Middle East Studies Program Announces Fall 2015 Course Line-Up

The Middle East Studies Program in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will offer courses in anthropology, Arabic language, literature, history, political science and religion in the fall 2015 semester. This spring's course offerings reflect the diverse specialties and academic interests of the program's faculty, and maybe used to satisfy requirements for the Middle East Studies major and minor. 

The Middle East Studies Program is administered by the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies, an academic and research unit in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. The center, an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental area studies center that offers diverse cultural, intellectual, and educational opportunities for the University of Arkansas community, promotes research and teaching in interdisciplinary Middle East studies.

The center offers an undergraduate second major in Middle East Studies and minor, and it supports graduate studies in related departments through the Middle East Studies Program, as well as summer language study and research assistantships for graduate students and teaching and research by visiting scholars from affiliated universities and programs. 

More information about the King Fahd Center can be found at mest.uark.edu. Major and minor program requirements are listed in the Catalog of Studies. For ongoing news, follow the Center on Facebook and Twitter.

The following Middle East studies courses will be available this fall:

• ANTH 3033 Egyptology (Morey, Erika); M/W 3:05-4:20 p.m.
• ANTH3903/HIST3823 Intro to India (Brubaker, Rob); M/W/F, 10:45-11:35 a.m.
• ANTH4533 Middle East Cultures (Swedenburg, Ted); Tu/Th 12:30-1:45 p.m.
• ARAB 1016-001 Intensive Arabic I (Haydar, Adnan); M/W/F, 9:40-10:30 a.m. or Tu/Th, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
• ARAB 1016-002 Intensive Arabic I (Haydar, Paula); M/W/F, 10:45-11:35 a.m. or Tu/Th, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
• ARAB 3016 Intensive Arabic III (Haydar, Paula); M/W/F, 9:40-10:30 a.m. or Tu/Th, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
• ARAB4023 Advanced Arabic I (Haydar, Adnan); M/W/F, 8:35-9:25 a.m.
• ARAB470V Arabic Independent Study (Haydar, Adnan); TBA
• GEOS4043 Geography of the Middle East (Paradise, Tom); W, 6:15-9 p.m.
• HIST3033 Islamic Civilization (Antov, Nikolay); Tu/Th, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
• HIST3043-001 Modern Middle East (Desai, Sanket); M/W/F, 12:55-1:45 p.m.
• HIST3043-002 Modern Middle East (Desai, Sanket); M/W/F, 2:00-2:50 p.m.
• HIST3853 Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923 (Antov, Nikolay); Tu/Th, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
• HIST4433 Social and Cultural History of the Modern Middle East (Parnell, Matthew); M/W, 4:35-5:50 p.m.
• HIST4893-001 Senior Capstone Seminar: Revolt of Youth in Modern Egypt (Parnell, Matthew); M/W, 3:05-4:20 p.m.
• MEST2003 Intro to Islam (Alam, Sarwar); Tu/Th, 2-3:15 p.m.
• MEST2013 Intro to Middle East Studies (Kahf, Mohja); M/W/F, 12:55-1:45 p.m.
• MEST4003 MEST Colloquium: Sufism (Alam, Sarwar); W, 5:15-8:05 p.m.
• MEST410V Iranian Film and Literature (Bassiri, Kaveh); Tu/Th, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
• PLSC400V Social Movements in Middle East Studies (Brown, Daniel); M/W, 3:05-4:20 p.m.
• PLSC4593 Islam and Politics (Ghadbian, Najib); M, 6-8:30 p.m.
• WLIT3713 Literature of Spain, 711-1615 CE (Kahf, Mohja); M/W/F, 10:45-11:35 a.m.