Spring 2005 Courses

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DepartmentCourse NumberSectionCourse TitleUnitsInstructorME ContentCrosslisted AsDate/TimeCourse DescriptionLocation
African American Studies04B1Africa: History and Culture4Nwokeji, G25%TuTh 12:30-2180 Tan
African American Studies112B1Political and Economic Development in the Third World4Hintzen, P25%MW 12:00-2100 Wheeler
Anthropology1891Special Topics: Feminist Theory and Post Colonialism4Mahmood, S33%TuTh 9:30- 11Examines major developments within feminist theory in the twentieth century and its encounters with different arrangements of gender hierarchy within disparate cultures. Some of the themes we will explore are race, nationalism, ethnicity, and sexuality.115 Kroeber
Anthropology250X2Special Topics: Modern Discourses on Religion4Hirschkind, C K33%Tu 12-2 The aim of this course is to introduce students to a variety of theoretical approaches in the study of religion. This is not a survey course, but organized so as to provide an in-depth analysis of certain texts that have become touchstones within theoretical debates about religion across various fields. In this regard, the readings explore a set of themes that include power, subject formation, performativity, agency, historiography, and postcolonial criticism.15 2224 Piedmont
Anthropology250-X1The State, Medicine, and the Middle Eastern 'Body'4Weiss, M100%TBATBA
Architecture1111Introduction to Housing: An International Survey3AlSayyad, N33%CP 111TuTh 12:30-2Examines housing issues (social, cultural, and policy) ranging from micro-scale (house) to macro-scale (city) presented with a comparison of housing situations in developed and developing countries.112 Wurster
Architecture170B1History, Architecture and Urbanism4James-Chakraborty25%TuTh 12:30-2Examines the history of architecture and urbanism from the Renaissance to the present. Although the focus is on high-style architecture in Europe and the United States, attention will also be given to Asia, Africa, the South Pacific, and Latin America, and to vernacular architecture.155 Dwinelle
Architecture1791Proseminar in the History of Architecture1-4James-Chakraborty33%TBATBA
Architecture219A1Housing and Urbanism in Developing Countries3AlSayyad, N33%CP 231Thu 9:30 - 12:30Study of physical, economic, social, political and cultural landscapes. Focus on the landscape of housing, urbanization, and on the diverse trajectories of developing countries, "First World" experiences will also be used to illuminate the specific transnational connections that mark the turn of the century.314 Wurster
City and Regional Planning1111Introduction to Housing: An International Survey3AlSayyad, N33%Arch 111TuTh 12:30-2Housing problems, government housing policies, and housing as an urban planning practice.112 Wurster
City and Regional Planning2311Housing and Urbanism in Developing Countries3AlSayyad, N33%Arch 219ATu 9:30-11314B Wurster
City and Regional Planning290D1Urban Planning and Nation Building in Israel3Amir, S.100%MW 12:30-2See MES 130314B Wurster
Classics010B1Introduction to Roman Civilization4Murphy, T M25%MWF 11-12Study of the major developments, achievements, and contradictions in Greek culture from the Bronze Age to the 4th century BCE. Greek culture in relation to other ancient Mediterranean cultures.101 Moffitt
Comparative Literature1702Wonder and the Fantastic: The 'Thousand and One Nights' in World Literary Imgination1-4Larkin, M100%TuTh 2-3:30In-depth study of the text of the Thousand and One Nights and examines its reception by the West and its profound influence on Western literature and the Western notion of the Oriental “other."166 Barrows
Development Studies1001History of Development and Underdevelopment4Hart, G P50%Geog 112MW 10-12This course examines how concepts and theories of "development" have been produced, maintained, used, and challenged in different regions of the world. It will offer a framework for understanding how changing and contending theories both reflect and shape social processes and practices.105 North Gate
Environmental Design1001The City4Roy, A25%TTh 5-6:30Introduce key theories that constitute the interdisciplinary domain of urban studies. It is also a "great cities" course, grounding theoretical analysis in urban case-studies. It argues that the urban future of the new millennium is located in the global South and that some of the most interesting critical theories of our time are emerging from this context.112 Wurster
