MIDEAST

2026-2027

86 courses

MIDEAST 200Introduction to the Middle East
MIDEAST 201Madness, Medicine, and Magic in the Middle East
MIDEAST 203Sports and Games in the Middle East
MIDEAST 207The Land of Israel/Palestine through the Ages
MIDEAST 209Food and Drink in the Middle East
MIDEAST 216Islam in History
MIDEAST 222From Kim Kardashian to Movses Khorenatsi: Deciphering the Armenian Experience
MIDEAST 223How To Survive Dark Times: A Century of Armenian Film
MIDEAST 236Introduction to the New Testament
MIDEAST 238The Historical Jesus in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
MIDEAST 240Ancient Egypt: Religion and Culture
MIDEAST 242Rabbis: Literature and Culture
MIDEAST 243Ancient Egypt and its World
MIDEAST 244The Otherworldly Past: Ancient Middle East in Science Fiction and Fantasy
MIDEAST 247How Religions are Born: The Origins of Judaism and Christianity
MIDEAST 262The Bible and the Quran
MIDEAST 275Introduction to Arab-American Studies
MIDEAST 276What is Judaism?
MIDEAST 277Lost Books That Rewrote the Bible
MIDEAST 279Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israeli Culture
MIDEAST 280Screening Jewish Cultures
MIDEAST 281Jews in the Modern World: Texts, Images, Ideas
MIDEAST 282Policing and Civil Rights in Israel and America
MIDEAST 284The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
MIDEAST 285Visual Culture Islam
MIDEAST 291Humanities Topics in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 292Mini-course in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 295First Year Seminar in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 305Demons, Jinn, Curses, and Ghosts: Global Horror and the Supernatural
MIDEAST 308Conflict and Comics: Reframing the Middle East
MIDEAST 309Sin, Sex, and Desire: Romance in the Middle East
MIDEAST 311So You Want to Be a Silk Roads Traveler: A Premodern Survival Guide from Europe to Asia (and Back Again)
MIDEAST 313Colonialism in North Africa: 1800-Present
MIDEAST 315Introduction to Arab Culture
MIDEAST 319History of the Ottoman Empire: The "Classical Age", (ca. 1300-1600)
MIDEAST 320History of the Ottoman Empire: The "Post-Classical Age", (ca. 1600-1922)
MIDEAST 322The Qur'an and Its Interpretations
MIDEAST 323The Prophet Muhammad in Islam
MIDEAST 325Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
MIDEAST 331Iranian Cinema: Re/Presenting a Nation
MIDEAST 332Islam and the West: Myth and Reality
MIDEAST 334The Bible as a Material Object
MIDEAST 335History and Religion of Second Temple Judaism
MIDEAST 336The Earliest Christians
MIDEAST 337Ancient Mesopotamia: History and Culture
MIDEAST 338Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology
MIDEAST 340From Genghis Khan to the Taliban: Modern Central Asia
MIDEAST 341Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East
MIDEAST 343Archaeology and the Bible
MIDEAST 344Sex and Gender in the Ancient Middle East
MIDEAST 353Jews and Leisure Institutions in the Roman World
MIDEAST 354Ancient Jerusalem: Archaeology, Religion, and Culture
MIDEAST 355Jews in the Roman Mediterranean: Archaeology, Religion, and Culture
MIDEAST 356Israeli Culture and Society
MIDEAST 357Encounters with the Undead: Golems, Ghosts, and other Monsters
MIDEAST 381Anthropology of Islam
MIDEAST 382Modern Questions, Biblical Answers
MIDEAST 390Topics in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 391Humanities Topics in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 392Mini-course in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 394History of the Turkish Republic
MIDEAST 421Islamic Mysticism: Sufism in Time and Space
MIDEAST 432Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Islam
MIDEAST 434Shahnameh: Iranian Myth, Epic, and History
MIDEAST 439Anti-Colonial Archaeology and History
MIDEAST 441Gender and Society in Ancient Egypt
MIDEAST 450Transnational Feminisms
MIDEAST 456Jewish Mysticism
MIDEAST 472Art of the Ancient Middle East: The Period of Roman Influence
MIDEAST 480History, Memory, and Silence in the Middle East
MIDEAST 483Comparative Perspectives of the Middle East and North Africa
MIDEAST 490Topics in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 492Mini-course in Middle Eastern Studies
MIDEAST 498Senior Honors Thesis
MIDEAST 499Independent Study in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 517Classical Persian Texts
MIDEAST 518Persianate History Through Political and Cultural Texts
MIDEAST 520Readings in Classical Islamic Texts
MIDEAST 590Topics in Middle East Studies
MIDEAST 595Topics in Middle East Studies: History and Culture