Near Eastern Studies (NES)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

NES 1312

This class is an introductory class for beginners. This course will teach students how to listen, speak, read and write Urdu through vocabulary, grammar, oral and written activities, with an emphasis on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: URDU 1125

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4243 NES 1312   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Rizvi, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: HINDI 1101 or permission of instructor.

NES 2014

This course is an introduction to Palestine and the Palestinians. We will read ethnographic and historical studies written by scholars as well as by explorers, missionaries, revolutionaries, and spies. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2104

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5946 NES 2014   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kohlbry, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2202

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 2226

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5950 NES 2202   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Rizvi, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: NES 2201 or permission of instructor.

NES 2204

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: ARAB 2204ASRC 2204RELST 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5745 NES 2204   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2546

This introductory course explores the roles of amulets, love potions, curse tablets, and many other magical practices in ancient Greek and Roman societies. In this course, you will learn how to invoke ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2846ARKEO 2846CLASS 2646

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10148 NES 2546   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10149 NES 2546   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barrett, C

      Blum, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10150 NES 2546   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barrett, C

      Taborski, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2599

This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 2599JWST 2599RELST 2599

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5839 NES 2599   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2610

Mesopotamia is often defined by "firsts": the first villages, cities, states, and empires. Archaeology has long looked to the region for explanations of the origins of civilization. The modern countries ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2010ARKEO 2010

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9388 NES 2610   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2644

This course is an introduction to Jewish identities, values, and practices from the ancient to modern era. Organized thematically, it examines Judaism as a religious phenomenon, with a particular emphasis ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2644RELST 2644

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5240 NES 2644   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2670

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2670GOVT 2673HIST 2672

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9395 NES 2670   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9614 NES 2670   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9621 NES 2670   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9625 NES 2670   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9673 NES 2670   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 2722

From the poet-kings of medieval Persia to the trading networks of the famed "Silk Road" to the wandering mystics of Herat to the constitutional revolution of Iran to the colonial and post-colonial occupations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2294MEDVL 2722RELST 2722

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9423 NES 2722   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3175

This course uses the history of the Spanish Inquisition, and the richness of its archival records, to explore the variety of ways in which the pursuit of heresy was intertwined with transforming how knowledge ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3175JWST 3175SHUM 3175

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10242 NES 3175   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10244 NES 3175   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 3204

This course provides students with an orientation to the new technologies reshaping the effort to preserve cultural heritage. The course introduces students to the tools that Geographic Information Systems ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3200ARKEO 3200

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11132 NES 3204   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3519

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 3519NES 6519

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5238 NES 3519   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3523

Islamophobia and Judeophobia are ideas and like all ideas they have a history of their own. Although today many might think of Islamophobia or Judeophobia as unchangeable—fear of and hatred for Islam and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9567 NES 3523   LEC 001

    • R Washington, DC
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3687

This seminar examines the history of the United States' involvement with Middle East beginning with evangelical efforts in the 19th century and President Wilson's engagement with the colonial powers in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9569 NES 3687   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3724

What happens after death? If there is an Afterlife, how is it connected to earthly life? What would the Afterlife actually look like? What role does God or Satan play in the Afterlife? Since the earliest ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9420 NES 3724   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3750

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 3950ARTH 3755ASIAN 3375SHUM 3750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17393 NES 3750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Caswell, P

      Chen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17394 NES 3750   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Caswell, P

      Chen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 3759

This course will address both "Romanesque" and the earliest manifestations of "Gothic" art and architecture as Western Mediterranean phenomena, rather than northern European ones. We will adopt a comparative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 10268 NES 3759   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4320

An introduction both to the History of Art and to an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis through close study of these two works. Beginning with a sampling of Said's Orientalism and its ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4320ARTH 6320NES 6320

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 11138 NES 4320   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4337

This course introduces students to the history, evolution and trajectory of state-labor relations, labor activism, and the politics of unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 4337ILRGL 6337NES 6337

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5927 NES 4337   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bishara, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4537

This course offers a broad survey of contemporary Shi'i beliefs, practices, and politics with a focus on Twelver or Imami Shi'ism. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual and political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9440 NES 4537   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4560

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 in the interdisciplinary area of Near Eastern ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 6560

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3168 NES 4560   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4670

Early states emerged when select groups gained control over wealth and power and institutionalized that control. How this was accomplished is a question of political economy that we can approach ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 4670NES 6670

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9413 NES 4670   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4757

This advanced seminar focuses on the archaeological study of houses, households, families, and communities. How is the study of domestic life transforming our understanding of ancient societies? How can ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 10209 NES 4757   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 4992

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4032 NES 4992   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4033 NES 4992   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4034 NES 4992   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4035 NES 4992   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4036 NES 4992   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4037 NES 4992   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4038 NES 4992   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4039 NES 4992   IND 612

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4040 NES 4992   IND 613

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shoer, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4041 NES 4992   IND 614

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4042 NES 4992   IND 616

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4103 NES 4992   IND 618

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4181 NES 4992   IND 621

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4237 NES 4992   IND 622

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4816 NES 4992   IND 623

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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

  •  4109 NES 4998   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5359 NES 4998   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5360 NES 4998   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5361 NES 4998   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5362 NES 4998   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5363 NES 4998   IND 606

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5364 NES 4998   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5365 NES 4998   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5366 NES 4998   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5367 NES 4998   IND 610

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

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

  •  3657 NES 4999   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5349 NES 4999   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5350 NES 4999   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5351 NES 4999   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5352 NES 4999   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5353 NES 4999   IND 606

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5354 NES 4999   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5355 NES 4999   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5356 NES 4999   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5357 NES 4999   IND 610

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5358 NES 4999   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To request a permission number, please contact Chris Capalongo (cmc40).

NES 6124

Interrogating the notion of the margins, this class will explore works of contemporary Arabic literature that represent voices marginalized within the Arabic-speaking communities in which they are produced. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6124

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10972 NES 6124   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6320

An introduction both to the History of Art and to an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis through close study of these two works. Beginning with a sampling of Said's Orientalism and its ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4320ARTH 6320NES 4320

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 11129 NES 6320   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6337

This course introduces students to the history, evolution and trajectory of state-labor relations, labor activism, and the politics of unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 4337ILRGL 6337NES 4337

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5928 NES 6337   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bishara, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6519

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 3519NES 3519

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5713 NES 6519   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6537

This course offers a broad survey of contemporary Shi'i beliefs, practices, and politics with a focus on Twelver or Imami Shi'ism. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual and political ... view course details

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  •  9449 NES 6537   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6560

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 in the interdisciplinary area of Near Eastern ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4560

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4766 NES 6560   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6670

Early states emerged when select groups gained control over wealth and power and institutionalized that control. How this was accomplished is a question of political economy that we can approach ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 4670NES 4670

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9415 NES 6670   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, C

  • 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

  •  5217 NES 6722   SEM 101

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Near Eastern Studies graduate students.

NES 6724

What happens after death? If there is an Afterlife, how is it connected to earthly life? What would the Afterlife actually look like? What role does God or Satan play in the Afterlife? Since the earliest ... view course details

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  •  9417 NES 6724   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6759

This course will address both "Romanesque" and the earliest manifestations of "Gothic" art and architecture as Western Mediterranean phenomena, rather than northern European ones. We will adopt a comparative ... view course details

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  • 11128 NES 6759   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

NES 6992

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

  •  3658 NES 6992   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3748 NES 6992   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3752 NES 6992   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4043 NES 6992   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4044 NES 6992   IND 606

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4045 NES 6992   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4046 NES 6992   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4047 NES 6992   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4048 NES 6992   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4049 NES 6992   IND 613

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4238 NES 6992   IND 614

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4239 NES 6992   IND 615

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Khatchadourian, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5049 NES 6992   IND 616

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Ozer Griffin, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5150 NES 6992   IND 617

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gocheleishvili, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11643 NES 6992   IND 618

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawrence, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

NES 7757

This advanced seminar focuses on the archaeological study of houses, households, families, and communities. How is the study of domestic life transforming our understanding of ancient societies? How can ... view course details

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  • 10213 NES 7757   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person