Complete Schedule of Classes for the Middle Eastern Studies Program - Spring 2020
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| Arabic |
 ARAB 1020 Elementary Arabic |
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| 10013 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 9 / 15 | Abir Abyad | MoTuWeThFr 9:00am - 9:50am | New Cabell Hall 068 |
| 10014 | 002 | Lecture (4) | Open | 15 / 18 | Abir Abyad | MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am | New Cabell Hall 068 |
| 10015 | 003 | Lecture (4) | Open | 12 / 18 | Bilal Maanaki | MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am | New Cabell Hall 411 |
| 12148 | 004 | Lecture (4) | Open | 13 / 18 | Suad Mohamed | MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm | New Cabell Hall 111 |
| 19357 | 005 | Lecture (4) | Open | 17 / 18 | Bilal Maanaki | MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm | New Cabell Hall 068 |
| ARAB 2020 Intermediate Arabic |
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| 10607 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Closed  | 12 / 12 | Bilal Maanaki | MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am | New Cabell Hall 411 |
| 10017 | 002 | Lecture (4) | Open | 9 / 12 | Suad Mohamed | MoTuWeThFr 11:00am - 11:50am | New Cabell Hall 111 |
| 10016 | 003 | Lecture (4) | Open | 9 / 12 | Bilal Humeidan | MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm | New Cabell Hall 066 |
| 19358 | 004 | Lecture (4) | Closed | 12 / 12 | Abir Abyad | MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm | New Cabell Hall 038 |
| ARAB 3019 Language House Conversation |
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| 11744 | 001 | Lecture (1) | Open | 5 / 20 | Suad Mohamed | TBA | TBA |
| ARAB 3020 Advanced Arabic II |
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| 10018 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 7 / 10 | Bilal Humeidan | TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am | Monroe Hall 113 |
| 10608 | 002 | Lecture (3) | Open | 7 / 12 | Suad Mohamed | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | New Cabell Hall 042 |
| ARAB 3230 Arabic Conversation and Composition |
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| 19359 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Closed  | 9 / 9 | Bilal Humeidan | TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm | New Cabell Hall 144 |
| ARAB 3672 Review of Arabic Grammar |
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| 11569 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 7 / 12 | Mohammed Sawaie | MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| ARAB 4020 Advanced Arabic IV |
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| 13466 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 7 / 12 | Mohammed Sawaie | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| ARAB 4120 Introduction to Arabic Drama |
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| 19375 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 0 / 10 | Hanadi Al-Samman | TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| ARAB 5420 Advanced Arabic IV |
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| 19376 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 3 | Mohammed Sawaie | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| ARAB 6672 Review of Arabic Grammar |
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| 13869 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 2 | Mohammed Sawaie | MoWe 3:30pm - 4:45pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| ARAB 7120 Introduction to Arabic Drama |
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| 19374 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Hanadi Al-Samman | TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| Arabic in Translation |
| ARTR 3290 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation |
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| 12875 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 15 / 17 | Hanadi Al-Samman | TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| ARTR 5290 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation |
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| 12876 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Hanadi Al-Samman | TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm | New Cabell Hall 064 |
| Hebrew |
| HEBR 1020 Introduction to Modern Hebrew II |
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| 10238 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 12 / 18 | Zvi Gilboa | MoTuWeThFr 10:00am - 10:50am | New Cabell Hall 183 |
| HEBR 1420 Elementary Biblical Hebrew II |
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| 11699 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 4 / 6 | Gregory Goering | MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am | New Cabell Hall 283 |
| HEBR 2020 Intermediate Modern Hebrew |
