Current Courses

Spring 2012 Course Offerings in Related Fields

Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS/GSAS) Harvard Courses of Instruction [link] Anthropology 1948. Historical Anthropology of Israel/Palestine Arabic 130b. Upper-Level Classical Arabic II Arabic 131b. Upper-Level Modern Arabic II Arabic 135. Colloquial Egyptian Arabic Arabic 150r. History of Classical Arabic Literature Arabic 160r. Readings in Arabic Historians, Geographers, and Biographers Arabic 170. Introduction to the Arab World II: Politics, Religion, and Culture from World War I to Present Arabic 240b. Classical Arabic Philology: The Religious Disciplines Arabic 241br. Advanced Modern Arabic Bridge: Language, Literature, and Culture II Arabic 246r. Andalus, Sicily, and the Maghrib in Literary and Cultural Texts Arabic A. Elementary Arabic (full-year course) Arabic Bb. Intermediate Arabic II Culture and Belief 12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures Culture and Belief 41. Gender, Islam, and Nation in the Middle East and North Africa Freshman Seminar 48p. Islam and Revolution: From Algerian Independence to the Arab Revolution Government 90da. Democracy, Alienation, and Muslims in the West Government 90sa. Political and Social Movements in the Modern Middle East History 1045. Crusade and Jihad in the Medieval Mediterranean History 2884. Topics in Ottoman Social and Cultural History History 78c. Islam, Law, and the State: Historical and Global Comparisons History of Art and Architecture 120n. Art of the Timurids in Greater Iran and Central Asia History of Art and Architecture 222m. Architecture in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Islamic Civilizations 105. Culture and Society in Contemporary Iran Islamic Civilizations 183. Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th -20th centuries Islamic Civilizations 205br. The Satanic Verses Problem in History II Islamic Civilizations 219. Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005 Islamic Civilizations 233. Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011 Jewish Studies 65. The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain Jewish Studies 103. Jewish Cultures in the Middle East Persian A. Elementary Persian (full-year course) Persian Bb. Intermediate Persian II Persian 131r. Advanced Modern Persian Persian 132r. Advanced Classical Persian Religion 1816. Ismaili History and Thought Religion 1828. Islam in the West Religion 1842. Religion, Gender, Identity: Readings in Arab and Muslim Autobiography Religion 2800. Sources and Methods for Research in Islamic Studies Social Studies 98md. Struggles for Democracy in the Middle East and Beyond Turkish 120b. Intermediate Modern Turkish II Turkish 121b. Elementary Uzbek II Turkish 145. Readings in Ottoman Language and Culture: Early Modern Travel Literature Turkish 150b. Advanced Ottoman Turkish Turkish 160r. History of Modern Turkey through Literature Urdu 101. Introductory Urdu-Hindi (full-year course) Urdu 102. Intermediate Urdu-Hindi (full-year course) Urdu 103b. Advanced Urdu-Hindi Urdu 105r. Topics in Urdu-Hindi Literature Uyghur B. Elementary Uyghur
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) HDS course catalog [link] HDS 2101. Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia HDS 3340. Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World HDS 3360. Islam in the West HDS 3362. Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th-20th Centuries HDS 3582. Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe HDS 3591. Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005 HDS 3597. The Satanic Verses Problem in History II HDS 3598. Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies HDS 3616. Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies: Muslim, Christian, Jewish HDS 3626. Introduction to the Arab World II HDS 3627. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures HDS 3949. Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism HDS 3965. Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011
Harvard Law School (HLS) HLS course catalog [link] HLS 2429. Islamic Law, Gender, and Human Rights HLS 2436. The Regulation of Islamic Finance
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) GSD course bulletin [link] ADV-09116-00. Cultural Tourism in the Al-Turat World Heritage Site, Saudi DES-03409-00. The Function of Style
Harvard Kennedy School Kennedy School of Government course catalog [ link] IGA-110. Modern Diplomacy: Peace and War in the 21st Century IGA-232. Controlling Weapons Proliferation IGA-651. Understanding the "Arab Spring" from the Ground Up: Contemporary Events in the Middle East SUP-170. Faith in Action
Harvard Extension School Extension School course search [link] ARAB E-1. Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic ARAB E-2. Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II GOVT E-1182. Muslims in the West After 9/11: Between Islamophobia and Radicalization GOVT E-1962. Islam in World Politics GOVT E-1977. The Politics and International Relations of Iran RELI E-1555. Introduction to Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Tradition
Harvard Summer School (HSS) A list of HSS summer courses will be available online soon. [ link]

Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS/GSAS)

Harvard Courses of Instruction [link]

