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 2026

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Arabic
ARAB 1020	Elementary Arabic

10367	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	10 / 12	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 10:00am - 10:50am
10368	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Wait List (3 / 199)	15 / 15	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am
10369	003	Lecture (4 Units)	Wait List (3 / 199)	12 / 12	Bilal Maanaki	MoTuWeTh 1:00pm - 1:50pm
ARAB 2020	Intermediate Arabic

10745	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	15 / 17	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am
10370	002	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	8 / 17	Suad Mohamed	MoTuWeTh 12:00pm - 12:50pm
ARAB 2060	Accelerated Intermediate Arabic II

14405	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	8 / 15	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
ARAB 2250	Conversational Arabic

20155	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	2 / 12	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
ARAB 3020	Advanced Arabic II

10746	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 14	Suad Mohamed	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 3259	Advanced Arabic for Business

14045	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	6 / 10	Bilal Humeidan	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 4020	Advanced Arabic IV

20156	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 10 (2 / 15)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 4120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

13491	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5 (1 / 10)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
ARAB 5420	Advanced Arabic IV

21074	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5 (2 / 15)	Mohammed Sawaie	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
ARAB 7120	Introduction to Arabic Drama

13492	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 5 (1 / 10)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Hebrew
HEBR 1020	Introduction to Modern Hebrew II

10508	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	2 / 18	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am
HEBR 2020	Intermediate Modern Hebrew

10509	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	7 / 15	Zvi Gilboa	MoTuWeTh 9:00am - 9:50am
HEBR 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

14050	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 8 (1 / 8)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
HEBR 4993	Independent Study in Hebrew

14194	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 3	Zvi Gilboa	TBA
History-Middle Eastern History
HIME 1501	Introductory Seminar in Middle East History

	Zionism and its Opponents
21570	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	12 / 15	Glenn Dynner	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
HIME 2001	The Making of the Islamic World

13144	100	Lecture (4 Units)	Wait List (10 / 199)	53 / 50	Kristina Richardson	MoWe 1:00pm - 1:50pm
18973	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Open, WL (8 / 199)	16 / 20	Madhumita Chatterjee	Fr 10:00am - 10:50am
18974	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Open, WL (2 / 199)	18 / 20	Madhumita Chatterjee	Fr 11:00am - 11:50am
18975	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	19 / 20	Madhumita Chatterjee	Fr 12:00pm - 12:50pm
HIME 2010	Modern History of Palestine/Israel

18976	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Wait List (27 / 199)	30 / 27	Caroline Kahlenberg	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
HIME 9993	Tutorials in Middle Eastern History

	Questions: Modern Middle East
21095	001	IND (3 Units)	Wait List (0 / 199)	7 / 7	Caroline Kahlenberg	TBA
	Kurdish History
21460	002	IND (3 Units)	Permission	1 / 3	Christopher Gratien	TBA
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
MESA 2430	Sadaqah and Seva: MESA Superheroes

21080	200	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 30	Adrienne Resha	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
MESA 3270	A History of Astrology

20898	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	29 / 30	Kristina Richardson	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
MESA 3640	Israel/Palestine on Film: Historical Perspectives from ME/SA

21067	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	30 / 30	Caroline Kahlenberg+1	TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
MESA 4991	From Method to Practice: Research Workshop in and Across Areas

21450	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (4 / 10)	Samhita Sunya	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
MESA 4993	Independent Study

13442	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 2	Nizar Hermes	TBA
14583	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Daniel Lefkowitz	TBA
MESA 4999	Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Senior Thesis II

13317	001	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Kristina Richardson	TBA
14309	002	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Zvi Gilboa	TBA
14310	003	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Nizar Hermes	TBA
14311	004	SEM (6 Units)	Open	0 / 30	Caroline Kahlenberg	TBA
MESA 7991	From Method to Practice: Research Workshop in and Across Areas

21286	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	4 / 10 (4 / 10)	Samhita Sunya	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
MESA 8993	Independent Study II

13454	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 3	Robert Hueckstedt	TBA
13461	002	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 5	Samhita Sunya	TBA
21559	003	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	1 / 3	Nizar Hermes	TBA
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 2270	Culture and Society of the Contemporary Arab Middle East

20158	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	18 / 18 (18 / 18)	Hanadi Al-Samman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
MEST 3232	No Foul- No Game: Sports, Nationality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

20259	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 20	Sophia Solomon	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm
MEST 3282	The Ottoman Empire: State, Society, Culture