French103A1Language and Culture: L'Orient et l'Occident dans la litterature francaise et maghrebine4Tlatli, TS33%TuTh 11-12:30Dans ce cours nous étudierons la manière dont l'Orient est dépeint dans la littérature française du dix-neuvième et du vingtième siècle, puis la manière dont la France est représentée dans les écrits d'auteurs Maghrébins. Nous lirons parmi d'autres les récits de Maupassant, Flaubert, Isabelle Eberardt et André Gide. Dans un second moment nous considèrerons les textes de Tahar Ben Jelloun, Nabile Farès et Leila Sebbar.289 Dwinelle
French2511Francophone Literature:France/Algérie -- L'écriture de l'histoire4Tlatli, TS100%Tu 3-6Le but de ce séminaire est d'analyser la manière dont l'écriture de l'histoire, en Algérie et en France, participent à diverses formes de nationalisme, des deux côtés de la mediterranée. Nous traiterons le rapport entre nationalisme, impérialisme et colonisation pendant le 19ème siècle français, puis la mémoire de la guerre d'Algérie dans les années 2000. Nous analyserons le rapport entre le nationalisme littéraire, l'écriture de la guerre et la relecture de l'histoire dans la fiction maghrébine.201 Wheeler
Geography1301Natural Resources and Population4Sayre, N F33%TuTh 2-3:30The role of natural resources in the world economy, national development and human welfare focusing on the Third World. The origins of scarcity and abundance, population growth and migration, hunger and poverty.141 McCone
GeographyC1121History of Development and Underdevelopment *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic.4Hart, G P50%DS 100MW 10-12See DS 100105 North Gate
German2681Aspects of Literary and Cultural History: German Orientalism4Gokturk, D100%M 1-4Edward Said described the German variant of "Orientalism" as scholarly and imaginary. Unlike the British or French, German interests in the Near East were not directly correlated with an imperialist colonial presence. This seminar will examine the reasons why "Orientalist" phantasies and philology nonetheless flourished in the German-speaking world. In order to limit the otherwise huge scope of the topic from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, we will focus particularly on the Muslim world and on Turkish, Arabic, and Persian cultures as refracted through German lenses. Edward Said's Orientalism is prerequisite reading.282 Dwinelle
History1006Making of Market Society in 19th Century Ottoman Empire4Islamoglu, H100%MES 130.002, IAS 150MWF 3-4The course is premised on the argument that historically, the emergence of market societies since the 18th century have been inextricably linked to the phenomenon of central bureaucratic states which over time took on the character of welfare or developmentalist states. The course will study such processes of globalization or Europeanization from the perspective of new rules of governance.156 Dwinelle
History109C1The Middle East from 1750 to the Present4Tamari, S100%TuTh 3:30-5The breaking of pre-modern empires and the formation of national states in the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran; Islam and nationalism.166 Barrows
History280F3Special Topic: Biography and Social History4Tamari, S100%W 4-6This seminar will attempt to investigate problems in the modern and early modern urban social history of the Middle East through the prism of biography and autobiographical literature. Participants will read and discuss a number of interpretive texts as well as original diaries, memoirs and autobiographies from a number of Middle Eastern countries.192 Barrows
HistoryC175B1The Jews of the Modern World4Efron, JM33%Relig Stud C135 and UGIS C155TuTh 12:30 - 2We will examine the impact of modern intellectual, political, economic, and social forces on the Jewish people. It is our aim to come to an understanding of how the Jews interpreted these forces and how and in what ways they adapted and utilized them to suit the Jewish experience.219 Dwinelle Hall
IASTP-International Studies0451Survey of World History4Karras, A25%TuTh 11-12:30Begins with the ancient world and medieval worlds, but emphasizes world developments and explores the ways in which empires were formed and operated since 1400 CE.2060 VLSB
IASTP-International Studies1501Making of Market Society in 19th Century Ottoman Empire4Islamoglu, H100%Hist 100.06, MES 130.2MWF 3-4 See History 100.06156 Dwinelle
IASTP-International Studies1801Current Issues: Issues in Foreign Policy after 9/112,3Weber, S33%M 4-7The course will present a multidisciplinary prespective on specific subjects with the intent of lining students with scholars and scholarship involved in understanding and explaining current international issues100GSP
IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies0201Middle East Perspectives2Abukhalil, A100%Th 4-6Seminar designed to introduce beginning undergraduates to topics of importance to students interested in the Middle East.122 Wheeler
IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies0981Directed Group Study: Model Arab League2AlSayyad, N100%W 4-7This class consists of preparation for and participation in the 2005 West Coast Model Arab League. Freshmen and sophomores take the class as MES 98 and juniors and seniors as MES 198.TBA
IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies1301Urban Planning and Nation Building in Israel3Amir, S100%MW 12:30-2Examines urban and regional development policies and plans in Israel while providing an historical analysis of the cultural and political forces that affected the transformation of Israel during the last two generations.314B Wurster
IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies1302Cross-Listed Topic: Making of Market Society in 19th Century Ottoman Empire4Islamoglu100%Hist 100.06, IAS 150MWF 3-4See History 100.06156 Dwinelle
IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies1981Directed Group Study: Model Arab League2AlSayyad, N100%TBAThis class consists of preparation for and participation in the 2005 West Coast Model Arab League. Freshmen and sophomores take the class as MES 98 and juniors and seniors as MES 198.TBA
IASTP-Middle Eastern StudiesH195A1Senior Honors Thesis1-4TBA100%TBATBA
IASTP-Middle Eastern StudiesH195B1Senior Honors Thesis1-4100%See IASTP in 101 Stephens Hall for required forms
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies1001Peace Theory: Approaches and Analyses3Sanders, J W33%TuTh 3-6Explores questions of peace and conflict within the integrative framework and reflexive approach of critical theory. Will interrogate issues of structure and agency, ethics and power, and modernity and post-modernity.30 Wheeler
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies1191Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Issues: Economic and Social Justice 3Wilson, JO33%M 3-6Goal of this seminar is to build an alternative model to the conventional models for achieving greater social justice in our economic systems. 110 Wheeler
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies127B1Human Rights4Gurowitz, A33%TuTh 9:30-11Examines in-depth issues such as humanitarian intervention, international criminal justice, international law, human rights, economic rights, immigration and US foreign policy.123 Wheeler
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies1511International Conflict: Analysis and Resolution3Sanders, JW25%TuTh 9:30- 11Examines the global context of conflict today and the increasing role of the international community in conflict resolution, peace building, peacemaking and peacekeeping. 56 Barrows
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies1541Multi-Cultural Conflict Resolution4Ng, E25%TuTh 3:30-5Examines how various cultural backgrounds and sociopolitical factors in the U.S. affect conflict at the individual, group and organizational level.110 Wheeler
IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies164B1Nonviolence Today3Nagler, M25%TuTh 11-12:30TBA
Journalism2981Arab, Muslims and the War on Terror4Andoni, L100%TBATBA
Music1321Music of the Middle East4Brinner, BE100%TuTh 12:30-2Music of the Middle East, including folk, art, popular, and religious music of the Pan-Islamic and Israeli traditions.125 Morrison
Near Eastern Studies0151Introduction to Near East Art & Archaelogy4Feldman, M100%TuTh 3:30-5The ancient Near East (present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey) is considered the 'cradle of civilization.' This course surveys the major archaeological sites and monuments from the earliest settlements in the Neolithic (10,000-6000 BCE) down to the conquest of the Near East by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.271 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies102B1Archaeology of Ancient Egypt4Redmount, C100%TuTh 3:30-5A survey of the archaeological materials available for the reconstruction of Egyptian culture and society. A. Early prehistory through the First Intermediate Period. B. The Middle and New Kingdoms. Special emphasis will be given to current archaeological theories and recent discoveries.271 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies105A1Ancient Mesopotamian Documents and Literature4Veldhuis, NC100%TuTh 12:30-2A representative survey of original 3rd-1st millennium Cuneiform texts in translation. A. The Sumerian religious and scholastic tradition; myths of creation, hymns, epics and early historical material. B. Assyro-Babylonian historical and legal documents and private and royal correspondence; kingship and the cult; divination, astrology and magic; the classic literary works.140 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies1261Art and Archaeology of the Silk Road3Mehendale, S100%TuTh 11-12:30Outlines the art and archaeology of the Silk Roads from 5th century BCE to 10th century CE. Specific sites along the Silk Roads will be explored in depth. Special attention paid to eclecticism in Silk Road cultures brought about by movement of people.189 Dwinelle
