Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
Three-course introduction to modern standard Arabic primarily, along with some exposure to and familiarization with the main regional spoken varieties. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and basic writing skills developed.
ARABIC 114: Egyptian Dialect Conversation and Culture in the Arab World
Introduction to spoken colloquial Arabic of a country or region—for example, Egyptian, Levantine, or Moroccan. Emphasis on spoken language and conversation. May be repeated for credit with different dialect. Prerequisite: 111-2 or equivalent.
ARABIC 114-0-1 Conversation and Culture in the Arab World
Introduction to spoken colloquial Arabic of a country or region—for example, Egyptian, Levantine, or Moroccan. Emphasis on spoken language and conversation. May be repeated for credit with different dialect. Prerequisite: 111-2 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Further development of grammar knowledge, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Completion of at least this level is recommended for students seeking functional proficiency for study abroad. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Introduction to vocabulary, expressions, and terminology used in Arab print and broadcast media. Supplements study in modern standard Arabic. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Prerequisite: 121-2 or equivalent.
Continued skills development through reading and discussion of Arabic writings from both textbooks and media resources. Prerequisite: 121-3 or equivalent.
Continued skills development through reading and discussion of Arabic writings from both textbooks and media resources. Prerequisite: 121-3 or equivalent.
Continued skills development through reading and discussion of Arabic writings from both textbooks and media resources. Prerequisite: 121-3 or equivalent.
Continuation of instruction in Arabic using textbooks and supplemental materials from literary sources (prose and poetry) and broadcast and print media. Emphasis on developing more advanced writing skills. Prerequisite: 211-3 or equivalent.
Continuation of instruction in Arabic using textbooks and supplemental materials from literary sources (prose and poetry) and broadcast and print media. Emphasis on developing more advanced writing skills. Prerequisite: 211-3 or equivalent.
Continuation of instruction in Arabic using textbooks and supplemental materials from literary sources (prose and poetry) and broadcast and print media. Emphasis on developing more advanced writing skills. Prerequisite: 211-3 or equivalent.
Introduction to classical and modern Arabic poetry in both traditional meter and free verse, including selections from the Umayyad, Abbasid, and modern periods. Prerequisite: 311-3 or equivalent.
ARABIC 316-2-20 Reading Classical Arabic Texts (in Arabic)
Samples of adab and classical branches of learning are used to introduce students to classical Arabic literature and continue to strengthen their skills. Prerequisite: 311-3 or equivalent.
From language to literature: review of grammar; reading and discussing Hebrew literary works (prose and poetry) and newspaper articles. Compositions and oral presentations. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
From language to literature: review of grammar; reading and discussing Hebrew literary works (prose and poetry) and newspaper articles. Compositions and oral presentations. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
From language to literature: review of grammar; reading and discussing Hebrew literary works (prose and poetry) and newspaper articles. Compositions and oral presentations. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
MENA 101-6-20 First-Year Seminar: We Are What We Eat: Turkish Food Culture and Cuisine
In this course we will explore the complex relationships between food, culture and society through a survey of Turkish cuisine and food culture from the early Ottoman period through today. Food represents an integral part of livelihood, culture and identity. Food production, consumption and sharing also have symbolic and ideological meanings. By exploring the ingredients, recipes, and tools that are essential to Turkish cooking, we will take a close look at the different geographical regions, climates, ethnic and religious communities, as well as historical and cultural phenomena that make up this extremely diverse cuisine. Special topics include Ottoman palace cuisine; regional cuisines of Turkey; street food; history of coffee and coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire and Europe; spices and trade routes; Turkish food in world literature; and the effects of wars and immigrants on the formation of Turkish food culture.
The course will also include a cooking/food component (either a visit to a Turkish restaurant in Chicago or a hands-on cooking experience for students).
MENA 200 Making the Modern Middle East: Culture, Politics, History
The emergence of the Middle East as a world region and its representation in art, literature, and film in relation to geopolitics from the colonial period to the present.
