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 2025

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Arabic
ARAB 1020	Elementary Arabic

Spring 2025 10562	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	14 / 18	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 10:00am - 10:50am	New Cabell Hall 064
Spring 2025 10563	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	16 / 19	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 115
Spring 2025 10564	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	14 / 17	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 1:00pm - 1:50pm	Shea House 211
ARAB 2020	Intermediate Arabic

Spring 2025 10961	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	14 / 17	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 111
Spring 2025 10565	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	17 / 20	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeTh 12:00pm - 12:50pm	New Cabell Hall 111
ARAB 2060	Accelerated Intermediate Arabic II

Spring 2025 21260	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Closed	15 / 15	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	New Cabell Hall 395
ARAB 3020	Advanced Arabic II

Spring 2025 10962	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	6 / 14	Suad Mohamed	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 038
ARAB 3259	Advanced Arabic for Business

Spring 2025 20234	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	9 / 15	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Shea House 211
ARAB 4120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

Spring 2025 18893	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 10 (7 / 10)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Pavilion VIII 105
ARAB 7120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

Spring 2025 18894	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 10 (7 / 10)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Pavilion VIII 105
Arabic in Translation
ARTR 3245	Arabic Literary Delights

	For Second Writing Requirement, students need to use the SWR Docusign form on the College's website
Spring 2025 20239	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 20 (11 / 20)	Nizar Hermes	Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 027
ARTR 3350	Introduction to Arab Women's Literature

Spring 2025 13816	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 18 (10 / 24)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	Pavilion VIII 108
ARTR 5245	Arabic Literary Delights

Spring 2025 20240	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 20 (11 / 20)	Nizar Hermes	Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 027
ARTR 5350	Introduction to Arab Women's Literature

Spring 2025 13817	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5 (10 / 24)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	Pavilion VIII 108
Hebrew
HEBR 1020	Introduction to Modern Hebrew II

Spring 2025 10713	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	6 / 18	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am	New Cabell Hall 044
HEBR 1420	Elementary Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2025 20244	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (7 / 15)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am	Gibson Hall 142
HEBR 2020	Intermediate Modern Hebrew

Spring 2025 10714	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	5 / 10	Zvi Gilboa	Th 6:00pm - 7:15pm	New Cabell Hall 144
					Zvi Gilboa	Tu 5:00pm - 6:15pm	New Cabell Hall 144
					Zvi Gilboa	Tu 6:30pm - 7:20pm	New Cabell Hall 144
HEBR 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2025 20245	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5 (4 / 7)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Gibson Hall 142
HEBR 4993	Independent Study in Hebrew

Spring 2025 20544	001	SEM (1 - 3 Units)	Open	2 / 3	Zvi Gilboa	TBA	TBA
History-Middle Eastern History
HIME 2001	The Making of the Islamic World

Spring 2025 14169	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	34 / 35	Kristina Richardson	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	New Cabell Hall 058
HIME 4501	Seminar in Middle East and North Africa History

	The US and the Middle East
Spring 2025 19708	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Permission	15 / 15	Caroline Kahlenberg	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm	New Cabell Hall 407
HIME 9024	Tutorial in Ottoman Society

Syllabus 21064	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	4 / 6	Christopher Gratien	TBA	TBA
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
MESA 2110	Intro to Middle East / South Asia Film History

Spring 2025 20957	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	28 / 30 (28 / 30)	Samhita Sunya	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	John W. Warner Hall 113
MESA 2300	Crossing Borders: Middle East and South Asia

Spring 2025 20243	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	55 / 60	Richard Cohen	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Nau Hall 211
	The course satisfies the Second Writing Requirement. The professor will sign the form at the end of the semester.
MESA 2559	New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies

	Sadaqah and Seva: MESA Superheroes
	Sadaqah and Seva: Middle Eastern and South Asian Superheroes
Spring 2025 18898	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 20	Adrienne Resha	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 111
MESA 3380	A Thousand and One Nights at the Cinema

Spring 2025 18909	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	25 / 25	Samhita Sunya	MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm	Physics Bldg 217
MESA 4993	Independent Study

Spring 2025 14849	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 2	Nizar Hermes	TBA	TBA
Spring 2025 21876	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Daniel Lefkowitz	TBA	TBA
MESA 4999	Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis II

Spring 2025 14639	001	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Kristina Richardson	TBA	TBA
Spring 2025 21027	002	SEM (6 Units)	Open	1 / 30	Zvi Gilboa	TBA	TBA
Spring 2025 21028	003	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Nizar Hermes	TBA	TBA
Spring 2025 21029	004	SEM (6 Units)	Open	1 / 30	Caroline Kahlenberg	TBA	TBA
MESA 5110	Transnational Circuits of Cinema, Middle East-South Asia Film History

