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 2020

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Arabic
ARAB 1020	Elementary Arabic

Spring 2020 10013	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	9 / 15	Abir Abyad	MoTuWeThFr 9:00am - 9:50am
Spring 2020 10014	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	15 / 18	Abir Abyad	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am
Spring 2020 10015	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	12 / 18	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am
Spring 2020 12148	004	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	13 / 18	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Spring 2020 19357	005	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	17 / 18	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
ARAB 2020	Intermediate Arabic

Spring 2020 10607	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	12 / 12	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am
Spring 2020 10017	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	9 / 12	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am
Spring 2020 10016	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	9 / 12	Bilal Humeidan	MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Spring 2020 19358	004	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	12 / 12	Abir Abyad	MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
ARAB 3019	Language House Conversation

Spring 2020 11744	001	Lecture (1 Units)	Open	5 / 20	Suad Mohamed	TBA
ARAB 3020	Advanced Arabic II

Spring 2020 10018	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 10	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
Spring 2020 10608	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 12	Suad Mohamed	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 3230	Arabic Conversation and Composition

Spring 2020 19359	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	9 / 9	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 3672	Review of Arabic Grammar

Spring 2020 11569	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 12 (8 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
ARAB 4020	Advanced Arabic IV

Spring 2020 13466	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 12 (7 / 12)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 4120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

Spring 2020 19375	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 10 (0 / 10)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
ARAB 5420	Advanced Arabic IV

Spring 2020 19376	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 3 (1 / 3)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 6672	Review of Arabic Grammar

Spring 2020 13869	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 2 (1 / 2)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
ARAB 7120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

Spring 2020 19374	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5 (1 / 5)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Arabic in Translation
ARTR 3290	Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

Spring 2020 12875	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	15 / 17 (15 / 17)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
ARTR 5290	Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

Spring 2020 12876	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1 (1 / 1)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
Hebrew
HEBR 1020	Introduction to Modern Hebrew II

Spring 2020 10238	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	12 / 18	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am
HEBR 1420	Elementary Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2020 11699	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 6 (4 / 6)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am
HEBR 2020	Intermediate Modern Hebrew

Spring 2020 10239	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	12 / 15	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am
HEBR 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2020 11700	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 2 (1 / 2)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
HEBR 3020	Advanced Modern Hebrew II

Spring 2020 10240	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Maayan Ornath	WeFr 2:00pm - 3:15pm
HEBR 4993	Independent Study in Hebrew

Spring 2020 10609	001	SEM (1 - 3 Units)	Permission	2 / 4	Zvi Gilboa	TBA
HEBR 8993	Independent Study in Hebrew

Spring 2020 11936	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Permission	0 / 1	Zvi Gilboa	TBA
History-Middle Eastern History
HIME 2002	The Making of the Modern Middle East

Spring 2020 18702	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	44 / 45	Kristen Alff	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
HIME 4511	Colloquium in Middle East History

	Capitalism and the Middle East
Spring 2020 19877	001	SEM (4 Units)	Permission	14 / 15	Kristen Alff	Th 3:30pm - 6:00pm
HIME 4993	Independent Study in Middle Eastern History

Spring 2020 20744	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1	Fahad Bishara	TBA
Spring 2020 20963	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1	Kristen Alff	TBA
HIME 9024	Tutorial in Ottoman History

Spring 2020 20555	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Joshua White	TBA
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
MESA 1000	From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia

Spring 2020 13468	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Shawn Lyons	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
MESA 3110	Sustainable Environments Middle East and South Asia

Spring 2020 12833	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	31 / 30	Tessa Farmer	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
MESA 3559	New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies

	Spies in Action: Cine-Media Worlds of Espionage
Spring 2020 19373	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	28 / 30	Samhita Sunya	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
	Second Writing Requirement; Artistic, Interpretive & Philosophical Inquiry; Historical Perspectives
	Islam, Science, and the Environment
Spring 2020 19548	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	23 / 30 (23 / 30)	Shankar Nair	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
	Can be used to fulfill Second Writing Requirement, Cultures & Societies of the World, and Science & Society
MESA 4999	Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis II

Spring 2020 12929	001	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Samhita Sunya	TBA
Spring 2020 20902	002	SEM (6 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Zvi Gilboa	TBA
MESA 5559	New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies

Spring 2020 20413	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1 (1 / 1)	Shankar Nair	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
MESA 8993	Independent Study II

Spring 2020 20314	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Robert Hueckstedt	TBA
Spring 2020 20806	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Nizar Hermes	TBA
MESA 8995	MA Research Seminar

Spring 2020 11417	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	2 / 5	Robert Hueckstedt	Fr 3:00pm - 4:00pm
MESA 8999	Non-Topical Research, MA

Spring 2020 19366	001	IND (1 - 12 Units)	Open	1 / 6	Robert Hueckstedt	TBA
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 3470	Language and Culture in the Middle East

Spring 2020 19368	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	8 / 30 (8 / 30)	Daniel Lefkowitz	MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am
Spring 2020 19369	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	2 / 10 (2 / 10)	Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari	We 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Spring 2020 19370	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (4 / 10)	Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari	Th 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Spring 2020 19371	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	2 / 10 (2 / 10)	Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari	Fr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
MEST 3559	New Course in Middle Eastern Studies

	Dangerous in Danger: Refuge and Otherness in Times of Crisis
Spring 2020 19372	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	25 / 30	Zvi Gilboa	MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
MEST 4991	Middle East Studies Seminar

Spring 2020 10326	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 14 (11 / 14)	Nizar Hermes	Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Persian
PERS 1020	Elementary Persian

