    • TBA

    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7682 NES 4992   IND 621

    • TBA

    • Tenney, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7803 NES 4992   IND 622

    • TBA

    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10148 NES 4992   IND 623

    • TBA

    • Huntley, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

NES 4998
Senior Honors Essay

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

  •  7566 NES 4998   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • NES 4998 is the FIRST course in the Honors two-part sequence.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

NES 4999
Senior Honors Essay

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

  •  6794 NES 4999   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • NES 4999 is the SECOND course in the Honors two-part sequence. To enroll in Honors, please email cmc40@cornell.edu to request a permission number.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

NES 6200
Arabic Pedagogy Practicum

This one-credit course consists of four main components. It starts with a survey of language teaching methodologies ranging from the grammar-translation to the modern communicative. Second, there will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 16554 NES 6200   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Younes, M

NES 6352
Medieval Cosmologies: Text, Image, and Music

Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17122 NES 6352   SEM 101

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NES 6414
Akkadian Language IV: Assyrian Language

Assyrian is a dialect of the Akkadian language spoken and written in northern Mesopotamia from roughly 2000 to 600 B.C.  It is the language used by the traders of Karum Kanesh and the rulers of the Neo-Assyrian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3414

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18096 NES 6414   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Tenney, J

  • Prerequisite: NES 6411, NES 6412, previous Akkadian language instruction, or permission of instructor.

NES 6525
Palestinians in Israel

This course examines the political, intellectual, and cultural expression of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Referred to by the Arab media as "1948 Arabs" or "Arabs within" and by the Israeli media as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4525, NES 4525

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16632 NES 6525   SEM 101

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NES 6550
Archaeology of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians have long been an enigma, a people defined by distant voices. Originating from present-day Lebanon, they were Semitic speakers, renowned seafarers and transmitters of an innovative alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16583 NES 6550   SEM 101

  •  

NES 6560
Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies

Requirement for NES majors.  Seminar offering advanced Near Eastern Studies students the opportunity to read and discuss the range of theories and methods that have been employed by scholars ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9541 NES 6560   SEM 101

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NES 6575
Myth and Religion in Mesopotamia

This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2575, NES 2575, RELST 2575

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8906 NES 6575   LEC 001

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NES 6618
Seminar in Islamic History: 600-750

An examination of Islamic history from 600-750, with special attention to historiography and interpretive issues. Topics to be discussed will include: Arabia and the Near East before Islam; the collection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16587 NES 6618   SEM 101

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NES 6623
Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East (1800-1950)

This seminar utilizes recent research on the concept of minorities in the Middle East during the late Ottoman Period, through the age of European colonialism, and post-colonial nationalisms.  Following ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17344 NES 6623   SEM 101

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NES 6638
Networks in Archaeology

It has become impossible to conceive of the world in which we live without networks. Our social circles have become so connected that only 'six degrees of separation' stand between you and any other person ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 6738, ARKEO 6738, CLASS 6738

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17137 NES 6638   SEM 101

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NES 6643
Women in the Modern Middle East

The primary emphasis of this discussion seminar is the historical development of gendered identities and the fluid manner in which different Middle Eastern communities responded to shifting ideas of sexuality, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4640, HIST 4642, NES 4642

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16563 NES 6643   SEM 101

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NES 6652
Bodies and Diseases in the Middle East (1500-2000)

Bodies and Diseases in the Middle East (1500-2000) will explore the history of medicine and science in the Middle East from early modern period to the present. It covers the main topics and questions regarding ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4651, FGSS 4652, NES 4652

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16641 NES 6652   SEM 101

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NES 6662
Sumerian Language and Culture II

This course continues to expose students to the earliest written language, Sumerian, begun in Sumerian Language and Culture I. It also tackles important historical and cultural questions of third millennium ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3662, ARKEO 6662, NES 3662

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16596 NES 6662   SEM 101

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NES 6711
The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

The Babylonian Talmud is one of the most significant and influential books that the Jews of the ancient world produced. This complex and multi-faceted work comprises over five thousand pages of intricate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4711, NES 4711, RELST 4711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17933 NES 6711   SEM 101

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  • Some reading knowledge of Hebrew and/or experience reading Talmud in its original language required.

NES 6992
Independent Study: Graduate Level

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

  •  6795 NES 6992   IND 601

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    • TBA

    • Starr, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6918 NES 6992   IND 602

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    • TBA

    • Monroe, L

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6926 NES 6992   IND 604

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    • TBA

    • Haines-Eitzen, K

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7471 NES 6992   IND 605

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    • TBA

    • Monroe, C

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7472 NES 6992   IND 606

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    • TBA

    • Brann, R

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7473 NES 6992   IND 607

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    • TBA

    • Weatherspoon, M

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7474 NES 6992   IND 608

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    • TBA

    • Fahmy, Z

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7475 NES 6992   IND 609

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    • TBA

    • Scharf, N

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7476 NES 6992   IND 611

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    • TBA

    • Younes, M

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7477 NES 6992   IND 613

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    • TBA

    • Powers, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7804 NES 6992   IND 614

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    • TBA

    • Tenney, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7805 NES 6992   IND 615

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    • TBA

    • Khatchadourian, L

NES 7520
Jewish Cities

Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. Studying those interactions involves urbanism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, and the idea of "the ghetto." This course ranges through ... view course details

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  • 16817 NES 7520   SEM 101

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NES 7710
Humans and the Ancient Mediterranean Environment

The Eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse and varied landscape with a rich cultural heritage for studying long-term human-environmental interactions.  In this course we will explore how human ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16192 NES 7710   LEC 001

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