Courses for Spring 2023
| Title | Instructors | Location | Time | Description | Cross listings | Fulfills | Registration notes | Syllabus | Syllabus URL | ||
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| ANEL 4100-401 | First Year Akkadian II | Joshua A Jeffers | MCNB 409 | W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM | A continuation of First Year Akkadian I, this class teaches the grammar of the Akkadian language with emphasis on developing skills in the cuneiform writing system and reading of selected texts. | ANEL6100401 | |||||
| ANEL 4250-401 | Akkadian Literary Texts | Joshua A Jeffers | Readings in Akkadian literary texts from ancient Mesopotamia. | ANEL6250401 | |||||||
| ANEL 4600-001 | Middle Egyptian Texts | David P Silverman | MUSE 328 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | This course will deal with those texts of the Middle Kingdom that are written in the classical form of the language. It will include both monumental inscriptions, such as autobiographical stela inscriptions (P. Newberry, BENI HASSAN) and stelae (Seth, LESESTUCKE) as well as narratives in prose (DeBuck, READING BOOK). Religious texts (ibid. and COFFIN TEXTS) will also be studied and analyzed. Distinctions between the grammar of the literary and non-literary genres will be discussed. | ||||||
| ANEL 6100-401 | First Year Akkadian II | Joshua A Jeffers | MCNB 409 | W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM | A continuation of 1st Year Akkadian I, this class builds on the lessons of that class on the grammar of the Akkadian language with emphasis on developing skills in the cuneiform writing system and reading of selected texts. To take this class without first having taken 1st Year Akkadian I requires permission of the instructor. | ANEL4100401 | |||||
| ANEL 6250-401 | Akkadian Literary Texts | Joshua A Jeffers | Readings in Akkadian literary texts from ancient Mesopotamia. | ANEL4250401 | |||||||
| ANEL 6650-001 | Demotic | Jennifer Houser Wegner | MCNB 582 | TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | The course will be an introduction to the writing, grammar, and literature of Demotic, the phase of the language in use during the latter periods of Egyptian history. | ||||||
| ANEL 7200-001 | Sumerian Religious and Magical Texts | Stephen J Tinney | This self-contained course sets the Sumerian language, writing system and use of writing in their social and historical context. The aim is to provide students of ancient history and culture from diverse disciplines with a good grounding in Sumerian culture, familiarity with the Sumerian language and cuneiform writing system and the requisite knowledge for critical assessment of published translations and of the secondary literature. The course is organized as two threads, culture on the one hand and language on the other. The two threads are united by taking examples in the language exercises, vocabulary assignments, etc., as far as possible from the domain of the week' cultural topics. The net effect is to examine the culture both through contemporary secondary literature and through direct contact with elementary primary texts of relevance to the various topics of discussion. The language component of the course will be carried out in a combination of transliteration and cuneiform, with an expectation that all students will gain familiarity with at least the core 80 syllabic signs, and about 100 additional logographic signs. | ||||||||
| ARAB 0200-401 | Elementary Arabic II | Radwa El Barouni | WILL 705 WILL 705 |
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM |
This course is a continuation of first semester Elementary Arabic, and builds on the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale. | ARAB6200401 | |||||
| ARAB 0200-402 | Elementary Arabic II | Amel Mili | DRLB 2C2 DRLB 2C4 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This course is a continuation of first semester Elementary Arabic, and builds on the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab World. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course, students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale. | ARAB6200402 | |||||
| ARAB 0400-401 | Intermediate Arabic IV | Jenan Abu Ishtaia Kaley Keener |
WILL 741 WILL 741 |
MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM |
This is the continuation of the first semester Intermediate Arabic. This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that students will achieve Intermediate High according to the ACTFL scale. | ARAB6400401 | |||||
| ARAB 0400-402 | Intermediate Arabic IV | Radwa El Barouni | BENN 25 WILL 219 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This is the continuation of the first semester Intermediate Arabic. This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that students will achieve Intermediate High according to the ACTFL scale. | ARAB6400402 | |||||
| ARAB 0600-401 | Advanced Intermediate Arabic II | Mbarek Sryfi | CANCELED | This course is a continuation of first semester Advanced Intermediate Arabic. Emphasis continues to be on all four language skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, & Writing. The readings for the class are chosen from actual texts from both medieval and modern Arabic in a variety of fields and subjects. Students will be expected to give classroom presentations and to write short essays in Arabic. Evaluation will be both Achievement- and proficiency- based. | ARAB6600401 | ||||||
| ARAB 4050-401 | Arabic Readings in Belles-Lettres | Huda Fakhreddine | BENN 17 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Through engaging with authentic texts, this advanced class aims to activate the language skills students have learned in previous language courses. We will read selections from Arabic poetry and prose and will respond to them in writing, discussion and translation. We will focus on close reading, relying on our knowledge of grammar. We will also work to develop writing, comprehension, and speaking skills through short critical responses and oral presentations. All class discussions will be conducted in Arabic. |
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| ARAB 6200-401 | Elementary Arabic II | Radwa El Barouni | WILL 705 WILL 705 |
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM |
This course is a continuation of ARAB 0100/ARAB 6100. For the second semester: completion of the first semester or permission of the instructor. | ARAB0200401 | |||||
| ARAB 6200-402 | Elementary Arabic II | Amel Mili | DRLB 2C2 DRLB 2C4 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This course is a continuation of ARAB 0100/ARAB 6100. For the second semester: completion of the first semester or permission of the instructor. | ARAB0200402 | |||||
| ARAB 6400-401 | Intermediate Arabic IV | Jenan Abu Ishtaia Kaley Keener |
WILL 741 WILL 741 |
TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM MW 10:15 AM-11:14 AM |
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Arabic III at the graduate level. | ARAB0400401 | |||||
| ARAB 6400-402 | Intermediate Arabic IV | Radwa El Barouni | BENN 25 WILL 219 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM MW 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Arabic III at the graduate level. | ARAB0400402 | |||||
| ARAB 6600-401 | Advanced Intermediate Arabic II | Mbarek Sryfi | This course is a continuation of Advanced Intermediate Arabic I at the graduate level. | ARAB0600401 | |||||||
| ARAB 6750-401 | Arabic Readings in Belles Lettres | Huda Fakhreddine | BENN 17 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Through engaging with authentic texts, this advanced class aims to activate the language skills students have learned in previous language courses. We will read selections from Arabic poetry and prose and will respond to them in writing, discussion and translation. We will focus on close reading, relying on our knowledge of grammar. We will also work to develop writing, comprehension, and speaking skills through short critical responses and oral presentations. All class discussions will be conducted in Arabic. | ARAB4050401 | |||||
