UVa Class Schedule - Complete Schedule of Classes for the Middle Eastern Studies Program

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Complete Schedule of Classes for the Middle Eastern Studies Program - Spring 2019

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Arabic
ARAB 1020	Elementary Arabic

Spring 2019 10317	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	10 / 15	Abir Abyad	MoWeFr 9:00am - 9:50am	New Cabell Hall 066
					Abir Abyad	TuTh 9:00am - 9:50am	New Cabell Hall 287
Spring 2019 10318	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	19 / 18	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 415
Spring 2019 10319	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	18 / 20	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am	New Cabell Hall 415
Spring 2019 12887	004	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	16 / 20	Abir Abyad	MoWeFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 411
					Abir Abyad	TuTh 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 415
ARAB 2020	Intermediate Arabic

Spring 2019 10981	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	16 / 15	Abir Abyad	MoWeFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm	New Cabell Hall 594
					Abir Abyad	TuTh 1:00pm - 1:50pm	New Cabell Hall 044
Spring 2019 10321	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	19 / 15	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 111
Spring 2019 10320	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	12 / 15	Suad Mohamed	MoWeFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 064
					Suad Mohamed	TuTh 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 111
ARAB 3019	Language House Conversation

Spring 2019 12378	001	Lecture (1 Units)	Open	4 / 30	Suad Mohamed	TBA	TBA
ARAB 3020	Advanced Arabic II

Spring 2019 10322	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	9 / 15	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	New Cabell Hall 066
Spring 2019 10982	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 15	Suad Mohamed	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 187
ARAB 3240	Advanced Arabic Conversation and Composition

Spring 2019 19552	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	14 / 12	Bilal Maanaki	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	New Cabell Hall 407
ARAB 3559	New Course in Arabic

	Arabic Culture and Poetry Through Music
	Arabic through Songs
Spring 2019 19554	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 12	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 187
ARAB 3672	Advanced Arabic Grammar

Spring 2019 12155	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	6 / 12 (7 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	New Cabell Hall 042
ARAB 4020	Advanced Arabic IV

Spring 2019 19555	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 12 (8 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 042
ARAB 4993	Independent Study in Arabic

Spring 2019 19557	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	2 / 10	Suja Sawafta	TBA	TBA
Spring 2019 21114	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	2 / 10	Bilal Maanaki	TBA	TBA
ARAB 5420	Advanced Arabic IV

Spring 2019 20956	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	1 / 12 (8 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 042
ARAB 6672	Advanced Arabic Grammar

Spring 2019 20958	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	1 / 12 (7 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	New Cabell Hall 042
ARAB 8993	Independent Study in Arabic

Spring 2019 20807	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1	Suja Sawafta	TBA	TBA
Arabic in Translation
ARTR 3290	Exile/Return in Arabic Literature

	Exile/Return in Arabic Literature
Spring 2019 14541	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	12 / 15 (14 / 15)	Suja Sawafta	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Shea House 211
	This class fulfills the Second Writing and Non-Western Perspectives Requirements
ARTR 5290	Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

	Exile/Return in Arabic Literature
Spring 2019 14542	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	2 / 15 (14 / 15)	Suja Sawafta	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Shea House 211
	This class fulfills the Second Writing and Non-Western Perspectives Requirements
Hebrew
HEBR 1020	Introduction to Modern Hebrew II

Spring 2019 10571	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	17 / 20	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am	New Cabell Hall 489
HEBR 1420	Elementary Classical Hebrew II

Spring 2019 12321	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	2 / 6 (3 / 6)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 11:00am - 11:50am	Gibson Hall 287
HEBR 2020	Intermediate Modern Hebrew

Spring 2019 10572	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	12 / 15	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am	Shea House 211
HEBR 2420	Intermediate Classical Hebrew II

Spring 2019 12322	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 6 (4 / 6)	Blaire French	MoWe 6:00pm - 7:15pm	Gibson Hall 287
HEBR 3020	Advanced Modern Hebrew II

Spring 2019 10573	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 10	Maayan Ornath	MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 038
HEBR 4993	Independent Study in Hebrew

Spring 2019 10983	001	SEM (1 - 3 Units)	Open	3 / 7	Zvi Gilboa	TBA	TBA
HEBR 8993	Independent Study in Hebrew

Spring 2019 12617	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Zvi Gilboa	TBA	TBA
History-Middle Eastern History
HIME 2002	The Making of the Modern Middle East

	Middle East and North Africa, 1500 to present
Spring 2019 13743	100	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	59 / 60	Christopher Gratien	TuTh 3:30pm - 4:45pm	Gibson Hall 211
Spring 2019 13744	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	19 / 20	Natasha Rowland	Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm	New Cabell Hall 364
Spring 2019 13745	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Natasha Rowland	Th 7:00pm - 7:50pm	New Cabell Hall 315
Spring 2019 13746	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Natasha Rowland	Th 8:00pm - 8:50pm	New Cabell Hall 115
HIME 2003	Economic History of the Islamic World

	Empire, Capitalism, and the Shari'a
Spring 2019 19979	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	45 / 60	Fahad Bishara	MoWe 10:00am - 10:50am	Gibson Hall 211
Spring 2019 19981	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	18 / 20	Kevin Woram	We 6:00pm - 6:50pm	New Cabell Hall 332
Spring 2019 19982	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	19 / 20	Kevin Woram	We 7:00pm - 7:50pm	New Cabell Hall 332
Spring 2019 19983	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	8 / 30	Kevin Woram	We 8:00pm - 8:50pm	New Cabell Hall 332
HIME 3559	New Course in Middle Eastern History

	Tel Aviv: A City from the Sands
	Tel Aviv: A City from the Sands.
Spring 2019 18036	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	8 / 24 (22 / 24)	Stephanie Rotem	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Ruffner Hall 175
HIME 4501	Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History

	Research in Middle Eastern History
Spring 2019 19530	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	9 / 15	Fahad Bishara	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Fayerweather Hall 208
HIME 4993	Independent Study in Middle Eastern History

Spring 2019 20444	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	1 / 10	Fahad Bishara	TBA	TBA
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
MESA 1000	From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia

Spring 2019 19558	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	19 / 20	Shawn Lyons	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 111
MESA 2110	Intro to Middle East / South Asia Film History

Spring 2019 20388	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	26 / 30 (26 / 30)	Samhita Sunya	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	Dell 2 101
MESA 3110	Sustainable Environments Middle East and South Asia

Spring 2019 14426	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	30 / 30	Tessa Farmer	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 338
MESA 4999	Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis II

Spring 2019 14668	001	SEM (6 Units)	Open	2 / 5	Samhita Sunya	TBA	TBA
MESA 5110	Transnational Circuits of Cinema, Middle East-South Asia Film History

Spring 2019 20389	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 30 (26 / 30)	Samhita Sunya	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	Dell 2 101
MESA 8995	MA Research Seminar

Spring 2019 11966	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	2 / 5	Robert Hueckstedt	Fr 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Contact Department
MESA 8999	Non-Topical Research, MA

Spring 2019 20812	001	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Robert Hueckstedt	TBA	TBA
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 2559	New Course in Middle Eastern Studies

	Languages of Nationhood:Sociolinguistics in Israel
Spring 2019 18332	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 30 (18 / 30)	Daniel Lefkowitz	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	New Cabell Hall 338
	Arts of the Islamic World
Spring 2019 20422	003	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 48 (12 / 48)	Amanda Phillips	TuTh 3:30pm - 4:45pm	Olsson Hall 018
MEST 3559	New Course in Middle Eastern Studies

	Tel Aviv: A City from the Sands
	Tel Aviv: A City from the Sands.
Spring 2019 19581	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	8 / 24 (22 / 24)	Stephanie Rotem	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Ruffner Hall 175
	Building Homeland: Israeli Art, Architecture, Film
	Building a Homeland: Architecture in Israel
Spring 2019 19790	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	6 / 18 (11 / 18)	Stephanie Rotem	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Bryan Hall 310
	This course assumes no prior training in architecture. Class meetings will combine lecture, presentations, and discussion. Active participation and engagement in class discussion is an important factor of the course.
	Migration, Identity and Current Refugee Crisis
	From the Middle East to Europe and All the Way Back: Identity, Migration, and the Refugee Crisis
Spring 2019 19801	003	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	15 / 30	Zvi Gilboa	MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm	Nau Hall 141
	Fulfills Non-Western and Second Writing Requirements.
	Love and Rebellion in Iranian Cinema
	Love and Rebellion in Iranian Cinema
Spring 2019 20368	005	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 20 (10 / 20)	Pardis Minuchehr	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 183
	Fulfills Non-Western and Second Writing Requirements
MEST 4991	Middle East Studies Seminar

Spring 2019 10666	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	9 / 20	Nizar Hermes	Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 287
MEST 5559	History of Persian Literature

	Love and rebellion in Iranian Cinema
Spring 2019 20369	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 20 (10 / 20)	Pardis Minuchehr	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 183
Persian
PERS 1020	Elementary Persian

Spring 2019 10708	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	6 / 20	Mahshad Mohit+1	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am	New Cabell Hall 287
Spring 2019 13270	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	6 / 20	Mahshad Mohit+1	MoWeFr 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 144
					Mahshad Mohit+1	TuTh 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 364
PERS 2020	Intermediate Persian

Spring 2019 10709	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	11 / 18	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 036
PERS 3020	Advanced Persian

Spring 2019 13261	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 6	Mahshad Mohit	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Pavilion V 109
PERS 3029	Language House Conversation

Spring 2019 13347	001	Lecture (1 Units)	Open	3 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	TBA	TBA
PERS 4993	Independent Study in Persian

Spring 2019 12967	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 30	Mahshad Mohit	TBA	TBA
PERS 8993	Independent Study in Persian

Spring 2019 20787	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	2 / 30	Pardis Minuchehr	TBA	TBA
Persian in Translation
PETR 3559	New Course in Persian Translation

	Rumi: Persian Mystical Paths to Happiness
	Rumi: Persian Mystical Path to Happiness
Spring 2019 20370	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 20 (7 / 20)	Pardis Minuchehr	TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 115
	Fulfills Non-Western and Second Writing Requirements
PETR 5559	New Course in Persian Translation

	Rumi: Persian Mystical Paths to Happiness
	Rumi: Persian Mystical Path to Happiness
Spring 2019 19567	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	2 / 20 (7 / 20)	Pardis Minuchehr	TuTh 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 115
Religion-Islam
RELI 2024	Jewish-Muslim Relations

Spring 2019 13610	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 43 (40 / 43)	Jessica Andruss	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Gibson Hall 211
RELI 2080	Global Islam

Spring 2019 18223	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	17 / 25	Samuel Stafford	MoWe 9:00am - 9:50am	Gibson Hall 141
Spring 2019 18224	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	8 / 20	Essam Fahim	Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm	New Cabell Hall 315
Spring 2019 18227	104	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	1 / 20 (9 / 20)	Essam Fahim	We 7:00pm - 7:50pm	Gibson Hall 142
Spring 2019 18228	105	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	8 / 20 (9 / 20)	Essam Fahim	We 7:00pm - 7:50pm	Gibson Hall 142
RELI 3120	Sufism: Islamic Mysticism

Spring 2019 18231	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	16 / 20 (16 / 20)	Jane Mikkelson	Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm	Gilmer Hall 141
RELI 3559	New Course in Islam

	Islamic Moral Philosophy
Spring 2019 18310	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	16 / 30	Ufuk Topkara	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 383
RELI 5540	Seminar in Islamic Studies

	Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Studies
Spring 2019 13615	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	9 / 9	Ahmed al-Rahim	Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm	Gibson Hall 142
RELI 8709	Islamic Studies Tutorial

Spring 2019 20828	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	4 / 7	Ahmed al-Rahim	TBA	TBA
Religion-Judaism
RELJ 1420	Elementary Classical Hebrew II

Spring 2019 10863	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 6 (3 / 6)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 11:00am - 11:50am	Gibson Hall 287
RELJ 2024	Jewish-Muslim Relations

Spring 2019 13616	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 43 (40 / 43)	Jessica Andruss	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Gibson Hall 211
RELJ 2030	Judaism, Roots and Rebellion

Spring 2019 18232	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	23 / 40	Elizabeth Alexander	MoWeFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm	Gibson Hall 211
RELJ 2420	Intermediate Classical Hebrew II

Spring 2019 13617	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	2 / 6 (4 / 6)	Blaire French	MoWe 6:00pm - 7:15pm	Gibson Hall 287
RELJ 3090	Israelite Prophecy

Syllabus 18175	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 60 (36 / 60)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Gibson Hall 211
	While this course has a TA, it will not have traditional discussion sections that meet in real life. Instead, students will post responses to course readings online once per week and comment on one another's responses in small groups, moderated by the TA.
RELJ 3170	Modern Jewish Thought

Spring 2019 18237	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	30 / 30	Asher Biemann	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	Wilson Hall 214
RELJ 3372	German Jewish Culture and History

Spring 2019 13196	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 60 (57 / 60)	Gabriel Finder+1	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Maury Hall 104
RELJ 3665	Gender and Sexuality in the Bible

Spring 2019 19864	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	7 / 30 (31 / 30)	Rebecca Draughon	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Wilson Hall 238
RELJ 5365	HermannÂ CohenÂ andÂ ModernÂ ReligiousÂ Thought

Spring 2019 18285	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	2 / 15	Asher Biemann	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm	Nau Hall 241
RELJ 5559	New Course in Judaism

	Histories and Fictions in Ancient Narrative
Spring 2019 18289	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	1 / 20 (6 / 20)	Janet Spittler+1	Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm	Nau Hall 211
	Undergraduates should have completed RELC/J 1210 and RELC 1220 or their equivalents before enrolling for this advanced seminar.
RELJ 8726	Tutorial: Themes in Modern Jewish History

Spring 2019 20929	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	2 / 4	Asher Biemann	TBA	TBA
RELJ 8730	Tutorial in Midrash Translation

Spring 2019 21027	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	2 / 3	Elizabeth Alexander	TBA	TBA
Urdu
URDU 2020	Intermediate Urdu

Spring 2019 14475	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Griffith Chaussee	MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm	New Cabell Hall 066
URDU 3020	Advanced Urdu II

Spring 2019 10951	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Griffith Chaussee	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	Nau Hall 287