13282	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 30	Baris Unlu	Tu 5:00pm - 7:30pm
MEST 3491	Native Translation: Palestinian Voices in Contemporary Israel

21307	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	9 / 30	Zvi Gilboa	MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Persian
PERS 1020	Elementary Persian

10600	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	6 / 20	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am
PERS 2020	Intermediate Persian

10601	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	8 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	MoTuWeTh 9:00am - 9:50am
PERS 3020	Advanced Persian

11657	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	3 / 10	Mahshad Mohit	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
PERS 4993	Independent Study in Persian

13353	001	IND (1 - 3 Units)	Open	0 / 15	Mahshad Mohit	TBA
Persian in Translation
PETR 3131	Love, Lust, and the Divine in Persian Literature

14404	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 20 (20 / 20)	Parwana Fayyaz	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
PETR 3380	Learning from Animals: Ethics in Medieval Persian Literature

20901	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	8 / 25 (8 / 25)	Parwana Fayyaz	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
PETR 7131	Love, Lust & the Divine in Persian Literature

21148	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Closed	20 / 20 (20 / 20)	Parwana Fayyaz	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
PETR 7380	Learning from Animals: Ethics in Medieval Persian Literature

21285	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	0 / 10 (8 / 25)	Parwana Fayyaz	MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Religion-Islam
RELI 2085	Modern Islam: From the Age of Empires to the Present

19523	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	8 / 25	Shankar Nair	MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am
19525	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	6 / 20	Haseena Sahib	Th 5:00pm - 5:50pm
RELI 3110	Muhammad and the Qur'an

19527	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	7 / 25	To Be Announced	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am
RELI 3200	Muslim Misfits: Islam and the Question of Difference

19528	001	SEM (3 Units)	Wait List (0 / 199)	25 / 25	Noah Salomon	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
RELI 5094	What is Love?: Reflections from the Islamic Tradition

13658	001	SEM (3 Units)	Closed	17 / 15 (17 / 15)	Oludamini Ogunnaike	Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm
RELI 5221	Hindu-Muslim Encounters

19522	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	12 / 15 (12 / 15)	Shankar Nair	Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Religion-Judaism
RELJ 1210	Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

12402	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	33 / 60 (33 / 60)	Martien Halvorson-Taylor	MoWe 10:00am - 10:50am
19498	101	Discussion (0 Units)	Closed	20 / 20 (20 / 20)	Maria Trivino	Fr 12:00pm - 12:50pm
19499	102	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	7 / 20 (7 / 20)	Maria Trivino	Fr 1:00pm - 1:50pm
19500	103	Discussion (0 Units)	Open	6 / 20 (6 / 20)	Maria Trivino	Fr 2:00pm - 2:50pm
RELJ 2040	American Judaism

Website 20847	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	10 / 14	Sam Shuman	TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm
RELJ 2420	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II

13683	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	1 / 8 (1 / 8)	Gregory Goering	MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm
RELJ 3052	Responses to the Holocaust

19530	001	SEM (3 Units)	Wait List (5 / 199)	20 / 20	Jennifer Geddes	Mo 5:00pm - 7:30pm
RELJ 3310	Jewish Law

20857	100	Lecture (3 Units)	Open	14 / 20 (14 / 20)	Elizabeth Alexander	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
RELJ 3708	Enduring Questions in Modern Judaism

19797	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	16 / 25	Asher Biemann	TuTh 3:30pm - 4:45pm
RELJ 5310	Jewish Law

21678	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	14 / 20 (14 / 20)	Elizabeth Alexander	TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm
RELJ 5385	The Song of Songs

20789	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	8 / 12	Martien Halvorson-Taylor	Mo 2:00pm - 4:30pm
RELJ 8757	Tutorial: Theopolitics: Modern Judaism III: Buber, Cohen, Baeck, Rosenzweig

13849	001	IND (3 Units)	Open	1 / 5	Asher Biemann	TBA
RELJ 8763	Tutorial in Rabbinic Judaism

21484	001	SEM (3 Units)	Open	2 / 5	Elizabeth Alexander	TBA
Urdu
URDU 2020	Intermediate Urdu

11782	001	Lecture (4 Units)	Open	6 / 10	Griffith Chaussee	MoTuWeTh 1:00pm - 1:50pm
URDU 3050	Born for the Stage: A Survey of Modern Urdu Drama

21099	001	Lecture (3 Units)	Permission	4 / 10	Griffith Chaussee	TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am