| HEBR 0100-401 | Elementary Modern Hebrew I | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 318 | MTWR 3:30 PM-4:29 PM | An introduction to the skills of reading, writing, and conversing in modern Hebrew. This course assumes no previous knowledge of Hebrew. A grade of B- or higher is needed to continue in the language. | HEBR5100001, JWST0100401 | |||||
| HEBR 0200-401 | Elementary Modern Hebrew II | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 633 | MTWR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | A continuation of first semester Elementary Modern Hebrew, which assumes basic skills of reading and speaking and the use of the present tense. Open to all students who have completed one semester of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR5200001, JWST0200401 | |||||
| HEBR 0300-401 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew III | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 303 | MTWR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM | Development of the skills of reading, writing, and conversing in modern Hebrew on an intermediate level. Open to all students who have completed two semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR5300401, JWST0300401 | |||||
| HEBR 0400-401 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew IV | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 6 | MTWR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | This course constitutes the final semester of Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Hence, one of the main goals of the course is to prepare the students for the proficiency exam in Hebrew. Emphasis will be placed on grammar skills and ability to read literary texts. Open to all students who have completed three semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR5400001, JWST0400401 | |||||
| HEBR 0400-402 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew IV | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 6 | MTWR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM | This course constitutes the final semester of Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Hence, one of the main goals of the course is to prepare the students for the proficiency exam in Hebrew. Emphasis will be placed on grammar skills and ability to read literary texts. Open to all students who have completed three semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR5400402, JWST0400402 | |||||
| HEBR 0450-401 | Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II | Joshua A Jeffers | This course is a continuation of the fall semester's Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I. No one will be admitted into the course who has not taken the fall semester. It will continue to focus on using the grammar and vocabulary learned at the introductory level to enable students to read biblical texts independently and take advanced Bible exegesis courses. We will concentrate this semester on various selections of Biblical poetry, including Exodus 15 and Job 28. We will also continue to translate English prose into Biblical Hebrew. | HEBR5450401, JWST0450401 | |||||||
| HEBR 1000-401 | Advanced Modern Hebrew: Modern Israeli Culture | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 204 | TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM | In this course students are introduced to the vibrant world of contemporary Israeli culture by reading some of the best plays, poems, short stories and journalism published in Israel today. They also watch and analyze some of Israel's most popular films, TV programs, and videos. Themes include Jewish-Arab relations, the founding of the State, family ties and intergenerational conflict, war and society, and the recent dynamic changes in Israel society. Students must have taken four semesters of Hebrew at Penn or permission of instructor. Since the content of this course may change from year to year, students may take it more than once (but only once for credit). | HEBR6000001, JWST1000401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||
| HEBR 4999-035 | Independent Study: Intermediate Modern Hebrew IV | Joseph L Benatov | An independent study in Hebrew language for undergraduates | ||||||||
| HEBR 5100-001 | Elementary Modern Hebrew I | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 318 | MTWR 3:30 PM-4:29 PM | An introduction to the skills of reading, writing, and conversing in modern Hebrew. This course assumes no previous knowledge of Hebrew. A grade of B- or higher is needed to proceed to the next level. | HEBR0100401, JWST0100401 | |||||
| HEBR 5200-001 | Elementary Modern Hebrew II | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 633 | MTWR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | A continuation of Elementary Modern Hebrew I, which assumes basic skills of reading and speaking and the use of the present tense. Open to all students who have completed one semester of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR0200401, JWST0200401 | |||||
| HEBR 5300-401 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew III | Ibrahim Miari | WILL 303 | MTWR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM | Development of the skills of reading, writing, and conversing in modern Hebrew on an intermediate level. Open to all students who have completed two semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR0300401, JWST0300401 | |||||
| HEBR 5400-001 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew IV | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 6 | MTWR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | This course constitutes the final semester of Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Hence, one of the main goals of the course is to prepare the students for the proficiency exam in Hebrew. Emphasis will be placed on grammar skills and ability to read literary texts. Open to all students who have completed three semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR0400401, JWST0400401 | |||||
| HEBR 5400-402 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew IV | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 6 | MTWR 1:45 PM-2:44 PM | This course constitutes the final semester of Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Hence, one of the main goals of the course is to prepare the students for the proficiency exam in Hebrew. Emphasis will be placed on grammar skills and ability to read literary texts. Open to all students who have completed three semesters of Hebrew at Penn with a grade of B- or above and new students with equivalent competency. | HEBR0400402, JWST0400402 | |||||
| HEBR 5450-401 | Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II | Joshua A Jeffers | This course is a continuation of the fall semester's Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I. No one will be admitted into the course who has not taken the fall semester. It will continue to focus on using the grammar and vocabulary learned at the introductory level to enable students to read biblical texts independently and take advanced Bible exegesis courses. We will concentrate this semester on various selections of Biblical poetry, including Exodus 15 and Job 28. We will also continue to translate English prose into Biblical Hebrew. | HEBR0450401, JWST0450401 | |||||||
| HEBR 6000-001 | Advanced Modern Hebrew: Conversation & Writing | Joseph L Benatov | WILL 204 | TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM | After four semesters of language study, it's time to enter the vibrant world of contemporary Israeli culture. In this course students read some of the best plays, poems, short stories, and journalism published in Israel today. They also watch and analyze some of Israel's most popular films, TV programs, and videos. Themes include Jewish-Arab relations, the founding of the State, family ties and intergenerational conflict, war and society, and the recent dynamic changes in Israel society. HEBR 054 or permission of instructor. Since the content of this course may change from year to year, students may take it more than once (but only once for credit). | HEBR1000401, JWST1000401 | |||||
