This course examines the production, consumption, and meaning of food within the context of Jewish civilization in a global, diachronic framework, beginning in Biblical times and ending with the modern Jewish deli. (Gen. Ed. HS, DG)

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From the absorbing tales of the One Thousand and One Nights and the haunting melancholy of pre-Islamic poetry to the inimitable beauty of the Quran, Medieval Arabic literature is fascinating and inexhaustible. Via English translations, this course introduces students to a rich diversity of Arabic literary texts written from the sixth century to the dawn of the modern period, stretching from the cosmopolitan cities of Muslim Spain to the empires of Central Asia and beyond.

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This class investigates what it meant to live an Islamic life in the pre-industrial Middle East, 600-1800 CE. The course investigates whether categorizing Islam as a religion, a civilization, culture, or a discourse is adequate for understanding its lived complexities. (Gen. Ed. HS, DG)

Individualized study. Research under direction of a faculty member.

Individualized study. Research under direction of a faculty member.