Courses
Course Descriptions
At Bryn Mawr
This page displays the schedule of Bryn Mawr courses in this department for this academic year. It also displays descriptions of courses offered by the department during the last four academic years.
For information about courses offered by other Bryn Mawr departments and programs or about courses offered by Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, please consult the Course Guides page.
For information about the Academic Calendar, including the dates of first and second quarter courses, please visit the College's master calendar.
Students must choose a major subject and may choose a minor subject. Students may also select from one of seven concentrations, which are offered to enhance a student's work in the major or minor and to focus work on a specific area of interest.
Concentrations are an intentional cluster of courses already offered by various academic departments or through general programs. These courses may also be cross-listed in several academic departments. Therefore, when registering for a course that counts toward a concentration, a student should register for the course listed in her major or minor department. If the concentration course is not listed in her major or minor department, the student may enroll in any listing of that course.
Spring 2012
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH B226-001 | Archaeology of Anatolia | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 129 | Ataç,M. |
| ARCH B244-001 | Great Empires of the Ancient Near East | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH | Carpenter Library 21 | Ataç,M. |
| COML B225-001 | Censorship: Historical Contexts, Local Practices and Global Resonance | Semester / 1 | LEC: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Dalton Hall 212A | Seyhan,A., Seyhan,A. |
| Film: 4:30 PM- 7:00 PM TH | Thomas Hall 224 | ||||
| HEBR B271-001 | Topics in Judaic Studies: Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History | Semester / 1 | LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 116 | Albert,A. |
| HIST B222-001 | France and Algeria since 1830 | Semester / 1 | LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Bettws Y Coed 239 | Prakash,A. |
| HIST B273-001 | Topics in Judaic Studies: Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History | Semester / 1 | LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Thomas Hall 116 | Albert,A. |
| POLS B282-001 | The Exotic Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM M | Carpenter Library 21 | Harrold,D. |
| POLS B287-001 | Media and Politics: The Middle East Transformed | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM MW | Dalton Hall 300 | Harrold,D. |
Fall 2012
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEBR B283-001 | Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Taylor Hall E | Harrold,D. |
| HIST B283-001 | Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Taylor Hall E | Harrold,D. |
| POLS B283-001 | Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa | Semester / 1 | LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW | Taylor Hall E | Harrold,D. |
Spring 2013
| COURSE | TITLE | SCHEDULE/ UNITS |
MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR(S) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH B240-001 | Archaeology and History of Ancient Mesopotamia | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH | Carpenter Library 21 | Ataç,M. |
| CITY B312-001 | Topics in Medieval Art | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM TH | Carpenter Library 15 | Walker,A. |
| HART B311-001 | Topics in Medieval Art: Kings, Caliphs, and Emperor: Images of Authority | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM TH | Carpenter Library 15 | Walker,A. |
| HIST B311-001 | Topics in Medieval Art | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM TH | Carpenter Library 15 | Walker,A. |
| POLS B383-001 | Two Hundred Years of Islamic Reform, Radicalism, and Revolution | Semester / 1 | Lecture: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM M | Dalton Hall 212A | Harrold,D. |
Bryn Mawr Course Descriptions
2012-13 Catalog Data
ANTH B261 Palestine and Israeli Society Not offered 2012-13 Considers the legacy of Palestine and the centrality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as key in the formation of Israeli society, shaped by ongoing political conflict. New ethnographic writings disclose themes like Zionism, Holocaust, immigration, religion, Palestinian citizenry, Middle Eastern Jews and military occupation and resulting emerging debates among different social sectors and populations. Also considers constitution of ethnographic fields and the shaping of anthropological investigations by arenas of conflict. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and POLS B111 or ANTH B101 or B102 or permission of the instructor. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as HEBR B261 Cross-listed as HIST B261 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies ANTH B275 Cultures and Societies of the Middle East Not offered 2012-13 Through a close reading of ethnographic, historical, and literary materials, this course will introduce students to some of the key conceptual issues and regional distinctions that have emerged from classic and contemporary studies of culture and society in the Middle East. The course will survey the following themes: orientalism; gender and patriarchy; democracy and state-formation; political Islam; oil and Western dominance; media and religion; violence and nationalism; identity and diaspora. Prerequisite: Introduction to Anthropology or equivalent. No knowledge of the Middle East is assumed. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts toward Middle East Studies ANTH B276 Islam in Europe Not offered 2012-13 This course will focus on recent immigration of Muslims in Europe. Anthropological theories will be helpful for understanding various issues such as the colonization and production of ethnicity, problems of identity concerning different generations and gender. Politics from the points of view of the nation-state will be important. Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology or instructor's permission. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as HIST B276 Counts toward Middle East Studies ANTH B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Era Not offered 2012-13 Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu political movements, the course seeks to investigate the religious turn in national and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find commonalities and differences in religious movements, and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission of the instructor. Division I or Division III Cross-listed as HIST B382 Cross-listed as POLS B382 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies ARCH B104 Archaeology of Agricultural and Urban Revolutions Not offered 2012-13 This course examines the archaeology of the two most fundamental changes that have occurred in human society in the last 12,000 years, agriculture and urbanism, and we explore these in Egypt and the Near East as far as India. We also explore those societies that did not experience these changes. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as CITY B104 Counts toward Geoarchaeology Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near East Not offered 2012-13 The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, sculpture and cylinder seals. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as HART B140 Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B226 Archaeology of Anatolia Not offered 2012-13 One of the cradles of civilization, Anatolia witnessed the rise and fall of many cultures and states throughout its ancient history. This course approaches the ancient material remains of pre-classical Anatolia from the perspective of Near Eastern archaeology, examining the art, artifacts, architecture, cities, and settlements of this land from the Neolithic through the Lydian periods. Some emphasis will be on the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, especially phases of Hittite and Assyrian imperialism, Late Hittite states, Phrygia, and the Urartu. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B230 Archaeology and History of Ancient Egypt Not offered 2012-13 A survey of the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt from the Pre-Dynastic through the Graeco-Roman periods, with special emphasis on Egypt's Empire and its outside connections, especially the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds. Division III: Humanities Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts toward Africana Studies Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B240 Archaeology and History of Ancient Mesopotamia Spring 2013 A survey of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia, modern Iraq, from the earliest phases of state formation (circa 3500 B.C.E.) through the Achaemenid Persian occupation of the Near East (circa 331 B.C.E.). Emphasis will be on art, artifacts, monuments, religion, kingship, and the cuneiform tradition. The survival of the cultural legacy of Mesopotamia into later ancient and Islamic traditions will also be addressed. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East Not offered 2012-13 A survey of the history, material culture, political and religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five great empires of the ancient Near East of the second and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Iran. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as CITY B244 Cross-listed as HIST B244 Counts toward Middle East Studies ARCH B355 Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire in Cross Cultural Context Not offered 2012-13 The Achaemenid Empire (538-332 B.C.E.) ruled the largest landmass of any of the ancient Near Eastern Empires. Attempts by archaeologists to understand the manner in which authority was asserted over this area have suffered from a reliance on biased historical sources, largely from the Classical World. This course uses archaeological data to re-examine the Achaemenid Empire in a global context. This data is examined through a methodological framework that emphasizes comparative studies of ancient and more recent Empires in Africa, the Americas, South Asia, and the Mediterranean. Counts toward Middle East Studies CITY B312 Topics in Medieval ArtSection 001 (Fall 2011): Sacred Spaces of Islam Spring 2013 This is a topics course. Course content varies.
Current topic description: Kings, Caliphs, and Emperor: Images of Authority in the Era of the Crusades Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as HART B311 Cross-listed as HIST B311 Counts toward Middle East Studies COML B225 Censorship: Historical Contexts, Local Practices and Global Resonance Not offered 2012-13 This course examines the ban on books and art in the US, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe through a study of the historical, political, and sociocultural conditions of censorship practices and the rhetorical strategies writers and artists use to translate repression and trauma into idioms of resistance. Prerequisite: EMLY B001 or a 100-level intensive writing course. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Counts toward Middle East Studies GNST B156 Themes in Middle Eastern Society Not offered 2012-13 The basis for the Middle East Studies Concentration, this course features changing themes. For Fall 2010, the theme is the space of religion: in daily life; in politics and culture; space and metaphor. Included are sacred kingship, the rise of Islamic states, roles of Middle Eastern Christians and Jews and challenges from secular ideologies that transform the space of religion. Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts toward Middle East Studies HART B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near East Not offered 2012-13 The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, sculpture and cylinder seals. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as ARCH B140 Counts toward Middle East Studies HART B311 Topics in Medieval Art
Section 001 (Spring 2013): Kings, Caliphs, and Emperor: Images of Authority
Section 001 (Fall 2011): Sacred Spaces of Islam Spring 2013 This is a topics course. Course content varies.