| NELC 0002-401 | Introduction to the Middle East | Paul M Cobb | BENN 244 | TR 8:30 AM-9:59 AM | This is the second half of the Near East sequence. This course surveys Islamic civilization from circa 600 (the rise of Islam) to the start of the modern era and concentrates on political, social, and cultural trends. Although the emphasis will be on Middle Eastern societies, we will occasionally consider developments in other parts of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and Spain, where Islamic civilization was or has been influential. Our goal is to understand the shared features that have distinguished Islamic civilization as well as the varieties of experience that have endowed it with so much diversity. | HIST0830401 | Cross Cultural Analysis History & Tradition Sector |
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| NELC 0060-401 | Art of Mesopotamia | Holly Pittman | JAFF 104 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Visual expression was first developed in Mesopotamia in the same environment as the invention of writing. This lecture class will introduce the arts of the major periods of Mesopotamian History ending with the "cinematic" effects achieved by the Assyrian artists on the walls of the royal palaces. The strong connection between verbal and visual expression will be traced over the three millennia course of Mesopotamian civilization from the earliest periods through the imperial art of the Assyrians and Babylonians of the first millennium BCE. The class and the assignments will regularly engage with objects in the collections and on display in the galleries of the Penn Museum. | AAMW6240401, ARTH2240401, ARTH6240401, NELC6060401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||
| NELC 0200-001 | Land of the Pharaohs | Josef W Wegner | COLL 200 | TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM | This course provides an introduction to the society, culture and history of ancient Egypt. The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the characteristics of the civilization of ancient Egypt and how that ancient society succeeded as one of the most successful and long-lived civilizations in world history. | History & Tradition Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 0311-001 | Divinity, Polytheism and Monotheism in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel - Judah | Quinn Daniels | CANCELED | This course treats monotheism as a particular historical development of the texts in the Hebrew Bible (that is, the Jewish Tanakh/Christian Old Testament), and thus analyzes the idea of “one God only” as the product of a complex set of historical conditions. It will take extensive time to examine the early history of the Hebrew Bible’s familiar God, Yhwh, in inscriptional, biblical, and archaeological evidence, showing that he was once at home in the polytheistic environment of the ancient Near East (Southwest Asia). By embracing these longstanding entanglements, this course will explore the means by which Hebrew scribes came to define this deity not only as the most important god among many, but as the only all-powerful deity to exist in the entire cosmos. A variety of topics will be covered, addressing a number of questions raised by the evidence at hand: what is the evidence for Yhwh outside of the Bible? How do historians define his emergence in history? Did he really have a wife named Asherah? What did he look like and where did he live? What circumstances caused Judean writers to consider him the only all-powerful deity the universe? And finally, how did the subsequent Jewish imagination re-inscribe the older polytheistic world in light of monotheizing changes? While knowledge of the Bible, its languages, and its history may seem like a desired feature for the prospective student, there are no prerequisites. This course will be able to introduce the material to those at a beginner’s level. |
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| NELC 0320-401 | Modern Hebrew Literature and Film in Translation: The Image of Childhood in Literature and Film | Nili R Gold | COHN 203 | R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM | This course is designed to introduce students to the rich art of Modern Hebrew and Israeli literature and film. Poetry, short stories, and novel excerpts are taught in translation. The course studies Israeli cinema alongside literature, examining the various facets of this culture that is made of national aspirations and individual passions. The class is meant for all: no previous knowledge of history or the language is required. The topic changes each time the course is offered. Topics include: giants of Israeli literature; the image of the city; childhood; the marginalized voices of Israel; the Holocaust from an Israeli perspective; and fantasy, dreams & madness. | CIMS0320401, COML0320401, JWST0320401 | Arts & Letters Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 0325-401 | Jewish Mysticism | Talya Fishman | WILL 843 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | Survey of expressions of Jewish mysticism from Hebrew Scripture through the 21st century. Topics include rabbinic concerns about mystical speculation, the ascent through the celestial chambers -heikhalot-, the Book of Creation, the relationship of Jewish philosophy and mysticism, techniques of letter permutation, schematization of the Divine Body, the prominence of gender and sexuality in kabalistic thought, the relationship of kabbalah to the practice of the commandments, Zohar, Lurianic kabbalah, Hasidism, New-Age Jewish spirituality and the resurgence of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century. All readings will be in English translation. | JWST0325401, RELS0325401 | Arts & Letters Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 0330-401 | Themes in Jewish Trad: Jewish Political Thought & Action | Talya Fishman | WILL 301 | MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Course topics will vary; they have included The Binding of Isaac, Responses to Catastrophes in Jewish History, Holy Men & Women (Ben-Amos); Rewriting the Bible (Dohrmann); Performing Judaism (Fishman); Jewish Political Thought (Fishman); Jewish Esotericism (Lorberbaum) Democratic culture assumes the democracy of knowledge - the accessibility of knowledge and its transparency. Should this always be the case? What of harmful knowledge? When are secrets necessary? In traditional Jewish thought, approaching the divine has often assumed an aura of danger. Theological knowledge was thought of as restricted. This seminar will explore the "open" and "closed" in theological knowledge, as presented in central texts of the rabbinic tradition: the Mishnah, Maimonides and the Kabbalah. Primary sources will be available in both Hebrew and English. | JWST0330401, NELC6305401, RELS0335401 | Cross Cultural Analysis History & Tradition Sector |
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| NELC 0335-401 | Jewish Humor | David Azzolina | WILL 220 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | In modern American popular culture Jewish humor is considered by Jews and non-Jews as a recognizable and distinct form of humor. Focusing upon folk-humor, in this course we will examine the history of this perception, and study different manifestation of Jewish humor as a particular case study of ethnic in general. Specific topics for analysis will be: humor in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish humor in Europe and in America, JAP and JAM jokes, Jewish tricksters and pranksters, Jewish humor in the Holocaust and Jewish humor in Israel. The term paper will be collecting project of Jewish jokes. | COML0335401, JWST0335401 | Cross Cultural Analysis Arts & Letters Sector |
