Islamic Studies

The following list reflects the 2005/2006 faculty.

Coordinator Herbert W. Mason (HI/RN/UNI)

Faculty

Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Chairman, Department of Anthropology; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Professor of International Relations and History, College of Arts and Sciences. Licence, Université de Caen; Diplôme, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; MA, PhD, Yale University

Charles F. Dunbar

Professor of International Relations. BA, Harvard University; MIA, Columbia University. Former Ambassador to Qatar and Yemen.

Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences (Comparative Politics). AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Director, Institute for Medieval History, Graduate School; Professor of History and Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Harvard College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Harvard University

Director, Women’s Studies Program; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Boston State College; MA, Northeastern University; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

University Professor; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

University Professor and William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of History and Religious Thought, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University

Roberta Mícallef

Assistant Professor of Turkish. BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. MA, Baghdad University (Iraq); MA, PhD, Indiana University

Assistant Professor of International Relations and Energy and Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, University of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan); MS, MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Miami; PhD, University of Chicago

Sunil Sharma

Senior Lecturer in Persian, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. BA, New York University; PhD, University of Chicago

Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Eastern Mennonite College; BA, Goshen College; PhD, Harvard University

Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, City University of New York; MA, Hacettepe University (Turkey); PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Courses

Members of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences humanities and social science faculty offer a broad range of courses focusing on the Islamic civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. A concentration in Islamic Studies is possible within the MA and PhD programs offered through the Division of Religious and Theological Studies. For complete descriptions of the courses listed below, refer to departmental sections of this site or visit Islamic Courses.

GRS AN 707 Turkey and Middle East Perspective
GRS AN 717 Power and Society in the Middle East
GRS AN 718 Southeast Asia: Tradition and Development
GRS AN 720 Women and the Muslim World
GRS AN 755 Religious Fundamentalism in Anthropological Perspective
GRS AN 760 The Nomadic Alternative
GRS HI 827 Early Medieval Spain
GRS HI 892 The Middle East
GRS HI 893 History of Northern Africa
GRS HI 903 Directed Study in African History
GRS HI 905 Directed Study in Middle Eastern History
CAS IR 503 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East (meets with CAS PO 570)
CAS IR 509 Islam in Middle East Politics (meets with CAS PO 573)
CAS IR 514 Major Themes in the Middle East Peace Process
CAS IR 586 Islam in South Asian Politics
GRS IR 705 Modernization in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan
GRS IR 706 The Iranian Revolution and Its Impact on the Middle East
GRS IR 707 Political Reform in the Middle East
GRS IR 897 History of Modern Iran, 1900–Present (meets with GRS HI 897)
GRS LY 781 Contemporary Arabic Cultures
CAS PO 560 Politics and Society in North Africa and the Middle East
GRS RN 640 The Quran
GRS RN 641 Islamic Mysticism: Sufism
GRS RN 643 Global Islam
GRS RN 644 Islam and the West
GRS RN 647 Islamic Philosophy and Theology
GRS RN 675 Culture, Society, and Religion in South Asia (meets with GRS AN 775)
GRS RN 991, 992 Directed Study in Islamic Studies
CAS RN 993, 994 Directed Study in Classical Arabic

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