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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.194.401 (01)
Themes in Medieval Islamic Thought
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Ferrario, Gabriele
Gilman 300
ISLM-ISLMST
Themes in Medieval Islamic Thought AS.194.401 (01)
This seminar examines medieval Muslim thinkers who addressed themes at the intersection of theology, philosophy, science, and ethics: the definition of the nature of God’s attributes, His uniqueness, transcendence and omnipotence; human freewill and the limits of human knowledge; the nature of the world; and the relationship among reason, religion, and science. The course will look at how these and other crucial themes were addressed by major medieval philosophers and philosophical schools not only in Islam, but also in Judaism and Christianity, and highlight similarities and differences among the three major monotheistic faiths.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Ferrario, Gabriele
Room: Gilman 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST
AS.375.116 (02)
First Year Arabic II
MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM, TTh 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Alsayed Suliman, Anas
Krieger 300
ISLM-ISLMST
First Year Arabic II AS.375.116 (02)
Continuation of AS.375.115. Introductory course in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Modern Standard Arabic. Presents basic grammatical structures and a basic vocabulary. Through oral-aural drill in classroom, tapes in Language Laboratory, and reading/writing exercises, students attain a basic level of competence on which they can build in subsequent years of study. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Art and the Harem: Women’s Spaces, Patronage, and (Self-)Representation in Islamic Empires
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Rustem, Unver
Gilman 119
HART-NW, ISLM-ISLMST
Art and the Harem: Women’s Spaces, Patronage, and (Self-)Representation in Islamic Empires AS.010.338 (01)
Long characterized in the Western imagination as exotic realms of fantasy, harems in Islamic tradition served as private domestic quarters for the women of elite households. This course explores the harem—as an institution, a physical space, and a community of women—from various art-historical perspectives, considering such topics as the harem’s architecture, the agency of its inhabitants as patrons and collectors, the mediating role of eunuchs in the harem’s visual and material culture, and the ability of harem women to make their mark through public artistic commissions. Our case studies will address a range of Islamic geographical and chronological contexts, though we will focus on the empires of the early modern period and, above all, the famous harem of the Ottoman sultans at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. In challenging popular misconceptions, the course will also look at the wealth of exoticizing imagery that the harem inspired in Western art, which we will consider through Orientalist paintings at the Walters Art Museum and illustrated rare books at Hopkins itself.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Rustem, Unver
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): HART-NW, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.194.210 (01)
Race, Gender, Citizenship: Being Muslim in America
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ziad, Homayra
Krieger 302
ISLM-ISLMST, INST-AP, CSC-CE
Race, Gender, Citizenship: Being Muslim in America AS.194.210 (01)
This course explores how American Muslims navigate and contest complex notions of belonging in the context of national conversations on race, gender, citizenship, and national security. With a focus on specific case studies that range from Black Muslim movements of the early twentieth century to the ongoing War on Terror, the course adds complexity to the public conversation on what it means to be Muslim - and what it means to be American. We will draw on history, ethnography, first-person narratives, films, blogs, documentaries and fiction. As a Community Engaged course, the class will include site visits and learning with and from Muslim communities in Baltimore.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ziad, Homayra
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/26
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-AP, CSC-CE
AS.194.220 (01)
The Qur'an: Text and Context
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Ziad, Homayra
Gilman 377
ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
The Qur'an: Text and Context AS.194.220 (01)
For 1400 years, the Qur’an has played a central role in Muslim intellectual, spiritual, artistic and ritual life. This course will explore the sacred scripture of Islam through its foundational ideas, history of the text and thematic development, literary style, history and methods of interpretation, and role in Muslim spiritual and ritual life. We will also explore how the Qur’an weaves through literature, music and the visual arts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Ziad, Homayra
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.070.465 (01)
Concepts: How to Read Hindu and Islamic Texts
F 2:00PM - 4:30PM
Das, Veena, Khan, Naveeda
Mergenthaler 439
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, ISLM-ISLMST
Concepts: How to Read Hindu and Islamic Texts AS.070.465 (01)
What is the nature of anthropological concepts and what relations do they bear to concepts internal to a society? We invite students to think with key ideas from Hindu and Islamic traditions, asking if anthropological concepts are best seen as abstractions from the particular or as intertwined with ongoing lines of inquiry, say into the nature of the real and continual efforts to test it? Topics in ritual theory, grammar, aesthetics, translation, revelation, luminosity, figuration and the mythological among those to be considered.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Das, Veena, Khan, Naveeda
Room: Mergenthaler 439
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.230.367 (01)
Islamic Finance
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Calder, Ryan
Gilman 400
INST-ECON, ISLM-ISLMST
Islamic Finance AS.230.367 (01)