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| 10239 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 12 / 15 | Zvi Gilboa | MoTuWeTh 11:00am - 11:50am | New Cabell Hall 066 |
| HEBR 2420 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II |
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| 11700 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 2 | Gregory Goering | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Nau Hall 287 |
| HEBR 3020 Advanced Modern Hebrew II |
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| 10240 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 3 / 5 | Maayan Ornath | WeFr 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Gibson Hall 287 |
| HEBR 4993 Independent Study in Hebrew |
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| 10609 | 001 | SEM (1 - 3) | Permission | 2 / 4 | Zvi Gilboa | TBA | TBA |
| HEBR 8993 Independent Study in Hebrew |
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| 11936 | 001 | IND (1 - 3) | Permission | 0 / 1 | Zvi Gilboa | TBA | TBA |
| History-Middle Eastern History |
| HIME 2002 The Making of the Modern Middle East |
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| 18702 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 44 / 45 | Kristen Alff | TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm | New Cabell Hall 323 |
| HIME 4511 Colloquium in Middle East History |
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| | Capitalism and the Middle East |
| 19877 | 001 | SEM (4) | Permission | 14 / 15 | Kristen Alff | Th 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 068 |
| HIME 4993 Independent Study in Middle Eastern History |
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| 20744 | 001 | IND (1 - 3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Fahad Bishara | TBA | TBA |
| 20963 | 002 | IND (1 - 3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Kristen Alff | TBA | TBA |
| HIME 9024 Tutorial in Ottoman History |
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| 20555 | 001 | IND (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Joshua White | TBA | TBA |
| Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures |
| MESA 1000 From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia |
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| 13468 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Closed | 20 / 20 | Shawn Lyons | TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm | New Cabell Hall 283 |
| MESA 3110 Sustainable Environments Middle East and South Asia |
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| 12833 | 001 | SEM (3) | Closed | 31 / 30 | Tessa Farmer | TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| MESA 3559 New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies |
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| | Spies in Action: Cine-Media Worlds of Espionage |
| 19373 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 28 / 30 | Samhita Sunya | TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am | New Cabell Hall 383 |
| | Second Writing Requirement; Artistic, Interpretive & Philosophical Inquiry; Historical Perspectives |
| | Islam, Science, and the Environment |
| 19548 | 002 | Lecture (3) | Open | 23 / 30 | Shankar Nair | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Maury Hall 110 |
| | 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 |
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| 12929 | 001 | SEM (6) | Open | 0 / 5 | Samhita Sunya | TBA | TBA |
| 20902 | 002 | SEM (6) | Open | 1 / 5 | Zvi Gilboa | TBA | TBA |
| MESA 5559 New Course in Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies |
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| 20413 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Shankar Nair | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Maury Hall 110 |
| MESA 8993 Independent Study II |
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| 20314 | 001 | IND (1 - 3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Robert Hueckstedt | TBA | TBA |
| 20806 | 002 | IND (1 - 3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Nizar Hermes | TBA | TBA |
| MESA 8995 MA Research Seminar |
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| 11417 | 001 | SEM (3) | Open | 2 / 5 | Robert Hueckstedt | Fr 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Office |
| MESA 8999 Non-Topical Research, MA |
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| 19366 | 001 | IND (1 - 12) | Open | 1 / 6 | Robert Hueckstedt | TBA | TBA |
| Middle Eastern Studies |
| MEST 3470 Language and Culture in the Middle East |
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| 19368 | 100 | Lecture (3) | Open | 8 / 30 | Daniel Lefkowitz | MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am | Claude Moore Nursing Educ G120 |
| 19369 | 101 | Discussion (0) | Open | 2 / 10 | Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari | We 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Brooks Hall 103 |
| 19370 | 102 | Discussion (0) | Open | 4 / 10 | Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari | Th 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Brooks Hall 103 |
| 19371 | 103 | Discussion (0) | Open | 2 / 10 | Tirajeh Tahvildar Akbari | Fr 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Brooks Hall 103 |
| MEST 3559 New Course in Middle Eastern Studies |
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| | Dangerous in Danger: Refuge and Otherness in Times of Crisis |
| 19372 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 25 / 30 | Zvi Gilboa | MoWe 5:00pm - 6:15pm | New Cabell Hall 338 |
| MEST 4991 Middle East Studies Seminar |
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| 10326 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 11 / 14 | Nizar Hermes | Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 187 |
| Persian |
| PERS 1020 Elementary Persian |
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| 10364 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 18 / 20 | Mahshad Mohit | TuTh 10:00am - 10:50am | The Rotunda Room 152 |
| | Mahshad Mohit | MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am | Bryan Hall 332 |
| PERS 2020 Intermediate Persian |
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| 10365 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 8 / 15 | Mahshad Mohit | MoTuWeThFr 12:00pm - 12:50pm | New Cabell Hall 044 |
| PERS 3020 Advanced Persian |
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| 12396 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 5 / 10 | Mahshad Mohit | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Pavilion V 109 |
| PERS 3029 Language House Conversation |
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| 12453 | 001 | Lecture (1) | Open | 5 / 15 | Mahshad Mohit | TBA | TBA |
| PERS 8993 Independent Study in Persian |
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| 20946 | 002 | IND (1 - 3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Pardis Minuchehr | TBA | TBA |
| Persian in Translation |
| PETR 2559 New Course in Persian Translation |
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| | Secret Life of Media in Iran and its Diaspora |
| | Iran and its Media |
| 19360 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 14 / 18 | Pardis Minuchehr | We 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 287 |
| | Second Writing Requirement, Non-Western perspectives |
| PETR 3559 New Course in Persian Translation |
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| | On Desire and Separation in Persian Poetry |
| | Persian Poetry |
| 19362 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 10 / 15 | Pardis Minuchehr | Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm | New Cabell Hall 489 |
| | Second Writing requirement and non-western perspectives |
| | Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border |
| | Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border: Iranian Women Writers |
| 19365 | 002 | Lecture (3) | Open | 4 / 10 | Farzaneh Milani | Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm | Shea House 211 |
| PETR 5559 New Course in Persian Translation |
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| | The Secret Life of Media: Iran and its Diaspora |
| 19361 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 2 | Pardis Minuchehr | We 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 287 |
| | On Desire and Separation: Persian Poetry Then and Now (In Translation) |
| 19363 | 002 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Pardis Minuchehr | Th 2:00pm - 4:30pm | New Cabell Hall 489 |
| | Breaking the Silence, Crossing the Border: Iranian Women Writers |
| 19364 | 003 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Farzaneh Milani | Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm | Shea House 211 |
| Religion-Islam |
| RELI 2024 Jewish-Muslim Relations |
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| 12584 | 100 | Lecture (3) | Open | 27 / 30 | Jessica Andruss | TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm | Gibson Hall 211 |
| 18343 | 101 | Discussion (0) | Closed | 10 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| 18344 | 102 | Discussion (0) | Closed | 10 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 7:00pm - 7:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| 18458 | 103 | Discussion (0) | Open | 7 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 8:00pm - 8:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| RELI 2085 Modern Islam: From the Age of Empires to the Present |
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| 18347 | 100 | Lecture (3) | Open | 55 / 58 | Shankar Nair | MoWe 11:00am - 11:50am | Maury Hall 104 |
| 18348 | 101 | Discussion (0) | Closed | 20 / 20 | Essam Fahim | We 6:00pm - 6:50pm | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| 18349 | 102 | Discussion (0) | Closed | 20 / 20 | Essam Fahim | We 7:00pm - 7:50pm | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| 18350 | 103 | Discussion (0) | Open | 15 / 20 | Essam Fahim | We 8:00pm - 8:50pm | New Cabell Hall 332 |
