Please note:
- All listings are subject to change, and this list may not be comprehensive.
- Consult the online course catalog for each school for up-to-date course information including locations and new and additional offerings, and to double-check course times.
- Courses at other schools often start earlier than GSAS courses. Please check with those schools for specific start times. Courses offered outside FAS and the Divinity School also require cross registration.
- Courses highlighted in GREEN satisfy the premodern ME History and Culture requirement for the AM degree.
- Courses highlighted in BLUE satisfy the modern ME History requirement for the AM degree.
- Courses marked with an *ASTERISK are seminar courses.
- Courses in the “Electives of Interest” section do NOT satisfy the Middle East-related CMES requirement. They are included due to faculty or content that may be relevant to your interests. You are welcome to enroll in these courses as an elective.
FAS/GSAS
*ARABIC 246R. Sicily, Spain (al-Andalus), and Maghreb in the Arab Mediterranean: Seminar
Granara
W 12:45-2:45
COMPLIT 114. Mysticism and Literature
Giron Negron
W 9:00-11:45
GENED 1008. Power and Identity in the Middle East
Cammett
T/TH 1:30-2:45
GOV 1106. The Political Economy of Israel
Krampf
T/TH 1:30-2:45
HAA 12Y. Genghis Khan and his Successors: Art in the Wake of the Mongol Conquests
Roxburgh
M/W 1:30-2:45
*HAA 126V. Arts, Artifacts, Architecture: Ottoman Visual and Material Cultures between East and West
Necipoglu
T 12:00-2:45
*HAA 223M. A Connected Architectural and Urban History of Early Modern Empire: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
Necipoglu
TH 3:00-5:45
*HAA 224M. Drawing in the Islamic Lands
Roxburgh
TH 9:00-11:45
HIST 1009. The Making of the Modern Middle East
Bsheer
T/TH 10:30-11:45
HIST 1018. Coffee and the Nighttime: History and Politics, 1400-2020
Kafadar
T/TH 12:00-1:15
HIST 1039. First Empires: Power and Propaganda in the Ancient World
Pizzorno
M/W 3:00-4:15
*HIST 2004. Understanding Political Economy: The View from the Middle East and South Asia
Bsheer
TH 12:45-2:45
Note: Permission required
*HIST 2884. Topics in Ottoman Social and Cultural History
Kafadar
W 3:00-5:45
ISLAMCIV 110. Major Works of Islamic Civilizations
El-Rouayheb
T 12:00-2:45
ISLAMCIV 111. Transforming Tradition: Islamic Education in the Modern Muslim World
Elston
T/TH 10:30-11:45
JEWISHST 152. Renaissance and Revolution: Judaism, Zionism, and Israel
TBA
T 9:00-11:45
*MES 299B. Master's Thesis—Middle Eastern Studies
Granara TBA
Note: Permission required; for AM thesis writers only
MODMDEST 121. Revolutions in the Modern History of the Middle East
Samir Seikaly
W/F 10:30-11:45
Note: Permission required
*MODMDEST 214. The Arab Nadha
Samir Seikaly
TH 3:00-5:45
Note: Permission required; 3 years Arabic required
*RELIGION 2800. The Emergence of Islam: Contours and Controversies
Goudarzi
W 3:00-5:00
HDS
*HDS 1834. Archaeology and History of Israel/Palestine from the Second Temple to the Early Islamic Period
Bazzana
TH 3:00-4:59
HDS 3059. Islam and the Age of Democracy: Origins, Continuity, and Change
Abdur-Rashid
M/W 12:00-1:15
HKS
IGA 655. Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
Masoud
T/TH 1:30-2:45
DPI 398. Islam and the Age of Democracy: Origins, Continuity, and Change
Abdur-Rashid
M/W 12:00-1:15
HLS
HLS 2358. Introduction to Islamic Law
Stilt
TH/F 10:45-12:15
Note: 3 units
HLS 3122. Law, Human Rights, and Social Justice in Israel and Palestine
Waheedi
W 4:15-6:15
Note: 1 unit reading group
MIT
MIT SP.258. MISTI: Middle East Cross-Border Development and Leadership
Dolev
TBA
*MIT 4.612. Islamic Architecture and the Environment
Gupta
TBA
Note: Permission required
*MIT 4.617. Topics in Islamic Urban History
Rabbat
TBA
Note: Permission required
MIT 3.993. Archaeology of the Middle East
Price
TBA
MIT 21H.161. The Modern Middle East
Alimagham
TBA
MIT 21H.330. Ancient Empires: Persians and Greeks in Antiquity
