Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

2026-2027

131 courses

MELC 10Middle Eastern Worlds: Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
MELC 100The Bible In Western Culture
MELC 101Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt
MELC 102Egyptomania
MELC 103Religion of Ancient Egypt
MELC 104Babylonian Religion
MELC 105Ancient Mesopotamian Literature
MELC 106Art and Archaeology in Ancient Egypt
MELC 108Ancient Astronomy
MELC 109Mesopotamian History: Stories of Ancient People and Places
MELC 11Middle Eastern Worlds: The Modern Middle East
MELC 110Digital Humanities and Egyptology
MELC 111Disease, Health and Pandemics in Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Middle East, and the Classical World
MELC 112Survey of Ancient Egyptian History
MELC 113Gilgamesh: King, Hero, and God
MELC 115Early Egypt: From Village to Pyramid
MELC 116Ancient Egypt: Power, Glory and Empire in the Second Millennium
MELC 117ACThe Origins of Racism in the West
MELC 118Writing Systems of the World
MELC 119Explorers, Archaeologists, and Tourists in the Middle East
MELC 123Archaeology of Mesopotamia
MELC 124Archaeology of the Levant
MELC 125Art and Archaeology of Middle Eastern Christianity
MELC 126Silk Road Art and Archaeology
MELC 129Arts of Iran and Central Asia
MELC 130History of Ancient Israel
MELC 131Aspects of Biblical Religion
MELC 132Biblical Poetry
MELC 133Judaism in Late Antiquity
MELC 134Topics in History and Cultures of Israel
MELC 135Literature and History in the Hebrew Bible
MELC 136History and Historiography in the Hebrew Bible
MELC 137Modern and Contemporary Jewish Thought
MELC 138The Hero in the Bible and the Ancient Middle East
MELC 139Modern Jewish Literatures
MELC 140Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions
MELC 142Shi'ite Islam
MELC 143Islam in Iran
MELC 144Sufism: The Mysticism of Islam
MELC 145Women in Islam
MELC 146Islam
MELC 147The Rise of Islamic Civilization
MELC 148Emergence of the Modern Middle East
MELC 149The Modern Middle East from WWI to the Present
MELC 150AArabic Literature in Translation
MELC 150BArabic Literature in Translation
MELC 151Middle Eastern Women Writers
MELC 152Cultural Encounters in Modern Arabic Literature
MELC 153Synagogues, Cathedrals, and Mosques: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
MELC 154Narratives of Identity in Israeli and Palestinian Fiction
MELC 155The Thousand and One Nights in World Literary Imagination
MELC 156Sociolinguistics of the Greater Middle East
MELC 157Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
MELC 158ACMiddle East: Post-Colonialism, Migration, and Diaspora
MELC 159Middle East, Empire, and Orientalism
MELC 160Religions of Ancient Iran
MELC 161Topics in Persian Art and Culture
MELC 162History of Persian Literature
MELC 163Persian Literature in Translation
MELC 165Film and Fiction of Iran
MELC 166Introduction to Islamic Philosophy
MELC 170Islamic History and Historiography (600-1050)
MELC 171Turkish Literature in Translation
MELC 173Topics in the History of Central Asia and the Turks
MELC 174Law and Society in the Early Modern Middle East
MELC 175History and Culture of Afghanistan
MELC 18Introduction to Ancient Egypt
MELC 180The Quran and Its Interpretation
MELC 181Prophetic Biography
MELC 187The Assyrians and Other Religious Groups in the Middle East
MELC 190ASpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Ancient Middle Eastern Studies
MELC 190BSpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Egyptian Studies
MELC 190CSpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Jewish Studies
MELC 190DSpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Islamic Studies
MELC 190ESpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Arabic
MELC 190HSpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Hebrew
MELC 190ISpecial Topics in Fields of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: Iranian/Persian
MELC 192Undergrad Seminar: Problems and Research in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
MELC 192AUndergrad Seminar: Problems and Research in Middle Eastern Studies: Ancient Middle Eastern Studies
MELC 192BUndergrad Seminar: Problems and Research in Middle Eastern Studies: Egyptian Studies