Spring 2025 20958	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5 (28 / 30)	Samhita Sunya	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	John W. Warner Hall 113
MESA 8993	Independent Study II

Spring 2025 14871	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 3	Robert Hueckstedt	TBA	TBA
Spring 2025 14879	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Samhita Sunya	TBA	TBA
MESA 8995	MA Research Seminar

Spring 2025 11522	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Nizar Hermes	TBA	TBA
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 2280	A Guide to Medieval Baghdad

Spring 2025 18908	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	19 / 25	Kristina Richardson	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 315
MEST 3282	The Ottoman Empire: State, Society, Culture

Spring 2025 14565	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	29 / 30	Baris Unlu	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm	New Cabell Hall 338
MEST 3559	New Course in Middle Eastern Studies

	Sports and Nationality: Israel/Palestine conflict
Spring 2025 20237	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	26 / 30	Sophia Solomon	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 383
MEST 4991	Middle East Studies Seminar

Spring 2025 18911	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	3 / 10	Nizar Hermes	Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm	New Cabell Hall 038
Persian
PERS 1020	Elementary Persian

Spring 2025 10808	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	15 / 20	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am	New Cabell Hall 187
PERS 2020	Intermediate Persian

Spring 2025 10809	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	5 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeThFr 9:00am - 9:50am	New Cabell Hall 068
PERS 3020	Advanced Persian

Spring 2025 12042	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	5 / 10	Mahshad Mohit	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	New Cabell Hall 042
PERS 4993	Independent Study in Persian

Spring 2025 14695	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	TBA	TBA
Persian in Translation
PETR 3131	Love, Lust, and the Divine in Persian Literature

Spring 2025 21259	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	7 / 10	Parwana Fayyaz	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	New Cabell Hall 407
Religion-Islam
RELI 2080	Global Islam

Spring 2025 13491	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	36 / 40	Ahmed al-Rahim	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm	New Cabell Hall 309
RELI 5094	What is Love?: Reflections from the Islamic Tradition

Spring 2025 19255	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	9 / 12 (9 / 12)	Oludamini Ogunnaike	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm	Gibson Hall 241
RELI 5415	Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Studies

Spring 2025 13887	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	6 / 15	Ahmed al-Rahim	Tu 6:00pm - 8:30pm	New Cabell Hall 064
RELI 5559	New Course in Islam

	Resurrection
Spring 2025 19296	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	5 / 8 (5 / 8)	Jessica Andruss	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm	New Cabell Hall 066
RELI 8707	Advanced Readings in Persian

Spring 2025 14868	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	3 / 5	Shankar Nair	TBA	TBA
RELI 8709	Islamic Studies Tutorial

Spring 2025 21883	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Ahmed al-Rahim	TBA	TBA
Religion-Judaism
RELJ 1210	Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Spring 2025 12971	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	40 / 40 (40 / 40)	Philip Tite	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Gibson Hall 211
RELJ 1420	Elementary Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2025 13819	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	2 / 8 (7 / 15)	Gregory Goering	MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am	Gibson Hall 142
RELJ 2030	Judaism, Roots and Rebellion

Spring 2025 13888	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	11 / 20	Elizabeth Alexander	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Nau Hall 141
RELJ 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

Spring 2025 19298	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 7 (4 / 7)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Gibson Hall 142
RELJ 3350	Judaism and Ethics

Spring 2025 19299	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	8 / 15 (8 / 15)	Elizabeth Alexander	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Gibson Hall 241
RELJ 3708	Enduring Questions in Modern Judaism

Spring 2025 19302	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	13 / 20	Asher Biemann	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm	Dell 2 102
RELJ 5350	Judaism and Ethics

Spring 2025 19300	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	8 / 15 (8 / 15)	Elizabeth Alexander	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm	Gibson Hall 241
RELJ 5559	New Course in Judaism

	Resurrection
Spring 2025 19303	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	5 / 8 (5 / 8)	Jessica Andruss	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm	New Cabell Hall 066
RELJ 8757	Tutorial: Theopolitics: Modern Judaism III: Buber, Cohen, Baeck, Rosenzweig

Spring 2025 19760	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Asher Biemann	TBA	TBA
RELJ 8760	Tutorial in Readings in Medieval Hebrew

Spring 2025 14427	001	SEM (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Jessica Andruss	TBA	TBA
Urdu
URDU 2020	Intermediate Urdu

Spring 2025 12195	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	3 / 10	Griffith Chaussee	MoTuWeTh 1:00pm - 1:50pm	New Cabell Hall 066
URDU 3030	Prostitutes, Murder, and Insanity: The Fiction of Sa'adat Hassan Manto

Spring 2025 21258	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	6 / 15	Griffith Chaussee	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am	New Cabell Hall 207