Current topic description: Kings, Caliphs, and Emperor: Images of Authority in the Era of the Crusades Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as CITY B312 Cross-listed as HIST B311 Counts toward Middle East Studies HEBR B110 Israeli Cinema Not offered 2012-13 The course traces the evolution of the Israeli cinema from ideologically charged visual medium to a universally recognized film art, as well as the emergent Palestinian cinema and the new wave of Israeli documentaries. It will focus on the historical, ideological, political, and cultural changes in Israeli and Palestinian societies and their impact on films' form and content. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Film Studies Counts toward Middle East Studies HEBR B261 Palestine and Israeli Society Not offered 2012-13 Considers the legacy of Palestine and the centrality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as key in the formation of Israeli society, shaped by ongoing political conflict. New ethnographic writings disclose themes like Zionism, Holocaust, immigration, religion, Palestinian citizenry, Middle Eastern Jews and military occupation and resulting emerging debates among different social sectors and populations. Also considers constitution of ethnographic fields and the shaping of anthropological investigations by arenas of conflict. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and POLS B111 or ANTH B101 or B102 or permission of the instructor. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as ANTH B261 Cross-listed as HIST B261 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies HEBR B271 Topics in Judaic Studies
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History Not offered 2012-13 What happened in Jewish history between antiquity and the modern era, between composing the Talmud and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we try to understand how Jews got from there to here, this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self-government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who sparked religious movements and change in the course of these tumultuous centuries. Cross-listed as HIST B273 Counts toward Middle East Studies HEBR B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Fall 2012 This course is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the politics of the region, using works of history, political science, political economy, film, and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of colonialism and the importance of international forces; the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and practices. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as POLS B283 Cross-listed as HIST B283 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B222 France and Algeria since 1830 Not offered 2012-13 This course will trace the intertwined history of France and Algeria by analyzing the beginnings of the French presence in Algeria, colonization and resistance, citizenship and race, the Algerian War, and decolonization. Prerequisite: One 100-level history course. Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as ANTH B222 Cross-listed as FREN B222 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B261 Palestine and Israeli Society Not offered 2012-13 Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as ANTH B261 Cross-listed as GNST B261 Cross-listed as HEBR B261 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies HIST B273 Topics in Judaic Studies
Section 001 (Spring 2012): Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History Not offered 2012-13 What happened in Jewish history between antiquity and the modern era, between composing the Talmud and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we try to understand how Jews got from there to here, this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self-government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who sparked religious movements and change in the course of these tumultuous centuries. Cross-listed as HEBR B271 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B276 Islam in Europe Not offered 2012-13 This course will focus on recent immigration of Muslims in Europe. Anthropological theories will be helpful for understanding various issues such as the colonization and production of ethnicity, problems of identity concerning different generations and gender. Politics from the points of view of the nation-state will be important. Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology or instructor's permission. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as ANTH B276 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Fall 2012 This course is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the politics of the region, using works of history, political science, political economy, film, and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of colonialism and the importance of international forces; the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and practices. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as POLS B283 Cross-listed as HEBR B283 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B288 The Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa Not offered 2012-13 Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as POLS B288 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B311 Topics in Medieval Art
Section 001 (Fall 2011): Sacred Spaces of Islam Spring 2013 This is a topics course. Topics vary.
