Middle East Studies

2026-2027

38 courses

MDES 201wThe Middle East
MDES 213gpIran: From Antiquity to Modernity
MDES 301gThe Global Middle East
MDES 310pThe Modern Middle East
MDES 312Premodern Iran
MDES 313pModern Iran
MDES 314pPolitics, Ideologies, Cultures of the Global South
MDES 316pThe Great Muslim Empires of the Near East and India
MDES 320gArabic Literature: Classical to Contemporary
MDES 324Persian Literature
MDES 325gPolitics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
MDES 335Nation and State in Modern Turkey
MDES 340gThe United States and the Middle East
MDES 342gArab Intellectuals in Question
MDES 343gModern Arab Culture and Literature
MDES 345pPower and Authority in the Middle East
MDES 349gpAncient Empires
MDES 355gThe Arab-Israeli Conflict
MDES 362The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East
MDES 363Middle East Political Economy
MDES 375Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East
MDES 378Ptolemaic Egypt
MDES 394Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East
MDES 401Environment and Politics in the Global South
MDES 402Cultural Heritage, Religion, and Politics in the Middle East
MDES 403Infrastructures of Dominance: Technology, Development and the Struggle for Power
MDES 437Arabic Autobiography: Writing and Interpreting the Self
MDES 441wCities of the Middle East
MDES 447Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose
MDES 448mFrance and Islam
MDES 449Multilingual Encounters
MDES 454Classical Arabic
MDES 463Islam and Arab Nationalism
MDES 475Seminar in Middle East Studies
MDES 480Seminar in Middle East History
MDES 490xDirected Research
MDES 492Honors Thesis
MDES 499Special Topics