Middle East and Central Asia (MECA) Courses

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Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

COMPLIT 254
The Middle East through Graphic Novel

Karahan, B. (PI)
Alemdaroglu, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

HISTORY 81B
Making the Modern Middle East

Dikmen, O. (TA)
Uran Kyzy, A. (TA)
Barakat, N. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

HISTORY 181B
Making the Modern Middle East

Dikmen, O. (TA)
Uran Kyzy, A. (TA)
Barakat, N. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

OSPISTAN 15
History of Modern Turkey

Boyer, D. (GP)
Somer, M. (PI)
Yaycioglu, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

POLISCI 118P
U.S. Relations with Iran

Milani, A. (PI)
Horrillo, J. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

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

Izzo, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

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

Izzo, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

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

Izzo, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

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

Weiner, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Wednesday
10:30 AM
1:20 PM

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

Daniels, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

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

Izzo, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

INTNLREL 150
Political Development in the Arab World

Sallam, H. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

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

Daniels, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

OSPFLOR 21
"Help - It's the Turks!: Italy and the Islamic Mediterranean

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

2022 - 2023
Winter

POLISCI 245R
Politics in Modern Iran

Milani, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

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

Cox, G. (PI)
Grzymala-Busse, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

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

Szymkow, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM

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

Szymkow, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM

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

Magen, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

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

Szymkow, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM

POLISCI 149S
Islam, Iran, and the West

Milani, A. (PI)
Patel, N. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

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

Magen, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 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)

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

POLISCI 149T
Middle Eastern Politics

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

INTLPOL 238
Social Movements in the Post Spring Arab World

2022 - 2023

INTLPOL 239
State responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arab world

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

HISTORY 282J
Disasters in Middle Eastern History

2022 - 2023

HISTORY 283E
Empire and Resistance in the Modern Middle East

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023

OSPGEN 48
Jordanian Futurities between Ancient Antiquities and Performances of Urban Life

2022 - 2023

RELIGST 61
Exploring Islam

2022 - 2023

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

2022 - 2023