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| NELC 0355-401 | Medieval and Early Modern Jewry | Anne O Albert | MCNB 286-7 | TR 8:30 AM-9:59 AM | Exploration of intellectual, social, and cultural developments in Jewish civilization from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the assault on established conceptions of faith and religious authority in 17th century Europe, that is, from the age of Mohammed to that of Spinoza. Particular attention will be paid to the interaction of Jewish culture with those of Christianity and Islam. | HIST1610401, JWST1610401, RELS1610401 | History & Tradition Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 0550-401 | Introduction to Islam | Abdul M Bhat | COHN 204 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | This course is an introduction to Islam as a religion as it exists in societies of the past as well as the present. It explores the many ways in which Muslims have interpreted and put into practice the prophetic message of Muhammad through historical and social analyses of varying theological, philosophical, legal, political, mystical and literary writings, as well as through visual art and music. The aim of the course is to develop a framework for explaining the sources and symbols through which specific experiences and understandings have been signified as Islamic, both by Muslims and by other peoples with whom they have come into contact, with particular emphasis given to issues of gender, religious violence and changes in beliefs and behaviors which have special relevance for contemporary society. | RELS1430401, SAST1430401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||
| NELC 0615-401 | Modern Arabic Literature: Arab Women & War | Rawad Zahi Wehbe | BENN 24 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | This course is a study of modern Arabic literary forms in the context of the major political and social changes which shaped Arab history in the first half of the twentieth century. The aim of the course is to introduce students to key samples of modern Arabic literature which trace major social and political developments in Arab society. Each time the class will be offered with a focus on one of the literary genres which emerged or flourished in the twentieth century: the free verse poem, the prose-poem, drama, the novel, and the short story. We will study each of these emergent genres against the socio-political backdrop which informed it. All readings will be in English translations. The class will also draw attention to the politics of translation as a reading and representational lens. | COML0615401 | Cross Cultural Analysis Arts & Letters Sector |
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| NELC 0620-301 | Food in the Islamic Middle East: History, Memory, Identity | Heather Sharkey | WILL 843 | M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM | In the tenth century, a scholar named Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq produced an Arabic manuscript called Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Cooking). This volume, which compiled and discussed the recipes of eighth- and ninth-century Islamic rulers (caliphs) and their courts in Iraq, represents the oldest known surviving cookbook of the Arab-Islamic world. Many more such cookbooks followed; in their day they represented an important literary genre among cultured elites. As one food historian recently noted, there are more cookbooks in Arabic from before 1400 than in the rest of the worlds languages put together. Ibn Sayyars cookbook can help us to think about the historical and cultural d ynamics of food. In this class, we will focus on the Middle East across the sweep of the Islamic era, into the modern period, and until the present day, although many of the readings will consider the study of food in other places (including the contemporary United States) for comparative insights. The class will use the historical study of food and foodways as a lens for examining subjects that relate to a wide array of fields and interests. These subjects include economics, agricultural and environmental studies, anthropology, literature, religion, and public health. With regard to the modern era, the course will pay close attention to the consequences of food for shaping memories and identities including religious, ethnic, national, and gender-based identities particularly among people who have dispersed or otherwise migrated. It will also focus considerably on the politics of food, that is, on the place of food in power relations. Among the questions we will debate are these: How does food reflect, shape, or inform history? By approaching the study of Middle Eastern cultures through food, what new or different things can we see? What is the field of food studies, and what can it offer to scholars? What is food writing as a literary form, and what methodological and conceptual challenges face those who undertake it? | Humanties & Social Science Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 0675-405 | Arab/Israeli Conflict in Literature and Film | Eve M Troutt Powell | COHN 493 | W 3:30 PM-6:29 PM | This course will explore the origins, the history and, most importantly, the literary and cinematic art of the struggle that has endured for a century over the region that some call the Holy Land, some call Eretz Israel and others call Palestine. We will also consider religious motivations and interpretations that have inspired many involved in this conflict as well as the political consequences of world wars that contributed so greatly to the reconfiguration of the Middle East after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and after the revelations of the Holocaust in Western Europe. While we will rely on a textbook for historical grounding. the most significant material we will use to learn this history will be films, novels, and short stories. Can the arts lead us to a different understanding of the lives lived through what seems like unending crisis? | CIMS1360405, HIST1360405 | |||||
| NELC 0700-401 | Iranian Cinema: Gender, Politics and Religion | Mahyar Entezari | BENN 231 | TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM | This seminar explores Iranian culture, society, history and politics through the medium of film. We will examine a variety of cinematic works that represent the social, political, economic and cultural circumstances of contemporary Iran, as well as the diaspora. Along the way, we will discuss issues pertaining to gender, religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and the role of cinema in Iranian society and beyond. Discussions topics will also include the place of the Iranian diaspora in cinema, as well as the transnational production, distribution, and consumption of Iranian cinema. Films will include those by internationally acclaimed filmmakers, such as Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Asghar Farhadi, Bahman Ghobadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Dariush Mehrjui, Tahmineh Milani, Jafar Panahi, Marjane Satrapi and others. All films will be subtitled in English. No prior knowledge is required. | CIMS0700401, COML0700401, GSWS0700401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&c=NELC0700401 | |||
| NELC 1000-401 | Iraq: Ancient Cities and Empires | Richard L Zettler | CANCELED | Iraq: Ancient Cities and Empires is a chronological survey of the ancient civilization that existed in the drainage basin of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers from the early settled village farming communities of the 7th millennium BCE to the middle of the 1st millennium BCE, when Nebuchadnezzar II ruled Babylon and much of the Middle East. Though organized period by period, NELC 241 explores various social, political, economic, and ideological topics, exposing students to various strands of evidence, including settlement survey data, excavated architectural remains, artifacts, and documentary sources, as well as an eclectic mix of theoretical perspectives. The course aims to provide students with a strong foundation for the further study of the ancient and pre-modern Middle East. | ANTH1020401, URBS1020401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | |||||
| NELC 1001-301 | The Arabian Nights | Paul M Cobb | VANP 625 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | The Arabian Nights (more accurately known as The Thousand and One Nights) is a collection of stories that circulated in the medieval Islamic world and would later become a canonical classic of world literature thanks to various stages of addition, translation, and creative retelling. It is a heady agglomeration of tales written with a distinctive frame story and form about characters and deeds that have been considered in turn memorable, hilarious, disgusting, arousing, thrilling, repugnant, and inspirational by various audiences since its beginning—and possibly even before it ever existed. In this course, we will read almost the entirety of the 14th century collection of tales that constitute the earliest existing version of The Thousand and One Nights and analyze it both in relation to the medieval genres and historical contexts that shaped it and through contemporary theoretical frameworks. The Thousand and One Nights is a fluid and changing collection, so it is not our goal to focus on some clearly-defined “original”. We will instead discuss this collections’ origins, famous later additions such as the stories of Aladdin and Sindbad, and the role that its reception and translation in Europe played in making it a key text of world literature. We will also study some of its many later adaptations in film, poetry, and narrative. By analyzing key components of the text such as the frame story, fantasy, romance, and representations of race and gender, and by considering the aesthetics and politics of literary engagement with The Thousand and One Nights in modern contexts, we will come to appreciate the stories’ many travels across time and genres and develop our own ideas on what The Thousand and One Nights can teach us about the enduring power of storytelling. This course is taught in English, including all readings. |
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| NELC 1200-401 | The Bible in Translation: Exodus | Quinn Daniels | WILL 844 | W 5:15 PM-8:14 PM | This course introduces students to one specific Book of the Hebrew Bible. "The Bible in Translation" involves an in-depth reading of a biblical source against the background of contemporary scholarship. Depending on the book under discussion, this may also involve a contextual reading with other biblical books and the textual sources of the ancient Near East. Although no prerequisites are required, this class is a perfect follow-up course to "Intro to the Bible." | JWST1200401, RELS1200401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&c=NELC1200401 | |||
| NELC 1300-401 | Jewish Folklore | David Azzolina | WILL 3 | TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | The Jews are among the few nations and ethnic groups whose oral tradition occurs in literary and religious texts dating back more than two thousand years. This tradition changed and diversified over the years in terms of the migrations of Jews into different countries and the historical, social, and cultural changes that these countries underwent. The course attempts to capture the historical and ethnic diversity of Jewish Folklore in a variety of oral literary forms. | COML1301401, JWST1300401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||
| NELC 1700-401 | Introduction to Persian Poetic Tradition | Fatemeh Shams Esmaeili | JAFF B17 | TR 5:15 PM-6:44 PM | This course introduces some of the major genres and themes of the millennium-old Persian poetic tradition from ancient to modern Iran. Epic and romance, love and mysticism, wine and drunkenness, wisdom and madness, body and mind, sin and temptation are some of the key themes that will be explored through a close reading of poems in this course.The course suits undergraduate students of all disciplines, as it requires no prior knowledge of or familiarity with the Persian language or the canon of Persian literature. All teaching materials are available in English translation. Students are expected to attend seminars and take part in discussions | NELC5710401 | Arts & Letters Sector Cross Cultural Analysis |
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| NELC 2102-401 | Imagining Ancient Egypt: A History of Popular Fascination from Antiquity to the Present | Margaret Geoga | MEYH B6 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | Thousands of years after the pyramids were built and the last hieroglyphs were written, ancient Egypt remains a source of mystery and intense interest. Why are we so fascinated with ancient Egypt, and what does that fascination reveal about us? This course explores the reception history of ancient Egypt: how people in various periods and areas of the world have thought about ancient Egypt, what it has meant to them, why they were interested in it, and how they brought the ancient Egyptian past into the present. We will focus not on ancient Egypt itself, but on the history of perceptions of, ideas about, and interactions with ancient Egyptian culture. Our investigation will include how Egyptians of later periods thought about their ancient past, as well as European and American representations (and appropriations) of ancient Egypt. A major focus of the course will be the impact of political and cultural relations between Egypt and the West on perceptions and uses of ancient Egyptian culture. This interdisciplinary course will combine multiple areas of history—intellectual, cultural, and political—and multiple types of sources, including historical writing, literature, film, and opera. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman visitors to Egypt, we will investigate changing modes of understanding, constructing, and representing ancient Egypt, from the medieval sultans of Egypt to Mozart to W. E. B. DuBois to protesters in Egypt’s 2011 revolution. Over the course of the semester, we will explore questions such as: - What does it mean to think of Egypt as African vs. Middle Eastern vs. Mediterranean? Is Egypt Western, Eastern, both, or neither? - To whom does ancient Egyptian heritage belong? How do colonialism and conceptions of race and ethnicity factor into this question? - How do the past and the present shape each other? What is the impact of modern politics and culture on perceptions of the past? What role does the past play in the formation of modern political, social, and cultural identities? - How can we learn about modern problems and concerns from representations of the past? |
CLST3710401, CLST5710401, NELC5101401 | https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&c=NELC2102401 | ||||
| NELC 2354-401 | The Body in Middle Eastern History | Secil Yilmaz | WILL 219 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | The body has long been the focus of social and scientific inquiry, as well as the foundation of religious, philosophical, and artistic thought. This seminar examines premodern and modern notions of the body in the Middle East as they intersect with colonialism, nationalism, religion, labor, law, military, gender, race, medicine, and art. Students use the notion of the body as a "useful" historical category to investigate the broader social, cultural, and political transformations occurring in the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran, followed by post-empire and colonial modern Middle Eastern contexts. The course addresses diverse views and theories as manifested in the constructions and practices over the body by using literary texts, primary sources, medical recipes, religious orders, and even public monuments to unearth the role of the body in the making of Middle Eastern history. | GSWS2354401, HIST2354401 | https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&c=NELC2354401 | ||||
| NELC 2950-401 | Living World in Archaeological Science | Katherine M Moore Chantel E White |
MUSE 190 | TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM | By focusing on the scientific analysis of archaeological remains, this course will explore life and death in the past. It takes place in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM) and is team taught in three modules: human skeletal analysis, analysis of animal remains, and analysis of plant remains. Each module will combine laboratory and classroom exercises to give students hands-on experience with archaeological materials. We will examine how organic materials provide key information about past environments, human behavior, and cultural change through discussions of topics such as health and disease, inequality, and food. | ANTH2267401, ANTH5267401, CLST3303401, CLST5303401 | |||||
