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3.00 Credits
Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert. m 3.30-5.20 Hu (0) Examination of magical practice in ancient Egypt, including definitions of magic, magical techniques, and applications of magic.
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3.00 Credits
BentleyLayton. For description see under Religious Studies.
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3.00 Credits
AdelAllouche. tth11.35-12.50 Hu (24) The shaping of society and polity from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258. The origins of Islamic society; conquests and social and political assimilation under the Umayyads and Abbasids; the changing nature of political legitimacy and sovereignty under the caliphate; provincial decentralization and new sources of social and religious power.
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3.00 Credits
AdelAllouche. For description see under History.
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3.00 Credits
Adel Allouche. For description see under History.
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3.00 Credits
HalaKhamisNassar. th 3.30-5.20 Hu (0) Major trends of twentieth-century Arab thought, critically examined through readings in translation from a wide range of thinkers. Issues are analyzed in the context of the historical-colonial, postcolonial, and neocolonial background from which they emerged.
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3.00 Credits
HalaKhamisNassar. t 3.30-5.20 Hu (0) Tr A survey of genres in Palestinian literature. Themes include resistance, occupation, exile, diaspora, gender and sexuality, and authoritarian and patriarchal relations. Readings in translation.
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Dimitri Gutas. w 2.30-420 (0) Comprehensive survey of subjects treated in Arabic and Islamic studies, with representative readings from each. Methods and techniques of scholarship in the field, with emphasis on acquiring familiarity with bibliographical and other research tools. Enrollment limited to senior majors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, except by permission of instructor
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Middle Eastern Studies. Hala Khamis Nassar. th 3.30-5.20 Hu (0) Survey of debates in the modern and contemporary Arab world concerning heritage, secularism, religion, language, gender equality, modernization, and tradition. Resources in translation include Arab and Western writings from the late nineteenth century to the present. Focus on gender identities in relation to nationalism, Islamism, and the West, and how they are reflected in different genres.
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3.00 Credits
Consult the director of undergraduate studies. htba (0) Preparation of a research paper of at least thirty pages (sixty pages for a two-term essay) under the supervision of a departmental faculty member, in accordance with the following schedule: By the end of the second week of classes of the first term, students meet with advisers to discuss the topic, approach, sources, and bibliography of the essay. Note: students planning to write the essay in the second term ( nelc 493b) should also meet with their prospective advisers by this deadline. By the end of the fourth week of classes a prospectus with outline, including an annotated bibliography of materials in one or more Near Eastern languages and of secondary sources, is signed by the adviser and submitted to the director of undergraduate studies. The prospectus should indicate the formal title, scope, and focus of the essay, as well as the proposed research method, including detailed indications of the nature and extent of materials in a Near Eastern language that will be used. At the end of the tenth week of classes (end of February for yearlong essays), a rough draft of the complete essay is submitted to the adviser. 4.Two copies of the finished paper must be submitted to the director ofundergraduate studies, 314 hgs, by 4 p.m. on the last day of reading period. Failure to comply with the deadline will be penalized by a lower grade. Senior essayswill be graded by departmental faculty unless, for exceptional reasons, differentarrangements for an outside reader are made in advance with the director ofundergraduate studies and the departmental adviser.
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