Williams Forte
TBA
MIT 21H.365. Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East
Ekmekcioglu
TBA
Tufts
EIB B227. Islamic Banking and Finance
Warde
M/W 12:00-1:20
Language Courses
ARABIC AB 001. Elementary Arabic II
Madi
M-F 9:00-10:00
ARABIC AB 002. Elementary Arabic II
Cozzens
M-F 10:30-11-30
ARABIC AB 003. Elementary Arabic II
Cozzens
M-F 12:00-1:00
ARABIC AB 004. Elementary Arabic II
TBA
M-F 1:30-2:30
ARABIC BB 001. Intermediate Arabic II
Halaby
M-TH 9:00-10:15
ARABIC BB 002. Intermediate Arabic II
Halaby
M-TH 10:30-11:45
ARABIC BB 003. Intermediate Arabic II
TBA
M-TH 12:00-1:15
ARABIC 130B. Upper-Level Classical Arabic II
Granara
M/W/F 9:00-10:00
ARABIC 131B 001. Upper-Level Modern Arabic II
Madi
M-TH 10:30-11:45
ARABIC 131B 002. Upper-Level Modern Arabic II
Madi
M-TH 12:00-1:15
ARABIC 241BR. Advanced Modern Arabic Bridge: Language, Culture, and Culture II
Habib
T/TH 3:00-4:15
ARABIC 150R. Themes in Arabic Literature
Nasser
M/W 1:30-2:45
ARABIC 242BR. Arabic Short Story between Art and Politics
Habib
W 3:00-5:00
*ARABIC 246R. Sicily, Spain (al-Andalus), and Maghreb in the Arab Mediterranean: Seminar
Granara
W 12:45-2:45
ARABIC 259. Introduction to Medieval Arabic Rhetoric
Nasser and El-Rouayheb
M 3:00-5:45
ARMEN AB. Elementary Modern Western Armenian II
Gulesserian
M-TH 3:00-4:15
ARMEN BB. Intermediate Modern Western Armenian II
Gulesserian
M-TH 1:30-2:45
ARMEN CA. Advanced Modern Western Armenian
Gulesserian
T/TH 4:30-5:45
MOD-HEB BB. Elementary Modern Hebrew II
Aharony
M-F 9:00-10:15
MOD-HEB 120B. Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
Aharony
M-F 10:30-11-45
MOD-HEB 130B. Advanced Modern Hebrew
Aharony
M/F 12:00-1:15
PERSIAN AB. Elementary Persian II
Ebrahimian
M-F 9:00-10:00
PERSIAN BB. Intermediate Persian II
Ebrahimian
M-F 10:30-11:30
PERSIAN 130BR. Advanced Persian II
Ebrahimian
M/W 3:00-4:15
TURKISH AB. Elementary Modern Turkish II
Demir
M-F 10:30-11:45
TURKISH 120B. Intermediate Modern Turkish II
Demir
M/W/TH/F 9:00-10:15
TURKISH 130B. Advanced Modern Turkish II
Taskomur
M/W 12:00-2:00
TURKISH 140B. Introduction to Ottoman Turkish II
Taskomur
M/W 3:00-5:00
TURKISH 150B. Advanced Ottoman Turkish II
Taskomur
M/W 9:00-11:00
TURKISH 200. Bureaucracy and Empire: Introduction to Ottoman Archival Study
Taskomur
F 3:00-5:45
Electives of Interest
ANTHRO 2695. Landscape Fieldwork: People, Politics, Practices
Doherty
F 3:00-5:45
COMPLIT 171. Counter-Imperialism and Asian-African Literatures
Lienau
F 3:00-5:45
*EMR 150. Meeting Asian/Arab American Studies
Yalzadeh
W 12:00-2:45
GENED 1088. The Crusades and the Making of East and West
Angelov
M/W 1:30-2:45
GOV 1094. The Jewish Political Tradition
Nelson
M/W 10:30-11:45
HAA 147P. Popular Beliefs and the Formation of Pilgrimage Sites in the Mediterranean
Kalavrezou
TH 12:00-2:45
HIST 14Z. Modern Iran: From Empires and Revolutions to the Everyday
Cheves
W 9:45-11:45
Note: Undergraduate seminar
HIST 1217. US Foreign Policy in a Global Age
Logevall
M/W 1:30-2:45
Note: Also offered at HKS as IGA 217
HLS 2126. International Human Rights
Kalpouzos
T/W 4:30-6:00
HDS 3081. God's Nations: Nation Religion and Modernity
Cesari
W 1:00-2:59
Note: HDS permission required
HDS 3067. Muslim Tiktok, #BLACKOUTEID, IG Activism: Muslim Women Navigating Social Media
Jamil
TH 6:00-7:59
Note: HDS permission required
HDS 3068. Introduction to Zoroastrianism
Ashurov
M/W 9:00-10:15
Note: HDS permission required
*HDS 3335. Learning in Context: Narratives of Displacement and Belonging in Israel/Palestine
Omer
TBA
Note: HDS permission required; apply by Jan 9
HDS 3627. Multisensory Religion: Rethinking Islam
Asani
T/TH 12:00-1:15
Note: Also offered as GENED 1087
IGA 282. Leading the National Security Enterprise
Carter
M/W 12:00-1:15
ISLAMCIV 179. Critical Perspectives on the Dynamics and Development of Islam in Africa
Kane
TH 12:00-1:59
ISLAMCIV 241R. Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Asani
TBA