| NELC 3560-401 | Gunpowder, Art and Diplomacy: Islamic Empires in the Early Modern World | Oscar Aguirre Mandujano | WILL 421 | MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM | In the sixteenth century, the political landscape of the Middle East, Central Asia, and India changed with the expansion and consolidation of new Islamic empires. Gunpowder had transformed the modes of warfare. Diplomacy followed new rules and forms of legitimation. The widespread use of Persian, Arabic and Turkish languages across the region allowed for an interconnected world of scholars, merchants, and diplomats. And each imperial court, those of the Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Mughals, found innovative and original forms of expression in art and literature. The expansion of these Islamic empires, each of them military giants and behemoths of bureaucracy, marked a new phase in world history. The course is divided in four sections. The first section introduces the student to major debates about the so-called gunpowder empires of the Islamic world as well as to comparative approaches to study them. The second section focuses on the transformations of modes of warfare and military organization. The third section considers the cultural history and artistic production of the imperial courts of the Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids. The fourth and final section investigates the social histories of these empires, their subjects, and the configuration of a world both connected and divided by commerce, expansion, and diplomacy. | HIST1300401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202310&c=NELC3560401 | |||
| NELC 4105-001 | History of Egypt -New Kingdom | Josef W Wegner | CANCELED | Covers principal aspects of ancient Egyptian culture (environment, urbanism, religion, technology, etc.) with special focus on archaeological data; includes study of University Museum artifacts. | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||||
| NELC 4300-401 | Seminar in Modern Hebrew Literature: The Holocaust in Israeli Literature and Film | Nili R Gold | COHN 203 | R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM | This course introduces students to selections from the best literary works written in Hebrew over the last hundred years in a relaxed seminar environment. The goal of the course is to develop skills in critical reading of literature in general, and to examine how Hebrew authors grapple with crucial questions of human existence and national identity. Topics include: Hebrew classics and their modern "descendents," autobiography in poetry and fiction, the conflict between literary generations, and others. Because the content of this course changes from year to year, students may take it for credit more than once. This course is conducted in Hebrew and all readings are in Hebrew. Grading is based primarily on participation and students' literary understanding. | COML4300401, JWST4300401, NELC5410401 | Cross Cultural Analysis | ||||
| NELC 4950-401 | Mining Archaeology | Vanessa Workman | MUSE 190 | F 8:30 AM-11:29 AM | In ancient times, materials such as stone and metals were used to produce artifacts including pigments, jewelry, tools, and weapons. This course is designed to introduce students to research on the early exploitation of mineral resources. Which techniques were used to access and process raw materials in antiquity? Which archaeological methods can be used to investigate these features and artifacts? The course will provide worldwide examples through time, ranging from Stone Age flint mining, Iron Age rock salt mining to Medieval silver mining. Ethnographic studies and hands-on activities will contribute to our understanding of mining in archaeology, and artifacts from the Museum's collections will undergo scientific analysis in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials. | ANTH3219401, ANTH5219401, CLST3314401, CLST5314401 | |||||
| NELC 4955-401 | The Past Preserved: Conservation In Archaeology | Lynn A Grant | MUSE 190 | TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM | This course explores the scientific conservation of cultural materials from archaeological contexts. It is intended to familiarize students with the basics of artifact conservation but is not intended to train them as conservators. The course will cover how various materials interact with their deposit environments; general techniques for on-site conservation triage and retrieval of delicate materials; what factors need to be considered in planning for artifact conservation; and related topics. Students should expect to gain a thorough understanding of the role of conservation in archaeology and how the two fields interact. | ANTH3235401, ANTH5235401, ARTH0143401, CLST3315401, CLST5315401 | |||||
| NELC 5054-401 | Courtly Life in Mesopotamia, Persia, and the Mediterranean | Holly Pittman Ludovico Portuese |
MUSE 419 | R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM | Who could approach and speak with the Sumerian Queen? What rules governed a banquet with the Persian king? What was the most elegant way to drink wine? Where were the women in the Assyrian court? With hundreds of people crammed into a palace, was hygiene important? How were court guests treated? What games were played at court? Is the stereotypical image of the “Oriental” court characterized by lust, backstairs intrigue, flatteries, and secrets sustainable in the light of new evidence and theoretical approaches? The court at the same time is considered as a large amorphous body in a physical location or an institution, or a group of people, or even to particular events. This seminar style course considers Middle Eastern courts from the Sumerians through the Assyrian and Persian empires articulating shared and diverse features. Textual, visual, material and archaeological sources are considered through sociological and anthropological theories and core concepts such as groups, individuals, ultrasociality, proxemics, sociopetal, sociofrugal and purity to name a few. Comparisons with later courts in the Middle East are welcome. | AAMW5241401, ARTH5241401 | |||||
| NELC 5101-401 | Imagining Ancient Egypt: A History of Popular Fascination from Antiquity to the Present | Margaret Geoga | MEYH B6 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | Thousands of years after the pyramids were built and the last hieroglyphs were written, ancient Egypt remains a source of mystery and intense interest. Why are we so fascinated with ancient Egypt, and what does that fascination reveal about us? This course explores the reception history of ancient Egypt: how people in various periods and areas of the world have thought about ancient Egypt, what it has meant to them, why they were interested in it, and how they brought the ancient Egyptian past into the present. We will focus not on ancient Egypt itself, but on the history of perceptions of, ideas about, and interactions with ancient Egyptian culture. Our investigation will include how Egyptians of later periods thought about their ancient past, as well as European and American representations (and appropriations) of ancient Egypt. A major focus of the course will be the impact of political and cultural relations between Egypt and the West on perceptions and uses of ancient Egyptian culture. This interdisciplinary course will combine multiple areas of history—intellectual, cultural, and political—and multiple types of sources, including historical writing, literature, film, and opera. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman visitors to Egypt, we will investigate changing modes of understanding, constructing, and representing ancient Egypt, from the medieval sultans of Egypt to Mozart to W. E. B. DuBois to protesters in Egypt’s 2011 revolution. Over the course of the semester, we will explore questions such as: - What does it mean to think of Egypt as African vs. Middle Eastern vs. Mediterranean? Is Egypt Western, Eastern, both, or neither? - To whom does ancient Egyptian heritage belong? How do colonialism and conceptions of race and ethnicity factor into this question? - How do the past and the present shape each other? What is the impact of modern politics and culture on perceptions of the past? What role does the past play in the formation of modern political, social, and cultural identities? - How can we learn about modern problems and concerns from representations of the past? |