Anthropology 1948. Historical Anthropology of Israel/Palestine
Arabic 130b. Upper-Level Classical Arabic II
Arabic 131b. Upper-Level Modern Arabic II
Arabic 135. Colloquial Egyptian Arabic
Arabic 150r. History of Classical Arabic Literature
Arabic 160r. Readings in Arabic Historians, Geographers, and Biographers
Arabic 170. Introduction to the Arab World II: Politics, Religion, and Culture from World War I to Present
Arabic 240b. Classical Arabic Philology: The Religious Disciplines
Arabic 241br. Advanced Modern Arabic Bridge: Language, Literature, and Culture II
Arabic 246r. Andalus, Sicily, and the Maghrib in Literary and Cultural Texts
Arabic A. Elementary Arabic (full-year course)
Arabic Bb. Intermediate Arabic II
Culture and Belief 12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Culture and Belief 41. Gender, Islam, and Nation in the Middle East and North Africa
Freshman Seminar 48p. Islam and Revolution: From Algerian Independence to the Arab Revolution
Government 90da. Democracy, Alienation, and Muslims in the West
Government 90sa. Political and Social Movements in the Modern Middle East
History 1045. Crusade and Jihad in the Medieval Mediterranean
History 2884. Topics in Ottoman Social and Cultural History
History 78c. Islam, Law, and the State: Historical and Global Comparisons
History of Art and Architecture 120n. Art of the Timurids in Greater Iran and Central Asia
History of Art and Architecture 222m. Architecture in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Islamic Civilizations 105. Culture and Society in Contemporary Iran
Islamic Civilizations 183. Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th -20th centuries
Islamic Civilizations 205br. The Satanic Verses Problem in History II
Islamic Civilizations 219. Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005
Islamic Civilizations 233. Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011
Jewish Studies 65. The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain
Jewish Studies 103. Jewish Cultures in the Middle East
Persian A. Elementary Persian (full-year course)
Persian Bb. Intermediate Persian II
Persian 131r. Advanced Modern Persian
Persian 132r. Advanced Classical Persian
Religion 1816. Ismaili History and Thought
Religion 1828. Islam in the West
Religion 1842. Religion, Gender, Identity: Readings in Arab and Muslim Autobiography
Religion 2800. Sources and Methods for Research in Islamic Studies
Social Studies 98md. Struggles for Democracy in the Middle East and Beyond
Turkish 120b. Intermediate Modern Turkish II
Turkish 121b. Elementary Uzbek II
Turkish 145. Readings in Ottoman Language and Culture: Early Modern Travel Literature
Turkish 150b. Advanced Ottoman Turkish
Turkish 160r. History of Modern Turkey through Literature
Urdu 101. Introductory Urdu-Hindi (full-year course)
Urdu 102. Intermediate Urdu-Hindi (full-year course)
Urdu 103b. Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Urdu 105r. Topics in Urdu-Hindi Literature
Uyghur B. Elementary Uyghur

Harvard Divinity School (HDS)

HDS course catalog [link]

HDS 2101. Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia
HDS 3340. Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World
HDS 3360. Islam in the West
HDS 3362. Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th-20th Centuries
HDS 3582. Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe
HDS 3591. Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005
HDS 3597. The Satanic Verses Problem in History II
HDS 3598. Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies
HDS 3616. Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies: Muslim, Christian, Jewish
HDS 3626. Introduction to the Arab World II
HDS 3627. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
HDS 3949. Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism
HDS 3965. Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011

Harvard Law School (HLS)

HLS course catalog [link]

HLS 2429. Islamic Law, Gender, and Human Rights
HLS 2436. The Regulation of Islamic Finance

Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)

GSD course bulletin [link]

ADV-09116-00. Cultural Tourism in the Al-Turat World Heritage Site, Saudi
DES-03409-00. The Function of Style

Harvard Kennedy School

Kennedy School of Government course catalog [ link]

IGA-110. Modern Diplomacy: Peace and War in the 21st Century
IGA-232. Controlling Weapons Proliferation
IGA-651. Understanding the "Arab Spring" from the Ground Up: Contemporary Events in the Middle East
SUP-170. Faith in Action

Harvard Extension School

Extension School course search [link]

ARAB E-1. Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic
ARAB E-2. Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II
GOVT E-1182. Muslims in the West After 9/11: Between Islamophobia and Radicalization
GOVT E-1962. Islam in World Politics
GOVT E-1977. The Politics and International Relations of Iran
RELI E-1555. Introduction to Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Tradition

Harvard Summer School (HSS)

A list of HSS summer courses will be available online soon. [ link]