Near Eastern Studies1271Land of Civilizations: The Art and Archaelogy4Feldman, M100%MW 4-5:30This course explores the diverse ancient cultures of Syria. It focuses on archaeology and art from the Neolithic Period to 500 BCE in order to reconstruct a picture of the anicent social, religious and political situations. 271 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies1391Modern Jewish Literatures3Kronfield, C50%W 2-5Trends and genres in modern Jewish literatures--translated from Hebrew and Yiddish, with selected texts translated from other Jewish languages like Ladino and Judeo-Arabic. Focus will be on developments in Jewish literary traditions since the enlightenment in the context of tensions between occidental and oriental formations of Jewish culture.50 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies143B1Islam in Iran3Algar, H100%TuTh 11-12:30A general survey of the religious history of Iran in the Islamic period, covering the rise and development of religious institutions, the elaboration of the religious sciences, Sufism, and sectarian movements.122 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies15511001 Nights World Literature3Larkin, M100%TuTh 2- 3:30See Comp Lit 170166 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies1601Religions of Ancient Iran3Schwartz, M100%TuTh 12:30-2Principally devoted to Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism but with some attention to Indo-Iranian origins, and relevance of Iranian religion for the history of Hellenistic Gnosticism, Judaism, and Islam.104 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies190I1Iranian/Persian4Pirnazar, J100%Th 3:30-6:30188 Dwinelle
Near Eastern Studies190-I1Film and Fiction of Iran4Pirnazar, J100%Film 160.003Th 3:30 - 6:30This course is designed to explore the artistic narration emerging from Iran as expressed in fiction (the short story and the novel) and film. We shall examine the development, expanse, and limitations of both forms through the study of main cultural and literary themes of Iranian social history in the 20th century.188 Dwinelle
Near Eastern Studies1991Supervised Independent Study1-4Hayes, JL100%TBATBA
Near Eastern Studies2001Graduate Proseminar1Keller, C A100%W 12-1252 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies2971Topics in Ancient Ceramics of Egypt and the Levant2,4Redmount, C100%W 1-4271 Barrows
Near Eastern Studies2981Seminar: Readings in Ottoman Texts1-4Peirce, L100%TBATBA
NES-Arabic001B1Elementary Arabic5TBA100%MTWThF 11-12206 Wheeler
NES-Arabic001B1Elementary Arabic5TBA100%MTWThF 9-10279 Dwinelle
NES-Arabic001B1Elementary Arabic5TBA100%MTWThF 10-112 Evans
NES-Arabic020B1Intermediate Arabic5Staff100%MTWThF 10-11205 Wheeler
NES-Arabic020B2Intermediate Arabic5Staff100%MTWThF 9-10271 Barrows
NES-Arabic100B1Advanced Arabic3Siddiq, M100%Tu Th 9:30-11201 Wheeler
NES-Arabic1071Arabic Historical and Geographical Texts3Hayes, J100%MW 4-5:30Readings from classical historians and geographers and from contemporary scholarship. Development of historiography.189 Dwinelle
NES-Arabic1991Supervised Independent Study and Research1-4TBA100%TBATBA
NES-Arabic2021History of Arabic3Hayes, JL100%M 1-4The history of Arabic from its Semitic antecedents through the formation of the modern dialects.271 Barrows
NES-Arabic2121Topics in Modern Arabic Literature3Siddiq, M100%T 1-4252 Barrows
NES-Arabic2201Classic Arabic Literature3Larkin, M100%Tu 4-7115 Barrows
NES-Arabic2981Graduate Seminar1-4Monroe, J T100%Tu 2-5192 Barrows
NES-Arabic2981Seminar: The Shadow Plays of Ibn Dniyal3Monroe, J T100%Th 2-5192 Barrows
NES-Cuneiform1981Directed Group Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-CuneiformH1951Senior Honors Thesis2-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Egyptian100B1Intermediate Egyptian5Keller, C A100%TuTh 11-12:30271 Barrows
NES-Egyptian1981Directed Group Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Egyptian1991Supervised Independent Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Egyptian202B1Egyptian Texts3Keller, C A100%TBAPhilological analysis of texts from a single genre and period.TBA
NES-EgyptianH1951Senior Honors Thesis2-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Hebrew001B1Elementary Hebrew5Boyarin, C100%MTWThF 10-11271 Barrows
NES-Hebrew001B1Elementary Hebrew5Boyarin, C100%MTWThF 10-11271 Barrows
NES-Hebrew020B1Intermediate Hebrew5Adler, R100%TTh 11-12:30 MW 11-12271 Barrows
NES-Hebrew020B1Intermediate Hebrew5Adler, R100%TuTh11-12:30, MW 11-12252 Barrows
NES-Hebrew100B1Advanced Hebrew3Adler, R100%TuTh 12:30-2271 Barrows
NES-Hebrew104B1Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture3Kronfield, C100%M 2-5An introductory study of selected topics in Hebrew literature from the European Enlightenment to contemporary Israeli poetry and fiction.252 Barrows
NES-Hebrew106B1Elementary Biblical Hebrew3Boyarin, C100%TuTh 11-12:3080 Barrows
NES-Hebrew195H1Senior Honors2-4TBA100%TBATBA
NES-Hebrew1981Directed Group Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Hebrew1991Supervised Independent Study1-4Adler, R100%TBATBA
NES-Hebrew1991Supervised Independent Study1-4Alder, R100%TBATBA
NES-Hebrew201B1Advanced Biblical Hebrew Text3Adler, R100%W 2-5The exegesis of a biblical book in the light of its ancient Near Eastern background.80 Barrows
NES-Hebrew202B1Advanced Late Antique Hebrew Texts3Adler, R100%Tu 10-1Historical and literary study of Hebrew and Aramaic Judaic texts (e.g., Talmud and Midrash).602 Barrows
NES-Hebrew204B1Advanced Modern Hebrew Texts3Alter, RB100%Th 2-5Examines the evolution of prose style in Hebrew fiction from the Haskalah to the late 1970s.190 Barrows
NES-Hebrew2982Seminar1-4Hendel, R S100%Tu 2-5102 Barrows
NES-HebrewH1951Senior Honors Thesis2-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Iranian110B1Middle Persia3Schwartz, M100%TuTh 3:30-5C337 Cheit
NES-Persian001B1Elementary Modern Persian5Staff100%MTWThF206 Wheeler
NES-Persian001B2Elementary Modern Persian5Staff100%MTWThF 10-11206 Wheeler
NES-Persian100B1Intermediate Modern Persian5Pirnazar, J100%MTWTF 10-11222 Wheeler
NES-Persian101B1Selected Readings in Persian Literature3Pirnazar, J100%TuTh 12:30-2279 Dwinelle
NES-Persian1981Directed Group Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Persian1991Supervised Independent Study (Sections)1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Persian200B1Advanced Persian3Algar, H100%TuTh 3:30-580 Barrows
NES-Persian2981Seminar1-4TBA100%TBATBA
NES-PersianH1951Senior Honors Thesis2-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Semitics100B1Aramaic3Hayes, JL100%MWF 11-12202 Wheeler
NES-Turkish001B1Elementary Modern Turkish5Algar, A100%MTWTF 10-11111 Kroeber
NES-Turkish100B1Intermediate Modern Turkish5Algar, A100%MTWTF 11-12129 Barrows
NES-Turkish101B1Reading Modern Turkish3Algar, A100%MWF 12-1115 Barrows
NES-Turkish1981Directed Group Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-Turkish1991Supervised Independent Study1-4Staff100%TBATBA
NES-TurkishH1951Senior Honors Thesis2-4Staff100%TBATBA
Political Science124A1War and Politcs in History4Hassner, RE33%TuWTh 3-4Introduce students to theories of war from within International Relations theory and examines several pressing issues relating to modern warfare: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, genocide, civil war, humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping.120 Latimer
Political Science149C1Special Topics in Area Studies: Modernization in Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan4Zahedi, D.100%MW 4-5:30Our aim is to analyze and compare the modernization processes in each country and to examine the explanatory variables that can potentially account for the varying modernization trajectories in each nation.170 Barrows
Political Science202A1Theories of Development and Political Change4Chaudhry, KA33%Tu 12-2 The aim of this seminar is to present students with a historically grounded genealogy of theories of development and expose them to the central debates in the field.791 Barrows
Religious StudiesC1351Jewish Civilization: Modern Period4Efron, JM33%Hist C175B and UGIS C155TuTh 12:30-2See History C175B219 Dwinelle
Rhetoric1721Rhetoric of Social Theory: Western Social Theory & Orientalism4Bhandari, R50%MWF 2-3This course will attempt a critical interrogation of Western social theory in terms of its representation mainly of the "Orient". This will be an attempt not to condemn the representation of cultural others as biased but to understand such representation as constitutive of self-identity and imbricated with power. While the focus of this course will be historical, we will conclude with a study of the modern representation of the Muslim world.223 Dwinelle
Undergrad Interdisciplinary StudiesC1550The Jews of the Modern World4Efron, JM33%Hist C175B and Relig Stud C135TuTh 12:30 - 2See Hist C175B218 Dwinelle Hall