[MES Forum] What courses will you take this autumn? Why not learn about the Middle East?

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Middle East Related Courses AU23

ARABIC 2241
Contemporary Arab Cultures: Arts, Mass Media, Society
This course explores the intersecting political, artistic, and intellectual currents and practices that have shaped contemporary Arab cultures. It is organized as a survey of different cultural phenomena in Arab societies and diasporas including: the Arabic language and its varieties, music, poetry, law, television & cinema, and more. GE culture and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course.
Lecture Section 10 (35369)
Johanna Sellman

ARABIC 3702
Place, Space, and Migration in Modern Arabic Literature and Film
This course on modern Arabic literature and culture in translation focuses on questions of belonging, relationship to space, and migration. It examines how Arabic literary narratives, films, documentaries, and other arts have imagined modes of belonging to spaces such as cities and nations, the natural world (and even the universe!) from the early postcolonial period to the present. Prereq: English 1110. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE theme lived environments course.
Lecture Section 10 (35468)
Johanna Sellman

HEBREW 3705
Israeli Society and the Holocaust
The State of Israel was established soon after the Holocaust. This course examines the effects of the Nazi genocide on Israeli society, including political debates, public trials, films, museums and literature, while also reflecting on larger themes of genocide, trauma, memory, and commemoration. Taught in English. Prereq: English 1110. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
Lecture Section 10 (35382)
Naomi Brenner

HISTORY 2350
Islam, Politics, and Society in History
Introduction to the manner in which Islam has interacted with politics in the Middle East and vicinity from the rise of Islam through the present. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 340. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
Lecture Section 0010 (30831)
Mehrak Kamali Sarvestani

HISTORY 2353
The Middle East Since 1914
An introductory study of the political, social and cultural history and evolution of Islamic civilization since 1914. The course will examine the impact of outside power on the Middle East, as well as the region's responses to modernity; political, socioeconomic and cultural change; ideological strategy; Islamic identity and globalization; and changes in media of communication. Prereq: English 1110.xx or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3358 or 540.05. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
Lecture Section 10 (29105)
Yigit Akin


ARABIC 2701
Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation
Reading and analysis of major works of Arabic literature from the 6th to the 17th centuries including classical poetry, the Qur'an, and the Arabian Nights. Prereq: English 1110 (110). Not open to students with credit for 371. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.
Lecture Section 0010 (31531)
Ahmad Al-Jallal

HISTORY 3355
The Early Islamic Conquests (CE 630-750)
Utilizing new historical methods for reading and interpreting the sparse contemporary and near contemporary testimonies for this historical period, this course explores how these testimonies, both Muslim and non-Muslim, continue to challenge historians to revise the history of the Islamic conquests. In this course a strong focus is placed on reading primary source materials in translation. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Islam 3355. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in Islam.
Lecture Section 10 (35446)
Sean W Anthony

HISTORY 3376
The Silk Road: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Eurasian History
A study of the commercial and cultural relations among Chinese, Indian, Iranian, and Roman/Islamic civilizations. Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
Lecture Section 10 (35322)
Scott Cameron Levi

HISTORY 3475
History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
This course follows the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its inception in the late 19th century to the early 21st century. Course materials include secondary historical sources, a variety of primary documents, short stories, memoirs and films. These materials will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the history of the conflict from multiple perspectives. Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE cultures and ideas and historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
Lecture Section 010 (29506)
Ori Yehudai

HISTORY 3711
Science and Society in Europe, from Copernicus to Newton
A survey of the history of science and its place and relationship to European society in the early modern period. Students will understand the various strands that constitute the scientific revolution in early modern Europe, modern intellectual history, how revolutions in thought occur, and will practice analytical and communications skills in working with both secondary and primary sources. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
Lecture Section 10 (35255)
Matt Goldish

JEWSHST 2242
Culture of Contemporary Israel
An introduction to the Culture of modern Israel: historical roots, socio-political institutions and developments, and literary and artistic creations reflecting the realities of contemporary Israeli society. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2242H, Hebrew 2241 (241), or 2241H (241H). GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in Hebrew 2241.
Lecture Section 10 (35375)
Adena V. Tanenbaum

POLITSC 4327
Middle East Politics
This course will focus on such topics as the systemic, psychological, and political economic dimensions of Middle East politics, intra-Arab politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, forms of governance in the nation-states of the Middle East, secular-religious tensions within and between Middle East states, and the interaction between the politics of the Middle East and international politics, including U.S. foreign policy.
Lecture Section 0010 (29678)
Instructors
Donald Avery Sylvan


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The Ohio State University offers a wide variety of classes related to the Middle East area (270, total), across 30 disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, arts, professional schools, and applied sciences. Many of these courses have the ability to fulfill various core requirements for undergraduates (GECs). OSU also offers courses on less commonly taught languages such as Arabic, Persian/Dari, Hebrew, Hindi, Pashto, Turkish, Urdu, and Uzbek, as well as Biblical Hebrew, Qur’anic Arabic, and ancient Semitic languages.
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