Fall 2013 Middle East-related courses at Harvard
CMES is pleased to announce that the Fall 2013 Harvard Middle East–related course list is now available. Please click here to download. This list includes a wide variety of courses related to the Middle East from across Harvard, as well as MIT and the Fletcher School at Tufts.
Courses being offered for the first time this semester include two new courses, offered by Professors Sandra Naddaff and Leila Ahmed respectively, that explore contemporary Arab and Muslim experiences through fiction and film: Literature 131 – The Arab-American Experience in Fiction, Film and Popular Culture and Religion 1844 – Religion, Gender and Identity in 21st Century Diaspora Muslim Fiction.
Other new courses include:
- Government 94py – Revolution and Politics in Contemporary Iran, Payam Mohseni
- History 1860 – Understanding the Middle East-1800's to Present, Sreemati Mitter
- History of Art & Architecture 122n – Architecture of Empire: The Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals in a Comparative Perspective, Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar
- Islamic Civilizations 130 – Islamization & Vernacularization: Religion and Cultural Dynamics in the History of Muslim Southeast Asia, Michael Feener
- Islamic Civilizations 145b – Intro to Islamic Philosophy and Theology - the Early Modern and Modern Periods (16-20th centuries), Khaled El-Rouayheb
- Islamic Civilizations 176 – Islam in Modern West Africa, Ousmane Oumar Kane
- HDS-3022 – Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, Lihi Ben Shitrit
- HDS-3962 – Why the West Fears Islam: Explorations of Muslims in Liberal Democracies, Jocelyne Cesari