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| NELC 5410-401 | Seminar in Modern Hebrew Literature | Nili R Gold | COHN 203 | R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM | This course introduces students to selections from the best literary works written in Hebrew over the last hundred years in a relaxed seminar environment. The goal of the course is to develop skills in critical reading of literature in general, and to examine how Hebrew authors grapple with crucial questions of human existence and national identity. Topics include: Hebrew classics and their modern "descendents," autobiography in poetry and fiction, the conflict between literary generations, and others. Because the content of this course changes from year to year, students may take it for credit more than once. This course is conducted in Hebrew and all readings are in Hebrew. Grading is based primarily on participation and students' literary understanding. | COML4300401, JWST4300401, NELC4300401 | |||||
| NELC 5710-401 | Introduction to Persian Poetic Tradition | Fatemeh Shams Esmaeili | JAFF B17 | TR 5:15 PM-6:44 PM | This course introduces some of the major genres and themes of Persian poetry from ancient to modern Iran. Epic and romance, love and mysticism, wine and drunkenness, wisdom and madness, body and mind, sin and temptation are some of the key themes that will be explored through a close reading of poems in this course. The course suits students of all disciplines, as it requires no prior knowledge of or familiarity with the Persian language or the canon of Persian literature. All teaching materials are available in English translation. Students are expected to attend seminars and take part in discussions. | NELC1700401 | |||||
| NELC 6060-401 | Art of Mesopotamia | Holly Pittman | JAFF 104 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Visual expression was first developed in Mesopotamia in the same environment as the invention of writing. This lecture class will introduce the arts of the major periods of Mesopotamian History ending with the "cinematic" effects achieved by the Assyrian artists on the walls of the royal palaces. The strong connection between verbal and visual expression will be traced over the three millennia course of Mesopotamian civilization from the earliest periods through the imperial art of the Assyrians and Babylonians of the first millennium BCE. The class and the assignments will regularly engage with objects in the collections and on display in the galleries of the Penn Museum. | AAMW6240401, ARTH2240401, ARTH6240401, NELC0060401 | |||||
| NELC 6305-401 | Themes Jewish Tradition: Iberian Conversos: Jew-Christian? | Talya Fishman | WILL 301 | MW 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Course topics will vary; they have included The Binding of Isaac, Responses to Catastrophes in Jewish History, Holy Men & Women (Ben-Amos); Rewriting the Bible (Dohrmann); Performing Judaism (Fishman); Jewish Political Thought (Fishman); Jewish Esotericism (Lorberbaum) Democratic culture assumes the democracy of knowledge - the accessibility of knowledge and its transparency. Should this always be the case? What of harmful knowledge? When are secrets necessary? In traditional Jewish thought, approaching the divine has often assumed an aura of danger. Theological knowledge was thought of as restricted. This seminar will explore the "open" and "closed" in theological knowledge, as presented in central texts of the rabbinic tradition: the Mishnah, Maimonides and the Kabbalah. Primary sources will be available in both Hebrew and English. | JWST0330401, NELC0330401, RELS0335401 | |||||
| NELC 6505-401 | Modern Arabic Literature | Rawad Zahi Wehbe | CANCELED | This course is a study of modern Arabic literary forms in the context of the major political and social changes which shaped Arab history in the first half of the twentieth century. The aim of the course is to introduce students to key samples of modern Arabic literature which trace major social and political developments in Arab society. Each time the class will be offered with a focus on one of the literary genres which emerged or flourished in the twentieth century: the free verse poem, the prose-poem, drama, the novel, and the short story. We will study each of these emergent genres against the socio-political backdrop which informed it. All readings will be in English translations. The class will also draw attention to the politics of translation as a reading and representational lens. | |||||||
| NELC 9980-022 | Guided Proposal and Candidacy Exam Preparation | Paul M Cobb | A course designed around the concentration and research topic of the PhD candidate to guide them through the submission of their dissertation proposal and prepare them for their Candidacy Examinations | ||||||||
| NELC 9999-022 | Independent Study: Readings in Mamluk Studies | Paul M Cobb | Directed research or candidacy exam and proposal preparation. | ||||||||
| PERS 0200-401 | Elementary Persian II | Mahyar Entezari | GLAB 103 GLAB 103 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian I. Emphasis is placed on using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing-as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation-are integrated into the course. Students must either have successfully completed Elementary Persian I, or take the departmental exam. | PERS5200401 | |||||
| PERS 0400-401 | Intermediate Persian II | Mahyar Entezari | WILL 438 | TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | In this course, we will continue to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is place on actively using Persian for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed PERS 013 or PERS 017, or take the departmental placement exam. | PERS5400401 | |||||
| PERS 2100-680 | Advanced Persian II | Azita Hamedani Kamkar | BENN 17 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | A continuation of Advanced Persian I, students will advance their skills in reading and listening, as well as in writing and speaking to near fluency. | PERS6250680 | |||||
| PERS 5200-401 | Elementary Persian II | Mahyar Entezari | GLAB 103 GLAB 103 |
TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM W 12:00 PM-12:59 PM |
This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Persian I. Emphasis is placed on using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing-as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation-are integrated into the course. Students must either have successfully completed PERS-011, or take the departmental exam. | PERS0200401 | |||||
| PERS 5400-401 | Intermediate Persian II | Mahyar Entezari | WILL 438 | TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | In this course, we will continue to address a broader variety of cultural topics in order to increase your proficiency in linguistic as well as cultural terms. Emphasis is place on actively using Persian for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Therefore use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are integrated into the course, as are culture, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students must either have successfully completed PERS 613 or PERS 617, or take the departmental placement exam. | PERS0400401 | |||||
| PERS 5650-680 | Elementary Kurdish Part II | Azita Hamedani Kamkar | MEYH B13 | MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM | This course is designed to help you build upon what you have learned in Elementary Kurdish I (Introduction to Kurdish). Emphasis is placed on using the language for interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Therefore, use of English is restricted. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as well as culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation—are integrated into the course. Students should have fulfilled the prerequisite (PERS-5550-680 202230) with a grade of C better, or taken the placement exam, in order to take this course. | ||||||