MENA 301-1-1 Seminar in Middle East and North African Studies
Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Middle East and North Africa. Content varies with annual theme. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Courses need not be taken in sequence.
MENA 301-2-20 Seminar in Middle East and North African Studies: Porous Borders? (MENA 301-2-20 co-list with ANTHRO 390-0-23))
At the advent of increased globalization some scholars have argued that the movements of capital, commodities and people across nation-states have rendered their borders increasingly more porous. The death of the nation-state and the birth of the multinational corporation heralded this new epoch. Yet, in the epoch of offshored refugee processing centers and border walls, this assumed porosity of borders begs a reexamination of broader geographies of power and tactics of movement. In this course, we examine the historically and geographically specific constellations of borders and ask: How does the border become an architecture of regulation that extends access to mobility to some and denies it to others? What is a border? Is it the physical line drawn between two states? Who gets to draw these lines? Is a state border a given result of a natural and ethnic contract or the terrain of constant contestation or negotiation in global and international affairs? This course examines these questions by proposing to reconceptualize border as equally the product of mobile social actors, contraband commodities and fluctuating values as they are of state policies aimed at managing these movements.
MENA 301-3-20 Seminar in Middle East and North African Studies
Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Middle East and North Africa. Content varies with annual theme. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Courses need not be taken in sequence.
MENA 390-3-1 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies
Content and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
MENA 390-3-20 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies
Content and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
MENA 390-3-21 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies
Content and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
MENA 390-6-20 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies
Content and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
MENA 390-6-21 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies
Content and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
MENA 411 Approaches and perspectives in MENA Studies
Surveys differing disciplinary approaches to the study of the Middle East and North Africa, often organized around a theme. (Taught in alternating years, academic year 2014-15 and 2016-17 (winter), etc.)
Year long colloquium featuring student presentations of work in progress and faculty comment. (Taught annually. May be taken for 1 course credit—requires presentation—or zero-credit enrollment. Students are expected to enroll for more than one year of MENA 412, though only once for course credit.)
Year long colloquium featuring student presentations of work in progress and faculty comment. (Taught annually. May be taken for 1 course credit—requires presentation—or zero-credit enrollment. Students are expected to enroll for more than one year of MENA 412, though only once for course credit.)
Intermediate Persian Acquisition of vocabulary and language production. Employs authentic written and audiovisual materials, including newspapers, short stories, poems, television, film, and radio. Speaking and writing emphasized. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Introduction to basic literacy and oral proficiency intended to produce conversational speakers. Emphasizes modern Tehrani dialect of Persian; students also learn to read, write, and speak more formal Persian.
Introduction to basic literacy and oral proficiency intended to produce conversational speakers. Emphasizes modern Tehrani dialect of Persian; students also learn to read, write, and speak more formal Persian.
Intermediate Persian Acquisition of vocabulary and language production. Employs authentic written and audiovisual materials, including newspapers, short stories, poems, television, film, and radio. Speaking and writing emphasized. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Intermediate Persian Acquisition of vocabulary and language production. Employs authentic written and audiovisual materials, including newspapers, short stories, poems, television, film, and radio. Speaking and writing emphasized. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Intermediate Persian Acquisition of vocabulary and language production. Employs authentic written and audiovisual materials, including newspapers, short stories, poems, television, film, and radio. Speaking and writing emphasized. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
Introduction to basic literacy and oral proficiency; insights into modern Turkish culture through the language. Print and audiovisual materials used to supplement textbook.
Introduction to basic literacy and oral proficiency; insights into modern Turkish culture through the language. Print and audiovisual materials used to supplement textbook.
Introduction to basic literacy and oral proficiency; insights into modern Turkish culture through the language. Print and audiovisual materials used to supplement textbook.
Continuation of basic grammar instruction; further development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through the use of printed and audiovisual materials. Insights into modern Turkish culture. Prerequisite: 111-3 or equivalent.
