No prior knowledge of Farsi is needed to take this beginners course. It uses intensive class participation to teach you everyday interactions by focusing on phonetics, the spoken word and simple …
Gardens, Homes, and Palaces in the Muslim World
How did Muslims live in the pre-modern world, and, how did they interact with their surrounding environment? This course introduces examples of homes, palaces, and gardens dating from the 8th to the …
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Premodern World Literatures
This course approaches the premodern period by examining early British literatures alongside literary works of the period c.500-1650 from the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. …
Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
A comparative study of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Phoenician and Punic, Celtic, Palmyrene, Persian, Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian religious beliefs and practices. Special attention will be …
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Survival and Demise of Dictatorships
This course will provide an introduction to theories of why some dictatorships survive while others do not. We will explore theories rooted in regime type, resources, state capacity, parties, popular …
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World Cinema
A study of Non-Western films. This course analyzes a selection of African, Asian, and Middle Eastern films both on their own terms and against the backdrop of issues of colonialism and globalization. …