Spring 2020 10364	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	18 / 20	Mahshad Mohit	TuTh 10:00am - 10:50am
					Mahshad Mohit	MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am
PERS 2020	Intermediate Persian

Spring 2020 10365	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	8 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm
PERS 3020	Advanced Persian

Spring 2020 12396	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 10	Mahshad Mohit	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
PERS 3029	Language House Conversation

Spring 2020 12453	001	Lecture (1 Units)	Open	5 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	TBA
PERS 8993	Independent Study in Persian

Spring 2020 20946	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1	Pardis Minuchehr	TBA
Persian in Translation
PETR 2559	New Course in Persian Translation

	Secret Life of Media in Iran and its Diaspora
	Iran and its Media
Spring 2020 19360	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	14 / 18 (14 / 18)	Pardis Minuchehr	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm
	Second Writing Requirement, Non-Western perspectives
PETR 3559	New Course in Persian Translation

	On Desire and Separation in Persian Poetry
	Persian Poetry
Spring 2020 19362	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 15 (10 / 15)	Pardis Minuchehr	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
	Second Writing requirement and non-western perspectives
	Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border
	Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border: Iranian Women Writers
Spring 2020 19365	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (4 / 10)	Farzaneh Milani	Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm
PETR 5559	New Course in Persian Translation

	The Secret Life of Media: Iran and its Diaspora
Spring 2020 19361	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 2 (1 / 2)	Pardis Minuchehr	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm
	On Desire and Separation: Persian Poetry Then and Now (In Translation)
Spring 2020 19363	002	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5 (1 / 5)	Pardis Minuchehr	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
	Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border: Iranian Women Writers
Spring 2020 19364	003	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5 (1 / 5)	Farzaneh Milani	Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Religion-Islam
RELI 2024	Jewish-Muslim Relations

Spring 2020 12584	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	27 / 30 (27 / 30)	Jessica Andruss	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
Spring 2020 18343	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	10 / 10 (10 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm
Spring 2020 18344	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	10 / 10 (10 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 7:00pm - 7:50pm
Spring 2020 18458	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	7 / 10 (7 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 8:00pm - 8:50pm
RELI 2085	Modern Islam: From the Age of Empires to the Present

Spring 2020 18347	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	55 / 58 (55 / 58)	Shankar Nair	MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am
Spring 2020 18348	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Essam Fahim	We 6:00pm - 6:50pm
Spring 2020 18349	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Essam Fahim	We 7:00pm - 7:50pm
Spring 2020 18350	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	15 / 20	Essam Fahim	We 8:00pm - 8:50pm
RELI 3559	New Course in Islam

	Introduction to Islam in Africa through the Arts
Spring 2020 18895	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	9 / 15 (18 / 15)	Oludamini Ogunnaike	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
RELI 8703	Advanced Readings in Arabic

Spring 2020 20462	001	IND (3 Units)	Closed	6 / 6	Ahmed al-Rahim	TBA
RELI 8707	Advanced Readings in Persian

Spring 2020 20324	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 6	Shankar Nair	TBA
RELI 8709	Islamic Studies Tutorial

Spring 2020 13832	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Ahmed al-Rahim	TBA
Religion-Judaism
RELJ 1420	Elementary Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2020 10502	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 12 (5 / 12)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am
RELJ 2024	Jewish-Muslim Relations

Spring 2020 12586	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	27 / 30 (27 / 30)	Jessica Andruss	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
Spring 2020 18345	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	9 / 10 (9 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm
Spring 2020 18346	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	10 / 10 (10 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 7:00pm - 7:50pm
Spring 2020 18459	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	8 / 10 (8 / 10)	Raihan Ahmed	Th 8:00pm - 8:50pm
RELJ 2030	Judaism, Roots and Rebellion

Spring 2020 13053	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	31 / 60	Elizabeth Alexander	MoWeFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
RELJ 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2020 12587	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 2 (1 / 2)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
RELJ 3085	The Passover Haggadah: A Service Learning Course

Spring 2020 18357	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	22 / 30	Vanessa Ochs	We 3:30pm - 6:00pm
RELJ 3100	Medieval Jewish Thought

Spring 2020 18358	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	8 / 20	Jessica Andruss	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm
RELJ 3559	New Course in Judaism

	Enduring Questions in Modern Judaism
Spring 2020 18359	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	11 / 20	Asher Biemann	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
RELJ 3665	Gender and Sexuality in the Bible

Spring 2020 13536	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	16 / 15 (16 / 15)	Ashley Tate	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
RELJ 5365	Hermann Cohen and Modern Religious Thought

Spring 2020 13092	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Asher Biemann	Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm
RELJ 5385	The Song of Songs

Spring 2020 19715	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	5 / 1	Martien Halvorson-Taylor	Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm
	This is an advanced graduate course. Undergraduates should contact the instructor (maht@virginia.edu) before enrolling. Prerequisite coursework in critical scholarship of the Bible is required.
RELJ 5559	New Course in Judaism

	Race, Religion, and Rights in Global Perspective
Spring 2020 18901	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (4 / 10)	James Loeffler	Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm
RELJ 8730	Tutorial in Midrash Translation

Spring 2020 20735	002	IND (3 Units)	Closed	2 / 1	Elizabeth Alexander	TBA
RELJ 8739	Tutorial:Buber, Heschel, & Levinas: Dialogical Approaches in Jewish Thought

Spring 2020 20303	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Asher Biemann	TBA
Urdu
URDU 2020	Intermediate Urdu

Spring 2020 12857	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Griffith Chaussee	MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
URDU 3020	Advanced Urdu II

Spring 2020 10583	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 7	Griffith Chaussee	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
URDU 4993	Independent Study in Urdu

Spring 2020 20436	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Closed	1 / 1	Griffith Chaussee	TBA