We hope you are well and staying healthy. Please see below a list of summer courses being offered by MESAAS. For more information, please visit the Directory of Classes: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/
Middle East S1210 section 001
FIRST YEAR ARABIC I
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Reem Faraj
An introduction to the language of classical and modern Arabic literature.
Middle East S1211 section 001
FIRST YEAR ARABIC II
FIRST YEAR ARABIC II
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Ouijdane Absi
An introduction to the language of classical and modern Arabic literature.
Middle East S1214 section 001
SECOND YEAR ARABIC I
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Rym Bettaieb
A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing
Middle East S1215 section 001
SECOND YEAR ARABIC II
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Abdelrazzaq Ben Tarif
A continuation of the study of the language of contemporary writing.
Middle East S1610 section 001
ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU I
ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU I
MTWR 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Aftab Ahmad
An introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. Along with an understanding of the grammar, the course offers practice in listening and speaking. The Hindi (Devanagari) script is used for reading and writing.
Middle East S1611 section 001
ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU II
ELEMENTARY HINDI-URDU II
MTWR 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Aftab Ahmad
An introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. Along with an understanding of the grammar, the course offers practice in listening and speaking. The Hindi (Devanagari) script is used for reading and writing.
Middle East S2701 section 001
INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN I
MTWRF 9:00am-12:30pm
Prof. Michelle M Quay
This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language. The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Elementary Level and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (required). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and aims to make students read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one.
Middle East S2702 section 001
INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN II
INTERMEDIATE PERSIAN II
MTWRF 9:00am-12:30pm
Prof. Michelle Quay
This course involves reading, writing, translating, conversation and grammatical foundations for Persian Language. The materials are selected from two books: Āmuzesh-e Fārsi: Elementary Level and English-Persian Dictionary, plus verb system and charts (required). These books are assigned and have to be available to every student. There are also handouts, which will be provided throughout the course. This course serves as intermediate and aims to make students read and compose proper Persian language as well as the colloquial one.
Middle East S3042 section 001
PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI POLITICS AND SOCIETY
PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI POLITICS AND SOCIETY
MTWRF 2:00pm-4:00pm
Prof. Joseph Massad
This course covers the history of Zionism in the wake of the Haskala in mid nineteenth century Europe and its development at the turn of the century through the current ‘peace process’ between the state of Israel and the Palestinian national movement. The course examines the impact of Zionism on European Jews and on Asian and African Jews on the one hand, and on Palestinian Arabs on the other –in Israel, in the Occupied Territories, and in the Diaspora.
Comparative Literature: Middle East S4031 section 001
CINEMA AND SOCIETY IN ASIA AND AFRICA
TR 9:00am-12:10pm
Prof. Hamid Dabashi
The purpose of this course is to introduce a wide spectrum of students to the rich and diverse cinema of Asia and Africa through a cross-disciplinary approach to visual and performing arts. In this course students will be exposed to the discipline of Cinema Studies as it is specifically related to the cinema of Asia and Africa.
Middle East S4210 section 001
THIRD YEAR ARABIC I
THIRD YEAR ARABIC I
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Taoufik Ben-Amor
Improvement of writing and speaking skills through compositions, class discussions, and presentations in Arabic on topics such as areas and cultures of the Middle East; classical and modern Arabic literature; and current, authentic materials available from Middle Eastern sources. Review of grammatical and syntactic rules as needed.
Middle East S4211 section 001
THIRD YEAR ARABIC II
MTWRF 9:00am-1:00pm
Prof. Youssef Nouhi
Improvement of writing and speaking skills through compositions, class discussions, and presentations in Arabic on topics such as areas and cultures of the Middle East; classical and modern Arabic literature; and current, authentic materials available from Middle Eastern sources. Review of grammatical and syntactic rules as needed.