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COURSES
The Center offers a wide variety of courses on the Middle East. Courses are regularly given in anthropology, comparative literature, economics, fine arts, history, law, literature, Middle East studies, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.
Modern languages taught at the Center include Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Turkish and Urdu. They are taught at the Elementary through Advanced levels. Medieval Arabic, Colloquial Egyptian and Arabic composition classes are offered. Some undergraduate and graduate course offerings through the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies are taught in Hebrew. Ancient languages taught at NYU include Ancient Egyptian, Akkadian, Aramaic, and Ugaritic.
Fall 2009 Schedule of Classes
HAGOP KEVORKIAN CENTER
As of September 9, 2009
Selected course descriptions can be found here
GSAS courses are listed here. Classes not on the following list must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Sofian Merabet, before they can be credited towards the M.A. degree
You may register via the web at www.albert.nyu.edu or via Torchtone, (212) 995-4747.
Courses with an asterisk require an access code from MEIS (*) or NES (**) in order to register.
GSAS Fall term begins Tuesday, September 8
| Course# | Call# | Course Title | Day & Title | Instructor | Points |
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| ANTHROPOLOGY | |||||
| G77.1636 | 31518 | Anthropology of the Middle East | W 4:55-7:35pm LL1 |
M. Gilsenan | 4.0 |
| G14.3396 | 31701 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality in the Modern Middle East | T 4:55-7:55pm |
N. Guessous | 4.0 |
FINE ARTS |
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| G43. 3513 | 30518 | Islamic Art Before Mongol Invasion | TBA | TBA | 4.0 |
| G43.3514 | 30519 | Islamic Art After Mongol Invasion | TBA | TBA | 4.0 |
| G43. 3516 | 30521 | Egyptian Art | TBA | D. O’Connor | 4.0 |
| G43. 3517 | 30522 | Ancient Near Eastern Art | TBA | D. Hansen | 4.0 |
| G43. 3515 | 30520 | Islamic Art: Theoretical/Thematic Issues | TBA | P. Soucek | 4.0 |
HISTORY |
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| G77.1770 | 31521 | Topics: Childhood in the Middle Ages | W 4:55-7:35 | T. El-Leithy | 4.0 |
LITERATURE |
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| G77.1512 | 30972 | Readings in Ottoman Historical Texts I | T 4:55-7:55 | H. Karatas | 4.0 |
LAW |
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| G77.1854 | 31280 | Islamic Legal Theories | R 4:55-7:35pm |
M. Katz | 4.0 |
MAINTAINING MATRICULATION |
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| G47.4747 | Maintenance of Matriculation | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | |
| Section 001 | 30573 | (For MA Students) | |||
| Section 002 | 30574 | (For PhD Students) | |||
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES |
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| G77.1687 | 30977 | Problems & Methods in Middle Eastern Studies | T 2:00-4:45 |
K. Fahmy | 4.0 |
NEAR EASTERN STUDIES |
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| G68.1720 | 31690 | Reporting the Middle East | M 2:00-4:45 KEV LL2 |
S. Mufti | 4.0 |
| G68.2998 | 30948 | Master’s Thesis Research | ARR | Staff | 1.0-4.0 |
| G68.2997 | 30947 | Independent Study | ARR | Staff | 1.0-4.0 |
POLITICS |
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| G53.2590 | 31254 | Government and Politics of the Middle East | T 4:10-6:00 | F. Kazemi | 4.0 |
| G77. 1855 | 31584 | Islam and Politics | F 9:30-12:00 | M. Pomerantz | 4.0 |
