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Spring 2010 Courses View printable version PDF
This is a list of all the courses related to the Middle East and offered on campus each semester. They are not automatically applicable to the MES major. Please see the MES major booklet and/or speak to your MES advisors to verify applicability of courses listed as less than 100% Middle East-related. Percent of material that is Middle East-related is indicated in the printable PDF version of the course list.
Anthropology 181 Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam
TuTh 12:30-2 - 285 Cory
4 Units
Instructor: Pandolfo, S.
Cultures of the contemporary Near East, with special emphasis upon Arab populations. Architecture 111 Introduction to Housing: An International Survey
TuTh 12:30-2 - 112 Wurster
3 Units
Instructor: AlSayyad, N.
Introduction to international housing from the Architectural and City Planning perspective. 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. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. Asian American Studies 190 Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
W 3-6 - 136 Barrows
4 Units
Instructor: Bazian, H. A.
This course will attempt to understand Islamophobia as the most recently articulated structural organizing principle for otherness, and its implications domestically on communities effected by and globally with a multifaceted transnational ramification in City and Regional Planning 111 Introduction to Housing: An International Survey
TuTh 12:30-2 - 112 Wurster
3 Units
Instructor: AlSayyad, N.
Housing problems, government housing policy, and housing as a field of urban planning practice. Emphasis on critical International Issues in the Third World and the United States. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. Environmental Design 100 The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies
TTh 5-6:30 - 112 Wurster
4 Units
Instructor: Roy, A.
This course is concerned with the study of cities. Focusing on great cities around the world - from Chicago to Los Angeles, from Rio to Shanghai, from Vienna to Cairo it covers of historical and contemporary patterns of urbanization and urbanism. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above.
French 185 Literature and Colonialism
TuTh12:30-2 - 103 Wheeler
4 Units
Instructor: Britto, K.
Studies in the literature developed in France at the height of the colonial era. The themes of travel, exotisme, neo-civilisation, the reaction of European countries to the discovery of Africa. Prerequisite: French 102 or equivalent. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. Gender & Women's Studies 141 Interrogating global Economic "Development"
TuTh 3:30-5 - 101 Moffit
4 Units
Instructor: Agis, A.
An introduction to women and gender in "development." Addresses theories of "development" (modernization, demographic transition, dependency, world systems, post-development, postcolonial, and transnational feminist): productions and representations of "underdevelopment"; national and international "development" apparatuses; "development" practices about labor, population, resources, environment, literacy, technologies, media; and women's resistance and alternatives. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. Geography C112 History of Development and Underdevelopment
TuTh 2-3:30 - 105 North Gate
4 Units
Instructor: Hart, G P
*Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. History 100 Jews and Muslims
TuTh 2-3:30 - 3 LeConte
4 Units
Instructor: Gottreich, E.R.
The close study of Jewish life and Jewish-Muslim relations as they developed in the Middle East and North Africa from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the present day. 109C The Middle East from the 18th century to the Present
TuTh 3:30-5 - 180 Tan
4 Units
Instructor: Islamoglu, H.
The breaking down of pre-modern empires and the formation of national states in the Arab world, Turkey, Israel, and Iran; Islam and nationalism. IASTP - International and Area Studies 150 Global Peace Building: A Cosmopolitan Approach
M 2-5 - 100 Wheeler
4 Units
Instructor: Sanders, J W
Advanced multidisciplinary research in current issues and topics in international and area studies. Course will focus on specific issues or geographical areas with appropriate comparative material included. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies 109 Model Arab League
W 5:30-7:30 - 106 Wheeler
3 Units
Instructor: Gottreich, E.R.
This class consists of preparation for and participation in the 2007 West Coast Model Arab League. 130 Jews and Muslims
MW 4-530 - 3 LeConte
4 Units
Instructor: Gottreich, E.R.
The close study of Jewish life and Jewish-Muslim relations as they developed in the Middle East and North Africa from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the present day. IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies 119 Building Peace through Engaged Scholarship: Service learning in Local/Global Contexts
TBA - TBA
4 Units
Instructor: Shackford-Bradley, J.
Course will focus on specific issues of current research and issues in the field of peace and conflict studies. Topics will be different each term and reflect the current research of the instructor. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. 127 Human Rights & Global Politics
TuTh 11-12:30 - 170 Barrows
4 Units
Instructor: Shackford-Bradley, J.
