Near Eastern Studies

2026-2027

103 courses

NES 1561Introduction to the Ottoman Empire
NES 1591As, Ideas: Big Ideas
NES 1602Great Discoveries in Greek and Roman Archaeology
NES 1927FWS: Gods, Demons, and Angels in Jewish Magic and Mysticism
NES 2204Introduction to Quranic Arabic
NES 2345Jerusalem: The Holy City
NES 2433The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
NES 2462Personal Histories of Global Events: Microhistorical Approaches to the Writing of Global History
NES 2488Modern Israel: History, Culture, Society
NES 2522Drinking through the Ages: Intoxicating Beverages in Near Eastern and World History
NES 2546Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World
NES 2591Introduction to Film Theory
NES 2599Medicine, Magic and Science in the Ancient Near East
NES 2610Archaeology and the Middle East
NES 2622The World after Alexander the Great: A History of the Hellenistic Period
NES 2627Introduction to Islam
NES 2629New Testament-Early Christian Literatures
NES 2644Introduction to Judaism
NES 2668Ancient Egyptian Civilization
NES 2670The History and Politics of Modern Egypt
NES 2674History of the Modern Middle East
NES 2697History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
NES 2722Of Saints, Poets, and Revolutionaries: Medieval and Modern Iran and Central Asia
NES 2727The Queer Middle East
NES 2750Introduction to Humanities
NES 2754Wondrous Literatures of the Near East
NES 2772Body and Spirit in Ancient Egypt
NES 2812Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing
NES 2847Political History of Modern Afghanistan
NES 2925The Anthropology of Palestine
NES 3200The Viking Age
NES 3212Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400)
NES 3414Arab Jews
NES 3416Geography and Genealogy in the Talmud
NES 3448Islamic Mysticism
NES 3455The Narrative Artistry of the Hebrew Bible
NES 3519History of State and Society in Modern Iran: Through Literature and Film
NES 3523Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Racism
NES 3539Islamic Spain: Culture and Society
NES 3542The Ottoman Empire 1800-1922
NES 3584Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East
NES 3588Archaeology and the Bible
NES 3655Minorities of the Middle East
NES 3691Race, Slavery, and Cinema
NES 3695History of Christianity
NES 3722Zionism and other Jewish nationalisms
NES 3724Death and the Afterlife in Islam
NES 3778Pharaohs and Fables
NES 3850Comparative Politics of the Middle East
NES 3888Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity
NES 4215African in the World I: Alpha
NES 4320Tales of the Alhambra and Lalla Rookh: Case Studies in Orientalism
NES 4337Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa
NES 4345Ancient Empires: From Persia to Rome, 550 BCE to 14 CE
NES 4355Archaeology and Modernity
NES 4426Science and the Making of the Middle East
NES 4488Islamic Mysticism and the West
NES 4540Moses Maimonides
NES 4542The Modern Middle East During the Long Nineteenth Century
NES 4543State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire
NES 4550Archaeology of the Phoenicians
NES 4557Desert Monasticism
NES 4560Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies
NES 4605Contesting Identities in Modern Egypt
NES 4644Globalism and Collapse in the Late Bronze Age World
NES 4654Themes in Mediterranean Archaeology
NES 4666Mass Media and Identities in the Modern Middle East
NES 4672Nationalism(s) in the Arab World
NES 4700Methods in Medieval
NES 4721Peace Building in Conflict Regions: Case Studies Sub-Saharan Africa Israel Palestinian Territories
NES 4795Looking for Love: Visual and Literary Cultures of Love in the Medieval Mediterranean, 1100-1400 AD
NES 4991Independent Study, Undergraduate Level
NES 4992Independent Study, Undergraduate Level
NES 4998Senior Honors Essay
NES 4999Senior Honors Essay
NES 6215African in the World I: Alpha
NES 6320Tales of the Alhambra and Lalla Rookh: Case Studies in Orientalism
NES 6337Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa
NES 6355Archaeology and Modernity
NES 6414Arab Jews