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

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Notes for Graduate Students

Continuation Class Please refer to the University Bulletin for specific details regarding registration. Students who should register for CONT 500a Full-time Graduate Research should use sage class #3633; students who should register for CONT 450a Part-time Graduate Research should use sage class #3710. To view course description, please click on the course # link.

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
4678 IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]
Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03
Open
57 / 999 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif
 

IMES Elective Courses

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
4038 AAAS 126B 1 Political Economy of the Third World
[ nw ss wi ]
Block S5
T 4:40 PM–7:30 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03
Open
68 / 999 / 0
Nyangoni, Wellington
6493 ANTH 118B 1 Cultures of the Middle East
[ ss ]
Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Brown Social Science Center224
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Rossoukh, Ramyar
4868 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.
Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
9 / 15 / 0
Elewa, Ahmed
5766 ARBC 106A 1 Fourth Level Advanced Arabic I
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Block C
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
5 / 15 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif
6223 FA 153A 1 Israeli Art and Visual Culture: Forging Identities Between East and West
[ ca ]
Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Pollack Fine Arts 007
Open
8 / 30 / 0
Ankori, Gannit
6154 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.
Confl&Consensus:IsraeliSociety:
Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Mandel Ctr for Humanities328
Open
14 / 15 / 0
Troen, Selwyn K.
6176 NEJS 253A 1 Zionism and Its Critics: Contested Visions of Jewish Nationalism
Block S2
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Sheppard, Eugene R
6717 POL 145B 1 The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe and the United States
[ ss ]
Block S2
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr212
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Klausen, Jytte
5359 SOC 119A 1 War and Possibilities of Peace
[ ss ]
Block P
T,F 3:10 PM–4:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr219
Open
58 / 999 / 0
Fellman, Gordon A
6282 SOC 124B 1 Israeli Society
[ ss ]
Not recommended for first year students.
Block N
T,F 1:40 PM–3:00 PM
Pearlman Hall 203
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Smooha, Sammy
 

IMES Elective Courses: Modern Period

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
6296 HIST 111A 1 History of the Modern Middle East
[ ss ]
Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203
Open
27 / 999 / 0
Sohrabi, Naghmeh
4708 POL 164A 1 Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East
[ ss ]
Instructor's Signature Required
Block S7
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

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
6598 NEJS 194B 1 Sufi Teachings
[ hum nw ]
Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Open
20 / 999 / 0
Nair, Shankar