Courses
Syllabi
See sample syllabi here
Fall 2026
*Subject to Change*
ARAB 1 (9S) First-Year Courses in Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 1 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 22 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Bouba (LIT, NW)
ARAB 31 (10) Advanced Arabic. Ouajjani (NW)
ARAB 41 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
HEBR 1 (9L) First-Year Courses in Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 21 (10) Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew Language and Literature. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 5.01/COLT 53.03 (6B) Identity and Representation in the Middle East: Narratives of Loss. El-Ariss (INT, NW)
MES 12.09/JWST 40.01/*GOV 40.09 (10) Politics of Israel & Palestine. Avishai (INT SOC)
MES 15.11/JWST 44.01/*FILM 42.19 (6B) The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present. A. Simon (ART, NW)
MES 16.12/GOVT 40.30 (10A) Language, Politics and Power in the Middle East. Glinert (INT or SOC, CI)
MES 17.24/*JWST 6.01/REL 19.41 (6B) Revelation and Interpretation in Rabbinic, Philosophical, and Mystical Literature. Wolfson (TMV, W)
MES 18.01/*ARTH 42.01 (10A) Contemporary Art in the Middle East. - Elias
*MES 81.04/LING 11.03 (2A) Curses, Compliments and Secrets: Verbal Behavior in the Middle East. Glinert (INT or SOC, CI)
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. El-Ariss
Winter 2027
*Subject to Change*
ARAB 1.20 (10) Intensive Arabic. Bouba
ARAB 2 (9S) First-Year Courses in Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 2 (9S) First-Year Courses in Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 42 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. ElAriss (LIT, NW)
HEBR 2 (9L) First-Year Courses in Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (10A) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 7.03 (2A) FYS Jerusalem: Vision and Reality. Glinert (LIT, NW)
MES 7.04 (10A) FYS Steamships to Social Media: History of Technology in the Middle East. Simon (INT, NW)
*MES 8.01/GOVT 40.25 (2A) Intro to Middle Eastern Politics. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 10.10/JWST 45 (2A) Soundscapes of the Middle East. Simon (INT or ART, NW)
*MES 12.04/JWST 40.08/GOVT 20.08 (10A) America and the Middle East. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 16.11 (10A) From Genesis to Seinfeld: Jewish Humor and its Roots. Glinert (LIT, W)
Spring 2027
*Subject to Change*
ARAB 3 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 3 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 23 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Bouba
ARAB 34 (10) Media Arabic. Chahboun (LIT, NW)
ARAB 43 (ARR) Advanced Study in Arabic Conversation and Reading. Kadhim
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
HEBR 3 (9L) Beginning Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (10A) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin (INT or SOC, NW)
*MES 2.03/HIST 4.03 (10A) Intro to Modern Middle East and North Africa. Simon (SOC, NW)
MES 9.02 (2) Intro to Classical Arabic Literature. Kadhim (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 12.05/GOVT 60.17 (10A) Arab Political Thought. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
*MES 12.18/JWST 42.12 (2A) Difficult Conversations on the Middle East. Fishere & Smolin (INT, NW)
MES 12.19 (2) Covering the Middle East: From News Reporting to Long-Form Non-fiction. Ghattas (INT or SOC)
MES 15.11/JWST 44.01/FILM 42.19 (6B) The Middle East in Film. Simon (ART, NW)
MES 17.08/ *JWST 74.01/ REL 57.02 (11) The Jewish Jesus. Steiner (TMV, W)
MES 17.19/JWST 42.11/COLT 53.07/HUM 3.06 (6B) The Arab, The Jew and The Construction of Modernity. Smolin
MES 17.22/*JWST 36.04/REL 28.08 (2) The Qur'an in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Ben-Tov (INT or SOC, W)
MES 18.02/*ARTH 28.09 (11) Mobility in the Early Modern Mediterranean. Kassler-Taub
MES 81.04/LING 11.03 (2A) Curses, Compliments and Secrets: Verbal Cultures in the Middle East. Glinert (INT or SOC, CI)