| RELI 3559 New Course in Islam |
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| | Introduction to Islam in Africa through the Arts |
| 18895 | 001 | SEM (3) | Closed | 9 / 15 | Oludamini Ogunnaike | TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Gibson Hall 242 |
| RELI 8703 Advanced Readings in Arabic |
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| 20462 | 001 | IND (3) | Closed | 6 / 6 | Ahmed al-Rahim | TBA | TBA |
| RELI 8707 Advanced Readings in Persian |
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| 20324 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 6 | Shankar Nair | TBA | TBA |
| RELI 8709 Islamic Studies Tutorial |
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| 13832 | 001 | IND (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Ahmed al-Rahim | TBA | TBA |
| Religion-Judaism |
| RELJ 1420 Elementary Biblical Hebrew II |
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| 10502 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 5 / 12 | Gregory Goering | MoWeFr 10:00am - 10:50am | New Cabell Hall 283 |
| RELJ 2024 Jewish-Muslim Relations |
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| 12586 | 100 | Lecture (3) | Open | 27 / 30 | Jessica Andruss | TuTh 11:00am - 12:15pm | Gibson Hall 211 |
| 18345 | 101 | Discussion (0) | Open | 9 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 6:00pm - 6:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| 18346 | 102 | Discussion (0) | Closed | 10 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 7:00pm - 7:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| 18459 | 103 | Discussion (0) | Open | 8 / 10 | Raihan Ahmed | Th 8:00pm - 8:50pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| RELJ 2030 Judaism, Roots and Rebellion |
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| 13053 | 100 | Lecture (3) | Open | 31 / 60 | Elizabeth Alexander | MoWeFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Maury Hall 115 |
| RELJ 2420 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II |
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| 12587 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 1 / 2 | Gregory Goering | MoWe 2:00pm - 3:15pm | Nau Hall 287 |
| RELJ 3085 The Passover Haggadah: A Service Learning Course |
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| 18357 | 001 | SEM (3) | Open | 22 / 30 | Vanessa Ochs | We 3:30pm - 6:00pm | Nau Hall 141 |
| RELJ 3100 Medieval Jewish Thought |
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| 18358 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 8 / 20 | Jessica Andruss | Tu 2:00pm - 4:30pm | New Cabell Hall 415 |
| RELJ 3559 New Course in Judaism |
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| | Enduring Questions in Modern Judaism |
| 18359 | 001 | SEM (3) | Open | 11 / 20 | Asher Biemann | TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am | Cocke Hall 101 |
| RELJ 3665 Gender and Sexuality in the Bible |
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| 13536 | 001 | SEM (3) | Closed | 16 / 15 | Ashley Tate | TuTh 12:30pm - 1:45pm | Gibson Hall 242 |
| RELJ 5365 Hermann Cohen and Modern Religious Thought |
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| 13092 | 001 | SEM (3) | Open | 1 / 5 | Asher Biemann | Tu 3:30pm - 6:00pm | Nau Hall 287 |
| RELJ 5385 The Song of Songs |
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| 19715 | 001 | SEM (3) | Closed | 5 / 1 | Martien Halvorson-Taylor | Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm | New Cabell Hall 364 |
| | 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 |
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| | Race, Religion, and Rights in Global Perspective |
| 18901 | 001 | SEM (3) | Open | 4 / 10 | James Loeffler | Mo 4:00pm - 6:30pm | New Cabell Hall 115 |
| RELJ 8730 Tutorial in Midrash Translation |
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| 20735 | 002 | IND (3) | Closed | 2 / 1 | Elizabeth Alexander | TBA | TBA |
| RELJ 8739 Tutorial:Buber, Heschel, & Levinas: Dialogical Approaches in Jewish Thought |
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| 20303 | 001 | IND (3) | Open | 3 / 5 | Asher Biemann | TBA | TBA |
| Urdu |
| URDU 2020 Intermediate Urdu |
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| 12857 | 001 | Lecture (4) | Open | 3 / 5 | Griffith Chaussee | MoTuWeThFr 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Gibson Hall 287 |
| URDU 3020 Advanced Urdu II |
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| 10583 | 001 | Lecture (3) | Open | 5 / 7 | Griffith Chaussee | TuTh 9:30am - 10:45am | New Cabell Hall 042 |
| URDU 4993 Independent Study in Urdu |
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| 20436 | 001 | IND (1 - 3) | Closed | 1 / 1 | Griffith Chaussee | TBA | TBA |
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