| G77.1612 | 31363 | Topics in Middle Eastern Politics: Transnationalism and the Middle East | R 2:00-4:45 KEV LL1 |
A. Keshavarzian | 4.0 |
| G77.1612 Sec. 2 |
31704 | Topics in Middle Eastern Politics: Modern Iraqi Politics | R 4:55-7:35 |
N. Alahmad | 4.0 |
PERFORMANCE STUDIES |
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| H42.2406 | 77020 | Topics in Politics and Performance: Writing Public and Global Culture | M 6:30- 9:15 | D. Kapchan | 4.0 |
| H42.2320 | 77017 | Topics in Politics and Performance: Cultural Heritage and Human Rights | W 9:30am-12:15pm | D.Kapchan | 4.0 |
RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
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| G77.1750 | 31281 | Shi’i Islam | T 4:55-7:35 KEV LL2 |
P. Chelkowski | 4.0 |
LANGUAGE COURSES |
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| V77.0101 | Elementary Arabic I | MTWR (all) | 4.0 | ||
| Sec. 1 | 74833 | 9:30-10:45 Tisch LC15 |
M. Credi | ||
| Sec. 2 | 74834 | 11:00-12:15 Tisch LC3 |
A. Hassan | ||
| Sec. 3 | 74835 | 2:00-3:15 Tisch lC6 |
A. Hassan | ||
| Sec. 4 | 74836 | 2:00-3:15 194 M 303 |
M. Credi | ||
| Sec. 5 | 74837 | 3:30-4:45 Tisch LC2 |
N. Uthman | ||
| Sec. 6 | 74838 | 11:00-12:15 194 M 301 |
N. Uthman | ||
| V77.0103 | Intermediate Arabic I | MTWR (all) | 4.0 | ||
| Sec. 1 | 74839 | 9:30-10:45 Tisch LC6 |
A. Hassan | ||
| Sec. 2 | 74840 | 11:00-12:15 Tisch LC4 |
M. Credi | ||
| Sec. 3 | 74841 | 2:00-3:15 Tisch LC15 |
N. Uthman | ||
| G77.1005 | 30961 | Advanced Arabic I | MW 12:30-1:45 KEV LL1 |
A. Ferhadi | 4.0 |
| G77.1112 | 30963 | Contemporary Literary and Media Arabic I | MW 3:30-4:45 KEV LL1 |
A. Ferhadi | 4.0 |
| G77.1126 | Arabic Translation | W 2 – 4:45pm KEV LL2 |
H. Halim | 4.0 | |
| G77.1359 | 30967 | Introduction to Ancient Egyptian | TBA | O. Goelet | 4.0 |
| G77.1390 | 30968 | Advanced Egyptian | TBA | O. Goelet | 4.0 |
| V78.0001 | Elementary Hebrew I | TWR | 4.0 | ||
| Sec. 1 | 74883 | 2:00-3:15 | R. Kamelhar | ||
| Sec. 2 | 74884 | 11:00-12:15 | R. Kamelhar | ||
| V78.0002 | 74885 | Elementary Hebrew II | TWR 11:00-12:15 | J. Sagiv | 4.0 |
V78.0003 |
Intermediate Hebrew I | ||||
Sec.1 |
74886 | TWR 9:30-10:45 |
A. Marom | 4.0 | |
| Sec.2 | 74887 | 11:00-12:15 | O. Amihay | 4.0 | |
| V78.0004 | Intermediate Hebrew II | ||||
| Sec. 1 | 74885 | TWR 11:00-12:15 |
A. Marom | 4.0 | |
| V78.0011 | 74890 | Advanced Hebrew I | TR 2:00-3:15 | A. Marom | 4.0 |
| G78.1318 | 30999 | Academic Hebrew I | T (TBA) TR 8:00am-10:45 |
R. Kamelhar | 4.0 |
| V77.0405 | Elementary Hindi I | ||||
| Sec. 1 | 74846 | MTWR 11:00-12:15 48 CS 103 |
G. Ilieva | 4.0 | |
| Sec. 2 | 74847 | MTWR 11:00-12:15 25 W4 C-1 |
B. Aggarwal | 4.0 | |
| V77.0407 | 74848 | Intermediate Hindi I | MW 12:30-3:15 25 W4 C-1 |
G. Ilieva | 4.0 |
| V77.0409 | 74849 | Advanced Hindi I | TBA | G. Ilieva | 4.0 |
| V77.0401 | 70351 | Elementary Persian I | MTWR 9:30-10:45 KEV LL1 |
Staff | 4.0 |
| V77.0403 | 70353 | Intermediate Persian I | TR 11:00-1:45 LL1 |
M. Khorrami | 4.0 |
G77.1415 |
30969 | Advanced Persian Contemporary Literature | MW12:30-1:45 |
M. Khorrami | 4.0 |
| V77.0501 | 70355 | Elementary Turkish I | MTWR |
S. Erol | 4.0 |
| V77.0503 | 74856 | Intermediate Turkish I | MTWR 9:30-10:45 KEV LL2 |
S. Erol | 4.0 |
| G77.1514 | 30973 | Advanced Turkish: Modern Turkish Literature I | TR 2:00-3:15 KEV LL2 | S. Erol | 4.0 |
| G77.1512 | 30971 | Ottoman Turkish I | TBA | H. Karatas | 4.0 |
| V77.0301 | 74844 | Elementary Urdu I | MWTR 11:00-12:15 194 M 210 |
T. Naqvi | 4.0 |
| V77.0303 | 74845 | Intermediate Urdu I | MW 12:30-3:15 | T. Naqvi | 4.0 |
| G77.1107 | 30962 | Advanced Urdu I | TBA | T. Naqvi | 4.0 |
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