Today, Islamic finance is a global industry comprising nearly $2 trillion in assets, with hubs from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai to London. But half a century ago, nothing called “Islamic finance” existed. So where did Islamic finance come from? Why is it growing so fast? And what does it mean for finance to be Islamic? We discuss the ban on riba in the Quran and hadith, finance in early and medieval Islamic societies, petrodollars and the birth of Islamic banking in the 1970s, the rise of Islamic capital markets since 2000, contemporary shariah-compliant financial structures, and the constitution of piety through financial practice.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Calder, Ryan
Room: Gilman 400
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-ECON, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.010.440 (01)
Power Dressing: The Politics of Costume between the Ottoman Empire and the West
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rustem, Unver
Gilman 119
HART-NW, ISLM-ISLMST
Power Dressing: The Politics of Costume between the Ottoman Empire and the West AS.010.440 (01)
In the Ottoman Empire—a vast multiethnic state straddling Africa, Asia, and Europe—how one dressed was a deeply political affair. Ottoman rulers and subjects alike used clothing to express (and sometimes transgress) the hierarchical, religious, and communal distinctions defining their society, much to the fascination of foreigners who visited the empire or sought knowledge of its sartorial traditions in texts and images. This seminar will explore Ottoman dress and dress codes in the context of the empire’s long and complicated relationship with Western powers, focusing on the role that costume played as a charged site of cross-cultural interaction, posturing, and self-assertion from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Our case studies will include costume albums—books showing people high and low in their characteristic garb—painted by Ottoman artists for Western buyers; diplomatic robes of honor and their attendant ceremonies; and cultural cross-dressing as manifested in European turquerie portraiture and masquerades. Moving into the modern period, we will consider how nineteenth-century dress reforms bridged the gap between Ottoman and Western costume while engendering new modes of Ottoman sartorial self-representation that challenged hardening Orientalist discourses in such venues as mannequin museums and world’s fairs. The seminar will make considerable use of artworks in local collections, including rare books and prints at Hopkins itself.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rustem, Unver
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/10
PosTag(s): HART-NW, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.194.201 (01)
Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Medieval World
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Ferrario, Gabriele
Hodson 216
ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Medieval World AS.194.201 (01)
The three most widespread monotheisms have much more in common than is generally portrayed: a common founding figure, a partly shared succession of prophets, closely comparable ethical concerns and religious practices, a history of coexistence and of cultural, religious, social and economic interaction. This course will focus on a number of key texts and historical events that have shaped the relationships between Jews, Muslims, and Christians during the Middle Ages and contributed to their reciprocal construction of the image of the “other.” The geographical center of the course will be the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East, a true cradle of civilizations, religions, and exchange.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Ferrario, Gabriele
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/30
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.375.116 (01)
First Year Arabic II
MTWThF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Alsayed Suliman, Anas
Gilman 77
ISLM-ISLMST
First Year Arabic II AS.375.116 (01)
Continuation of AS.375.115. Introductory course in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Modern Standard Arabic. Presents basic grammatical structures and a basic vocabulary. Through oral-aural drill in classroom, tapes in Language Laboratory, and reading/writing exercises, students attain a basic level of competence on which they can build in subsequent years of study. May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
Credits: 4.50
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MTWThF 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Alsayed Suliman, Anas
Room: Gilman 77
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST
AS.375.216 (01)
Second Year Arabic II
MTWTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Jafire, Sana
Krieger 517
ISLM-ISLMST
Second Year Arabic II AS.375.216 (01)
Continuation of AS.375.215. Designed to bring students up to competency level required for third/fourth year Arabic. Students will consolidate and expand their mastery of the four basic skills acquired in AS.375.115-116. More authentic material--written, audio, and visual--will be used, and culture will be further expanded on as a fifth skill. Accelerated students should register for Section 01.
Recommended Course Background: AS.375.215 or permission required.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MTWTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Jafire, Sana
Room: Krieger 517
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/16
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST
AS.375.402 (01)
Fourth Year Arabic II
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Jafire, Sana
Krieger 517
Fourth Year Arabic II AS.375.402 (01)
This is an introductory course to different periods of the Arabic literature. Selections of famous Arabic poetry and short prose works are the substance of the course. Continuation of AS.375.401. Recommended Course Background: AS.375.302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Jafire, Sana
Room: Krieger 517
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/16
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.375.216 (02)
Second Year Arabic II
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, TTh 10:30AM - 11:20AM
Jafire, Sana
Krieger 504
ISLM-ISLMST
Second Year Arabic II AS.375.216 (02)
Continuation of AS.375.215. Designed to bring students up to competency level required for third/fourth year Arabic. Students will consolidate and expand their mastery of the four basic skills acquired in AS.375.115-116. More authentic material--written, audio, and visual--will be used, and culture will be further expanded on as a fifth skill. Accelerated students should register for Section 01.
Recommended Course Background: AS.375.215 or permission required.
