Middle East and Central Asia (MECA) Courses

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Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

HISTORY 88
Palestine, Zionism, Israel: 150 Years of Conflict (JEWISHST 88)

Altaras, N. (TA)
Beinin, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

HISTORY 208G
Russia's Muslim Frontiers (HISTORY 308G)

Crews, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

HISTORY 288A
Palestine, Zionism, Israel: 150 Years of Conflict (JEWISHST 288A)

Beinin, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

HISTORY 308G
Russia's Muslim Frontiers (HISTORY 208G)

Crews, R. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

JEWISHST 88
Palestine, Zionism, Israel: 150 Years of Conflict (HISTORY 88)

Altaras, N. (TA)
Beinin, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

JEWISHST 288A
Palestine, Zionism, Israel: 150 Years of Conflict (HISTORY 288A)

Beinin, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Tuesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

OSPFLOR 21
"Oh no - the Turks!": Italy and the Islamic Mediterranean

Karamustafa, A. (PI)
Campani, E. (GP)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

OSPISTAN 56
Exploring Contemporary Turkiye

Doyle, A. (GP)
Beylunioglu Atli, A. (PI)
Atli, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

POLISCI 115B
Israel, the Middle East and Nuclear Weapons

Rabinowitz Batz, O. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Autumn

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

GLOBAL 133
The Medieval Middle East: Crusaders, Turks, and Mongols (GLOBAL 233, HISTORY 283C, HISTORY 383C)

Izzo, J. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

HISTORY 81B
Making the Modern Middle East

Gunaydi, M. (TA)
Zou, Y. (TA)
Barakat, N. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

HISTORY 181B
Making the Modern Middle East

Gunaydi, M. (TA)
Zou, Y. (TA)
Barakat, N. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

INTLPOL 273
Public Policy and Sustainability Challenges: Israel and the Middle East (GEP 233, INTNLREL 117, PUBLPOL 125)

Tal, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

INTNLREL 117
Public Policy and Sustainability Challenges: Israel and the Middle East (GEP 233, INTLPOL 273, PUBLPOL 125)

Tal, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

INTNLREL 132
SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES LAB: MODELS OF ISRAELI-ARAB COOPERATION & PATHWAYS TO PEACE (MED 131, POLISCI 119, SUSTAIN 132)

Singer, S. (PI)
Bloom, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

MED 131
SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES LAB: MODELS OF ISRAELI-ARAB COOPERATION & PATHWAYS TO PEACE (INTNLREL 132, POLISCI 119, SUSTAIN 132)

Singer, S. (PI)
Bloom, G. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

POLISCI 245R
Politics in Modern Iran

Milani, A. (PI)
Parhad, R. (GP)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PUBLPOL 125
Public Policy and Sustainability Challenges: Israel and the Middle East (GEP 233, INTLPOL 273, INTNLREL 117)

Tal, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

COMPLIT 254
The Middle East through Graphic Novel

Karahan, B. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

OSPFLOR 35F
Migrants, radicals, and dictators: Italy & the Middle East in the modern era

Karamustafa, A. (PI)
Campani, E. (GP)

2024 - 2025
Spring

POLISCI 149S
Islam, Iran, and the West

Milani, A. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

POLISCI 149T
Middle Eastern Politics

Blaydes, L. (PI)

2024 - 2025
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM

Not Currently Offered Courses

Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

ARTHIST 106
Byzantine Art and Architecture, 300-1453 C.E. (ARTHIST 306, CLASSICS 171)

2024 - 2025

POLISCI 118P
U.S. Relations with Iran

2024 - 2025

GLOBAL 134
The Birth of Islam: Authority, Community, and Resistance (GLOBAL 234, HISTORY 280B, HISTORY 380B)

2024 - 2025

OSPISTAN 15
History of Modern Turkey

2024 - 2025

INTNLREL 150
Political Development in the Arab World

2024 - 2025

CLASSICS 171
Byzantine Art and Architecture, 300-1453 C.E. (ARTHIST 106, ARTHIST 306)

2024 - 2025

JEWISHST 185B
Jews in the Contemporary World: Culture, Pop Culture, and Representation (CSRE 185B, HISTORY 185B, REES 185B, SLAVIC 183)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 187
The Islamic Republics: Politics and Society in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan

2024 - 2025

GLOBAL 190
Peace and War in Medieval Islam: From the Arab Conquests to the Crusades (GLOBAL 232, HISTORY 218C, HISTORY 318C)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 218C
Peace and War in Medieval Islam: From the Arab Conquests to the Crusades (GLOBAL 190, GLOBAL 232, HISTORY 318C)

2024 - 2025

REES 224A
The Soviet Civilization (HISTORY 224A, HISTORY 424A)

2024 - 2025

TAPS 22N
Culture, Conflict, and the Modern Middle East

2024 - 2025

GLOBAL 232
Peace and War in Medieval Islam: From the Arab Conquests to the Crusades (GLOBAL 190, HISTORY 218C, HISTORY 318C)

2024 - 2025

INTLPOL 234
Israel: Society, Politics, and Policy (JEWISHST 214, POLISCI 114)

2024 - 2025

INTLPOL 238
Social Movements in the Post Spring Arab World

2024 - 2025

POLISCI 246A
Paths to the Modern World: The West in Comparative Perspective (POLISCI 446A)

2024 - 2025

CSRE 270
Introduction to Arab Studies: Memory, Heritage, and Cultural Production (CSRE 370)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 282J
Disasters in Middle Eastern History

2024 - 2025

JEWISHST 282K
Refugees and Migrants in the Middle East and Balkans: 18th Century to Present (HISTORY 282K, HISTORY 382K)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 283E
Empire and Resistance in the Modern Middle East

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 283F
Capital and Crisis in the Middle East and the World

2024 - 2025

JEWISHST 283K
Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Eastern Mediterranean: From Ottoman to Modern Times (HISTORY 283K, HISTORY 383K)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 284
The Ottoman Empire: Conquest, Coexistence, and Coffee (HISTORY 384)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 284F
Empires, Markets and Networks: Early Modern Islamic World Between Europe and China, 1400-1900 (HISTORY 384F)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 318C
Peace and War in Medieval Islam: From the Arab Conquests to the Crusades (GLOBAL 190, GLOBAL 232, HISTORY 218C)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 384
The Ottoman Empire: Conquest, Coexistence, and Coffee (HISTORY 284)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 424A
The Soviet Civilization (HISTORY 224A, REES 224A)

2024 - 2025

POLISCI 446A
Paths to the Modern World: The West in Comparative Perspective (POLISCI 246A)

2024 - 2025

OSPGEN 48
History, Urbanity, and Performance In The Middle East

2024 - 2025

RELIGST 61
Exploring Islam

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 85B
Jews in the Contemporary World: Culture, Pop Culture, and Representation (JEWISHST 85B, REES 85B)

2024 - 2025

HISTORY 87
The Islamic Republics: Politics and Society in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan

2024 - 2025