Current topic description: Kings, Caliphs, and Emperor: Images of Authority in the Era of the Crusades Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as HART B311 Cross-listed as CITY B312 Counts toward Middle East Studies HIST B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Era Not offered 2012-13 Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu political movements, the course seeks to investigate the religious turn in national and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find commonalities and differences in religious movements, and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission of the instructor. Division I or Division III Cross-listed as ANTH B382 Cross-listed as POLS B382 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies POLS B282 The Exotic Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East Not offered 2012-13 This course is concerned with the meanings of gender and sexuality in the Middle East, with particular attention to the construction of tradition, its performance, reinscription, and transformation, and to Western interpretations and interactions. Prerequisite: one course in social science or humanities. Previous gender or Middle East course is a plus. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Middle East Studies POLS B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Fall 2012 This course is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the politics of the region, using works of history, political science, political economy, film, and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of colonialism and the importance of international forces; the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and practices. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as HEBR B283 Cross-listed as HIST B283 Counts toward Middle East Studies POLS B287 Media and Politics: The Middle East Transformed Not offered 2012-13 The events of 2011 transformed the Middle East, overthrowing or threatening regimes across the region. The course will focus on the media technologies, the political actors, and international events that produced these changes, as well as examine works on political transitions, revolutions, and social movements. Prerequisite: A previous social science or history course is strongly recommended, or a previous course on media. Division I: Social Science Counts toward Middle East Studies POLS B288 The Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa Not offered 2012-13 This comparative approach considers historical constructions, the power of economic ideas, domestic politics and resources, and international regimes. Specific areas of focus include theories that seek to explain the economic/political conditions, left, nationalist and liberal, as well as the exceptional growth of the Gulf economies. Prerequisite: at least one other course on the Middle East or a strong area expertise in another region such as Latin America or China with permission of the instructor. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as HIST B288 Counts toward Middle East Studies POLS B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Era Not offered 2012-13 Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu political movements, the course seeks to investigate the religious turn in national and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find commonalities and differences in religious movements, and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission of the instructor. Division I or Division III Cross-listed as ANTH B382 Cross-listed as HIST B382 Counts toward Middle East Studies Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies POLS B383 Two Hundred Years of Islamic Reform, Radicalism, and Revolution Spring 2013 This course will examine the transformation of Islamic politics in the past two hundred years, emphasizing historical accounts, comparative analysis of developments in different parts of the Islamic world. Topics covered include the rationalist Salafy movement; the so-called conservative movements (Sanussi of Libya, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the Wahhabi movement in Arabia); the Caliphate movement; contemporary debates over Islamic constitutions; among others. The course is not restricted to the Middle East or Arab world. Prerequisites: a course on Islam and modern European history, or an earlier course on the Modern Middle East or 19th-century India, or permission of instructor. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as HIST B383 Counts toward Middle East Studies
Middle East Studies Offerings at Haverford College 2012-13
FALL 2012
ANTH H316 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East
POLS H253 Introduction to Terrorism Studies
POLS H357 International Relations Theory: Conflict and the Middle East
RELG H108: Vocabularies of Islami
RELG H212: Jerusalem: City, History and Representation
RELG H303: Religion and Translation
SPRING 2013
ANTH H259: Ethnographies of Islam
ANTH H2XX: Anthropology of the Middle Eas
ICPR H325: Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey
HIST H117: Modern Mediterranean History
POLS H151: International Politics
RELG H218: The Divine Guide: Introduction of Shiism
RELG H306: Monsters and Marvels: Wonder in Islamic Traditions
Middle East Studies Offerings at Swarthmore College 2012-13
FALL 2012
HIST 006A Formation of the Islamic Near East
HIST 025 Colonialism and Nationalism in the Arab Middle East
LITR 076AF Female Authors from the Arab World
RELG 001C Religion and Terror in an Age of Hope and Fear
RELG 053 Gender, Sexuality and the Body in Islam
RUSS 023 Muslims in Russia
SOAN 009C Cultures of the Middle East
SPRING 2013
HIST 006B The Modern Middle East
HIST 020 The History of Current Events in the Middle East
HIST 111 Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean
RELG 008B The Qu’ran and its Interpreters
RELG 127 Secrecy and Hersey (Seminar)
The University of Pennsylvania
Penn has courses on the Middle East in several departments, including Jewish Studies, NELC, AMES , Art History, Political Science, History, Comparative Literature, and Sociology, among others. Remember, Penn starts a week after Bryn Mawr in the fall; a week before Bryn Mawr in the spring semester.
http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/timetable/index.html
For information about courses, look at the Web sites of the different departments.
Hebrew at Penn meets five days a week for first-, second- and third-year levels. Advanced levels, Biblical Hebrew, and Yiddish do not meet as often.
http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/timetable/jwst.html
In addition to language classes that meet more than three times each week, Penn offers Arabic, Persian and Turkish in more limited time frames.
http://www.upenn.edu/registrar/timetable/index.html
(Look under NELC as well as individual languages.)
Courses are taught at:
- Bryn Mawr, in the Anthropology, Comparative Literature, General Studies, Hebrew, History, and Political Science departments;
- Haverford, in the Religion and History Departments;
- Swarthmore, in the Sociology and Anthropology, History, Religion departments and in the Arabic Language;
- and the University of Pennsylvania, in the Jewish Studies, NELC, AMES , Art History, Political Science, History, Comparative Literature, and Sociology departments and in Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkish.