Schedule of Classes Graduate / Fall 2010 / Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

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(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03
Open
57 / 999 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif
 

IMES Elective Courses

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
AAAS 126B 1 Political Economy of the Third World
[ nw ss wi ]
T 4:40 PM–7:30 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03
Open
68 / 999 / 0
Nyangoni, Wellington
ANTH 118B 1 Cultures of the Middle East
[ ss ]
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Brown Social Science Center224
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Rossoukh, Ramyar
ARBC 103A 1 Advanced Literary Arabic I
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
Students closed out of this course shoud email Prof. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Director of Arabic Language Program, eltobgui@brandeis.edu, for admission.
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Elewa, Ahmed
ARBC 106A 1 Fourth Level Advanced Arabic I
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
5 / 15 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif
FA 153A 1 Israeli Art and Visual Culture: Forging Identities Between East and West
[ ca ]
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Pollack Fine Arts 007
Open
8 / 30 / 0
Ankori, Gannit
NEJS 185A 1 Topics in Israeli Social and Political History
[ hum ]
Topic for fall 2010: Conflict and Consensus in Israeli Society. Focuses on key issues in shaping the Israeli experience, including Zionist colonization; immigrant absorption; the uses of collective memory of the ancient past and of the Holocaust; political proposals for resolving the conflict; the 1948 war and responsibility for the refugee problems; and whether or how Israel can be both democratic and Jewish. Parallel narratives and comparative perspectives will be extensively used. Course will be conducted as a seminar.
Not recommended for first year students.
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Mandel Ctr for Humanities328
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Troen, Selwyn K.
NEJS 253A 1 Zionism and Its Critics: Contested Visions of Jewish Nationalism
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Sheppard, Eugene R
POL 145B 1 The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe and the United States
[ ss ]
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr212
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Klausen, Jytte
SOC 119A 1 War and Possibilities of Peace
[ ss ]
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr219
Open
58 / 999 / 0
Fellman, Gordon A
SOC 124B 1 Israeli Society
[ ss ]
Not recommended for first year students.
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM
Pearlman Hall 203
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Smooha, Sammy
 

IMES Elective Courses: Modern Period

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
HIST 111A 1 History of the Modern Middle East
[ ss ]
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203
Open
27 / 999 / 0
Sohrabi, Naghmeh
POL 164A 1 Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East
[ ss ]
Instructor's Signature Required
F 9:10 AM–12:00 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr201
Open
Consent Req.

26 / 999 / 0
Feldman, Shai
 

IMES Elective Courses: Classical Period

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
NEJS 194B 1 Sufi Teachings
[ hum nw ]
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Open
20 / 999 / 0
Nair, Shankar