| PERS 6250-680 | Advanced Persian II | Azita Hamedani Kamkar | BENN 17 | MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM | A continuation of Advanced Persian I, students will advance their skills in reading and listening, as well as in writing and speaking to near fluency. Graduate students may have additional assignments. | PERS2100680 | |||||
| TURK 0200-401 | Elementary Turkish II | Feride Hatiboglu | BENN 19 | TR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | This course is a continuation of Elementary Turkish I and is designed to strengthen and extend students' listening, speaking, reading and writing competence and to deepen an understanding of Turkish people in Turkey. By the end of this course, students will be able to handle a variety of day to day needs in Turkish-speaking settings and engage in simple conversations. Students can expect to be able to order food and drinks, purchase things, and to be able to be familiar with current social topics. Students will be able to talk about all tenses, present, future, past, past continuous, make comparisons, describe people and things in detail, make travel plans, make reservations in hotels and holiday resorts, write complaint letters. By the end of the course, students will be able to talk about their studies and their plans for the future. Also, students will develop reading strategies that should allow them to understand the general meaning of articles, and short literary texts. Students will learn practical life in Turkey and will explore Turkish culture on the internet. | TURK5200401 | |||||
| TURK 0400-401 | Intermediate Turkish II | Feride Hatiboglu | DRLB 4C6 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Expands students writing and speaking competence in Turkish, increases vocabulary, and helps students' practice effective reading and listening strategies. Our In-class discussions are based on role-plays and weekly readings and news reports from TV and newspapers. We create Discussion wil take place in this course and let them and students will communicate through, threaded discussions, chat rooms and skype. The review of grammar will not be the primary focus of the course. Students' will, expand and deepen their knowledge of grammar will be extended through specific grammar exercises. They Students will have the opportunity to practice and read about the cultural and historical issues and get prepared for an advanced level Turkish. | TURK5400401 | |||||
| TURK 4300-680 | Advanced Turkish Culture & Media II | Feride Hatiboglu | WILL 214 | T 5:15 PM-7:14 PM | Similar to Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I, in this course students also will have exposure to social Turkish clubs and to establish their own. They will arrange their Turkish tea parties and learn about Turkish cuisine. Expose Turkish daily news and media will be discussed in class. Students will have chance to interview interview Turkish businessman, writer, journalists in class and/or skype or zoom people in Turkish. Team spirit or ethics with those of the United States. Students will present and prepare a drama. Mainly students will create and decide their activities and discussions. and the instructor will just monitor them most of time. They will continue watching Turkish movies and expose to Turkish culture through these films. After each movie discussions and essay writings will be expected. | TURK5900680 | Penn Lang Center Perm needed | ||||
| TURK 4500-401 | Ottoman Turkish I | Feride Hatiboglu | DRLB 4C2 | R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM | This course is an introduction to Ottoman Turkish with basic characteristics. Ottoman Turkish through readings in printed selections will be exercised with different techniques. Students will learn Persian and Arabic effects on Ottoman Turkish. They will be able to read simple texts at the end of this course. General information on Ottoman Turkish will be given to students during this course. This course will be offered one semester during the school year. Not open to auditors | TURK6700401 | |||||
| TURK 5200-401 | Elementary Turkish II | Feride Hatiboglu | BENN 19 | TR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM | This course is a continuation of Elementary Turkish I and is designed to strengthen and extend students' listening, speaking, reading and writing competence and to deepen an understanding of Turkish people in Turkey. By the end of this course, students will be able to handle a variety of day to day needs in Turkish-speaking settings and engage in simple conversations. Students can expect to be able to order food and drinks, purchase things, and to be able to be familiar with current social topics. Students will be able to talk about all tenses, present, future, past, past continuous, make comparisons, describe people and things in detail, make travel plans, make reservations in hotels and holiday resorts, write complaint letters. By the end of the course, students will be able to talk about their studies and their plans for the future. Also, students will develop reading strategies that should allow them to understand the general meaning of articles, and short literary texts. Students will learn practical life in Turkey and will explore Turkish culture on the internet. Graduate students will have additional assignments. | TURK0200401 | |||||
| TURK 5400-401 | Intermediate Turkish II | Feride Hatiboglu | DRLB 4C6 | TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM | Expands students writing and speaking competence in Turkish, increases vocabulary, and helps students' practice effective reading and listening strategies. Our In-class discussions are based on role-plays and weekly readings and news reports from TV and newspapers. We create Discussion wil take place in this course and let them and students will communicate through, threaded discussions, chat rooms and skype. The review of grammar will not be the primary focus of the course. Students' will, expand and deepen their knowledge of grammar will be extended through specific grammar exercises. They Students will have the opportunity to practice and read about the cultural and historical issues and get prepared for an advanced level Turkish. | TURK0400401 | |||||
| TURK 5900-680 | Advanced Turkish Culture & Media II | Feride Hatiboglu | WILL 214 | T 5:15 PM-7:14 PM | Similar to Advanced Turkish Culture & Media I, in this course students also will have exposure to social Turkish clubs and to establish their own. They will arrange their Turkish tea parties and learn about Turkish cuisine. Expose Turkish daily news and media will be discussed in class. Students will have chance to interview interview Turkish businessman, writer, journalists in class and/or skype or zoom people in Turkish. Team spirit or ethics with those of the United States. Students will present and prepare a drama. Mainly students will create and decide their activities and discussions. and the instructor will just monitor them most of time. They will continue watching Turkish movies and expose to Turkish culture through these films. After each movie discussions and essay writings will be expected. | TURK4300680 | |||||
| TURK 6700-401 | Ottoman Turkish I | Feride Hatiboglu | DRLB 4C2 | R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM | This course is an introduction to Ottoman Turkish with basic characteristics. Ottoman Turkish through readings in printed selections will be exercised with different techniques. Students will learn Persian and Arabic effects on Ottoman Turkish. They will be able to read simple texts at the end of this course. General information on Ottoman Turkish will be given to students during this course. This course will be offered one semester during the school year. Not open to auditors | TURK4500401 |