An introduction to the developing international promotion and protection of human rights. The course supplies a foundation for understanding legal, political, philosophical, and economic aspects of human rights. We will examine United Nations, regional, a 151 International Conflict: Analysis & Resolution
TBA - TBA
3 Units
Instructor: Sanders, J W
Inspired by the changed meaning of international conflict and the expanding mission of conflict resolution in the post-cold war era, this course will study the contemporary context and issues of conflict by examining the evolution in thinking about conflict resolution. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. Jewish Studies 101 The Cultural Legacies of the Jews
W 10-11 - 2319 Tolman
2 Units
Instructor: Alter, R.
The course is intended to give Jewish studies minors a general introduction to the field through a survey of eight major phases of Jewish cultural experiences. Considered in chronological order and embracing several different relevant disciplines (history Music 139 Topics in Music of the World: Intersection of Judaism and Islam in Music
TuTh 3:30-5 - 125 Morrison
2 Units
Instructor: Seroussi, E.
Surveys the music of different world cultures. The particular culture to be studied will vary. 247 Topics in Ethnomusicology
W 1-4 - 210 Hargrove Lib
4 Units
Instructor: Seroussi, E.
A highly specialized course in ethomusicology Near Eastern Studies 015 Introduction to Near East Art & Archaelogy
MWF 11-12 - 106 Moffit
4 Units
Instructor: Feldmen, M
The 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 to the conquest of the Ne 126 Silk Road Art and Archaeology
TuTh 3:30-5 - 179 Dwinelle
3 Units
Instructor: Mehendale, S.
Outlines 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. 139 Modern Jewish Literatures: Multiculturalism in Modern Jewish Literature
W 3-6 - 219 Dwinelle
4 Units
Instructor: Kronfeld, C.
Trends 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. 146B Islam
TuTh 11-12:30 - 56 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Algar, H.
A comprehensive and detailed introduction to the sources, doctrines, practices, and institutions of Islam, together with their historical development and elaboration in a select number of ethnic and geographic environments and an overview of Islam in the world today. 155 Wonder and the Fantastic:The Thousand and One Nights in World Literary Imagination
TuTh 2-3:30 - 100 Wheeler
3 Units
Instructor: Larkin, M.
After studying the tales themselves and examining their structure and how they fit into the genre of folk literature, we will investigate how the Nights was transmitted, translated, and received in Europe, as a window on 19th-century gender and racial att 190A Exploreres, Archeaologists, and Tourists: Intellectual Adventure in Near Eastern Archeaology
TuTh 9:30-11 - 125 Dwinelle
4 Units
Instructor: Porter , B.
220 Seminar in Near Eastern Art
F 1-4 - 252 Barrows
2-4 Units
Instructor: Feldmen, M
Graduate Seminar on specific aspects of the arts of of Western and Central Asian cultures 24 Freshman Seminar: Ancient Egypt at Berkeley: Egyptian Archeaology in the Hearst Museum
Tu 1-2 - 252 Barrows
1 Units
Instructor: Redmount, C.A.
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from de 24 Islam and Imaginative Literature: The Making of a Problematic Relation
Tu 10-11 - 115 Barrows
1 Units
Instructor: Siddiq, M.
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from de 296 Topics in Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Th 2-5 - 252 Barrows
2, 4 Units
Instructor: Redmount, C.A.
Changing topics involving ancient Egyptian art and archaeology. Focus may be regional, chronological, methodological, and/or thematic. 298 Reading in Modernist Hebrew and Yiddish Poetry and Fiction
M3-6 - 125 Dwinelle
1-4 Units
Instructor: Kronfeld, C.
Special topics in Hebrew. Topics vary and are announced at the beginning of each semester. C135 Jewish Civilization I: The Biblical Period
TuTh 11-12:30 - 100 Wheeler
4 Units
Instructor: Hendel, R.S.
This is the first course in a four-course sequence in the history of Jewish culture and civilization. It covers the biblical period and the period up to the destruction of the second temple. This course will explore the current state of our knowledge, inc R1B Reading and Composition in Ancient Middle Eastern Texts
MW 11-12:30 - 271 Barrows
4 Units
Instructor: Khudonazarova, A.
Expository writing based on analysis of selected masterpieces of ancient Near East in translation, such as the Bible, Code of Hammurabi, Epic of Gilgamesh, etc. NES-Arabic 01B Elementary Arabic
MTWThF 11-12 - 252 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: El-Sherif, M.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with t 01B Elementary Arabic
MTWThF 8-9 - 252 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Hayes, J.L.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with t 01B Elementary Arabic
MTWTHF 10-11 - 129 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: S'hiri, S.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with t 01B Elementary Arabic
MTWThF 12-1 - 252 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: S'hiri, S.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with t 01B Elementary Arabic
MTWThF 3-4 - 111 Kroeber
5 Units
Instructor: S'hiri, S.
This course emphasizes the functional usage of Arabic in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials are presented from the beginning, and students are encouraged to be creative with t 020B Intermediate Arabic
MTWTHF 10-11 - 271 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Bazian, H. A.
This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic 020B Intermediate Arabic
MW 11-12:00 - 279 Dwinelle
5 Units
Instructor: S'hiri, S.
This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic 020B Intermediate Arabic
MTWTHF 1-2 - 271 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: El-Sherif, M.
This course is proficiency oriented. Authentic reading in modern standard and classical Arabic and the understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules are emphasized. Students deliver oral presentations and write academic papers in Arabic 108 Islamic Religious and Philosophical Texts in Arabic
TuTh 3:30-5 - 8A Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Hayes, J.L.
Readings in the basic texts of Islam (Qur'an, Hadith, Sira, commentary) and in theological, mystical, and philosophical texts. 220 Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature
Th 11-2 - 8A Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Larkin, M.
A close reading and careful literary analysis of significant authors and specific topics in Classical Arabic prose or poetry or both. 298 Graduate Seminar
Tu-Th 2-3:30 - 275 Barrows
1-4 Units
Instructor: Siddiq, M.
? NES-Cuneiform 100B Elementary Akkadian
TuTh 9:30-11 - 12 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Pearce, L.E.
Introduction to cuneiform script and grammar, reading of selected cuneiform texts. Sequence begins in fall. Offered alternate years. 103B Selected Readings in Sumerian
TuTh 12:30-2 - 12 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Veldhuis, N.C.
Reading of texts selected for clarity of script, simplicity of vocabulary, and historical and cultural significance. NES-Egyptian 202B Egyptian Text
TuTh 3:30-5 - 18 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Larkin, D.B.
Philological analysis of texts of a single genre and period NES-Hebrew 01B Elementary Hebrew
MTWTF 10-11 - 111 Kroeber
5 Units
Instructor: Boyarin, C.
020B Intermediate Hebrew
TuTh 9:30-11 - 275 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Adler, R.
100B Advanced Hebrew
Tu 2-5 - 252 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Adler, R.
Advanced Hebrew, especially designed for those going on to the study of modern Hebrew literature. Vocabulary building, grammar review, and literary analysis of a sampling of modern texts. 104B Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture
M 2-5 - 252 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Adler, R.
A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, and drama in their cultural and historical contexts. Topics vary from year to year and include literature and politics, eros and gender, memory and nationalism, Middle-Eastern and Europea 107B Biblical Hebrew Texts
TuTh 11-12:30 - 8B Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Boyarin, C.
The tools and procedure of biblical exegesis applied to simple narrative texts. 204 Advanced Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture
M 2-5 - 275 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Kronfeld, C.
Critical approaches to the history and textual practices of modern Hebrew poetry and fiction. Alternating focus between period, genre, and author, seminar topics include stylistic developments in Hebrew poetry and fiction from the Enlightenment to the present, modernism, and modernity, the creation of the modern Hebrew novel, women writers and the Hebrew canon, and single-author seminars. 298 From Sectarianism to Heresy in Second Temple Judaism
Tu 2-5 - 8B Barrows
1 to 4 Units
Instructor: Hendel, R.S.
Special topics in Hebrew. Topics vary and are announced at the beginning of each semester. NES-Persian 011B Reading & Composition for Persian-Speaking Students
MTWThF 9-10 - 271 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Pirnazar, J
Designed for students with rudimentary knowledge of the Persian language: students who have oral skills (speaking/comprehension, though limited), but lack writing and reading abilities, and grammatical and syntactic knowledge. 01B Elementary Modern Persian
MTWThF 9-10 - 252 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Alavi, S.
In this elementary course, students learn basic reading, writing, and conversation skills in Persian. 100B Intermediate Modern Persian
MTWThF 10-11 - 252 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Pirnazar, J.
The student will further develop major skills of the language: reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. 101B Selected Readings in Persian Literature
TuTh 12:30-2 - 104 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Pirnazar, J.
Readings in both prose and poetry, drawn chiefly from classical Persian literature, designed to increase reading skills and vocabulary and to provide a transition to the study of more challenging texts. 103B Classical Persian Poetry
TuTh 9:30-11 - 115 Kroeber
3 Units
Instructor: Ahmadi, S.
Systematic study of poems belonging to all genres of classical Persian poetry, with consideration of questions of prosody, rhetoric, and style. 105 Modern Analytical Prose in Persian
TuTh 3:30-5 - 275 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Ahmadi, S.
This course deals with modern/contemporary critical theory, literary history, aesthetics and philosophy, and various theories of literary and cultural criticism in Persian. It concentrates on selected modern analytical, discursive, and expository texts in Persian. The course explores, from an inter- and multi-disciplinary perspective, how different movements, genres, and rhetorical aspects of modern/contemporary literature and culture have been perceived, historically contextualized, and critically positioned within the larger intellectual and scholarly domain in Persian. All texts will be read in the original Persian. 200B Advanced Pesian
TuTh 2-3:30 - 271 Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Algar, H.
Advanced topics in Persian literature from various periods of Persian culture and literary history. NES-Semitics 205B Ugaritic
M 3-6 - 8B Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Hayes, J.L.
This two course sequence will study the epigraphic remains of the Northwest Semitic languages. Second semester topics will vary from year to year. Possible topics include: Canaanite dialects; El-Amarna Akkadian, Eblaite. The inscriptions will be studied b NES-Turkish 01B Elementary Modern Turkish
MTWTHF 10-11 - 8A Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Algar, A.
100B Intermediate Modern Turkish
MTWThF 11-12 - 290 Barrows
5 Units
Instructor: Algar, A.
101B Reading Modern Turkish
MW 3-4:30 - 8A Barrows
3 Units
Instructor: Algar, A.
Religious Studies 90B Introductory Topics in Religious Studies: Islam
W 2-5 - 50 Birge
4 Units
Instructor: Bazian, H. A.
The purpose of this class is to introduce you to some of the major interpretive approaches currently used in religious studies. We will go back and forth between case studies and some of the theorists they are reading and dialoguing with. *Applicable to the MES major if all three papers are written on a Middle Eastern topic. Historical review of the development of world economic systems and the impact of these developments on less advanced countries. *33% courses with faculty advisor's permission for major only. For minor, must be 50% or above. C104 Babylonian Religion
TuTh 2-3:30 - 179 Dwinelle
3 Units
Instructor: Veldhuis, N.C.
A survey of Babylonian religious beliefs and practices based on indigenous texts and monuments. Also listed as Near Eastern Studies C104 C132 Jewish Civilization I: The Biblical Period
Tuth 11-12:30 - 100 Wheeler
4 Units
Instructor: Zakovitch, Y
This is the first course in a four-course sequence in the history of Jewish culture and civilization. It covers the biblical period and the period up to the destruction of the second temple. This course will explore the current state of our knowledge, inccluding the legacy of ancient Near Eastern myth and religion, the history of Israelite religion, the literary features of biblical narrative, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. South Asian Studies 144 Islam in South Asia
TuTh 12:30-2 - 209 Dwinelle
4 Units
Instructor: Faruqui, M.D.
The aim of this course on the culture and history of Muslim communities and institutions in South Asia is to introduce students to the broad historical currents of the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, the nature of Muslim political authority, the interaction between religious communities, Islamic aesthetics and contributions to material culture, the varied engagements and reactions of Muslims to colonial rule, and the contemporary concerns of South Asia's Muslims. While this is a lecture course, ample time will be set aside for discussion and the active engagement of participants will be expected. Lectures will be supplemented with visual material, music, and movies where possible. 250 Debating the Mughal Empire
Tu 3-6 - 108 Wheeler
4 Units
Instructor: Faruqui, M.D.
This course is designed to provide a dual chronological and thematic approach to the study of one of the greatest empires in human civilization: the Mughal Empire. Although the bulk of this course will focus on the Mughal Empire during its heyday between the 1550s and the early 1700s, careful attention will be paid to the larger historical and geographical contexts that both enabled the emergence and, ultimately, decentralization of Mughal power. In so doing, this course will not only study South Asia’s complex history on its own terms but also examine the intricate web of political, economic and social links that connected South Asia to the rest of the world. Simultaneously, this course will also pay particular attention to a series of common misconceptions that dog the study of pre-modern Islamic polities.
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