Fall Quarter 2018
For a course to count towards the African Studies Minor or Graduate Certificate, 50% of the student’s grade must be based on work (papers, projects, etc.) with African content. The Program of African Studies may require you to submit this work. Students pursuing a major are required to meet annually with the Director of Undergraduate Studies to create course schedules and monitor progress. Check CAESAR for availability and room information.Course | Title | Instructor | Lecture | Discussion |
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AF AM ST 245-0-20, 11151 | The Black Diaspora and Transnationality | Weheliye | TuTh 2‐3:20pm | |
The Black Diaspora and TransnationalityExamination of events, movements, theories, and texts that have shaped development of the African diaspora. Topics include slavery, abolitionism, pan-Africanism, the culturepolitics nexus, hip-hop, AIDS, and linkages among gender, sexuality, and diasporic sensibilities. | ||||
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AF AM ST 348-0-20, 11168 | Africans in Colonial Latin America | Bryant | TuTh 12:30‐1:50pm | |
Africans in Colonial Latin AmericaHistory of Africans and African-descended people throughout Latin America from 1492 to 1800, emphasizing the varied experiences of slavery and freedom struggles, the emergence of race and colonial categories of difference, and the gendered lives of racialized colonial subjects. | ||||
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ANTHRO 214-0-1, 10319 | Archaeology: Unearthing History 1 | Johnson | TuTh 11‐12:20pm | |
Archaeology: Unearthing History 1The evolution of culture from its earliest beginnings through the development of urbanism and the state. Principles of archaeological research. | ||||
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ANTHRO 320-0-1, 10326 | Peoples of Africa | Bledsoe | We 6‐9pm | |
Peoples of AfricaA survey of the cultures of Africa and the significant similarities and differences among the indigenous societies of the continent. | ||||
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ANTHRO 390-0-23, 17576 | Methods in Anthropology/Global Health | Young | Tu 2‐4:50pm | |
Methods in Anthropology/Global HealthAdvanced work in areas of developing interest and special significance. May be repeated for credit with different topic. | ||||
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ARABIC 111-1-20, 12797 | Arabic I | Romdhane | MoTuWeThFr 10‐10:50am | |
Arabic IThis first segment of the three-quarter first-year course facilitates students' learning of the alphabet and sound system, and helps them develop basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It also introduces students to the diglossic sociolinguistic environment of the Arab World, and provides exposure to basic, high frequency regional spoken variety elements. This course is designed for true beginners with no previous background in the language. Students with any background must take a placement test and consult with the Coordinator before enrolling. | ||||
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ARABIC 111-1-21, 12798 | Arabic I | Romdhane | MoTuWeThFr 11‐11:50am | |
Arabic IThis first segment of the three-quarter first-year course facilitates students' learning of the alphabet and sound system, and helps them develop basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It also introduces students to the diglossic sociolinguistic environment of the Arab World, and provides exposure to basic, high frequency regional spoken variety elements. This course is designed for true beginners with no previous background in the language. Students with any background must take a placement test and consult with the Coordinator before enrolling. | ||||
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ARABIC 111-1-22, 12799 | Arabic I | Mikhaeel | MoTuWeThFr 1‐1:50pm | |
Arabic IThis first segment of the three-quarter first-year course facilitates students' learning of the alphabet and sound system, and helps them develop basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It also introduces students to the diglossic sociolinguistic environment of the Arab World, and provides exposure to basic, high frequency regional spoken variety elements. This course is designed for true beginners with no previous background in the language. Students with any background must take a placement test and consult with the Coordinator before enrolling. | ||||
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ARABIC 111-1-23, 12800 | Arabic I | Mikhaeel | MoTuWeThFr 2‐2:50pm | |
Arabic IThis first segment of the three-quarter first-year course facilitates students' learning of the alphabet and sound system, and helps them develop basic speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It also introduces students to the diglossic sociolinguistic environment of the Arab World, and provides exposure to basic, high frequency regional spoken variety elements. This course is designed for true beginners with no previous background in the language. Students with any background must take a placement test and consult with the Coordinator before enrolling. | ||||
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ARABIC 114-0-1, 17569 | Conversation and Culture in the Arab World | Mikhaeel | TuTh 3:30-4:50pm | |
ARABIC 114-0-1, 17569 Conversation and Culture in the Arab WorldSpeaking and understanding the way Egyptians speak in everyday life is a major goal of this course. In this course students will intensively practice speaking and master the use of colloquial Arabic for everyday oral communication. They will learn about the intricacies of diglossic sociolinguistic situations through the specific example of Egypt. Students will become familiar with important cultural themes in Egyptian society that inform individual and collective behavior. Students will learn to analyze similarities and differences between formal, written Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the spoken regional Egyptian dialect. They will also gain valuable insights into Egyptian language and culture, laying important groundwork for more successful study abroad or work abroad experiences. Although the focus of the course is building verbal and conversational skills in Egyptian Arabic, a "contrastive analysis" and "comparative dialectology" between spoken dialects and MSA will be discussed in a systematic way. | ||||
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ARABIC 121-1-20, 12801 | Arabic II | Khan | MoTuWeThFr 2‐2:50pm | |
Arabic IIThis first part of the three-quarter second-year course is a continuation of Arabic I, and moves students forward in all modes of language use, including additional exposure to representative regional spoken varieties, work on more sophisticated written expression and reading abilities for higher level/more abstract types of texts. | ||||
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ARABIC 121-1-21, 12802 | Arabic II | Khan | MoTuWeThFr 3‐3:50pm | |
Arabic IIThis first part of the three-quarter second-year course is a continuation of Arabic I, and moves students forward in all modes of language use, including additional exposure to representative regional spoken varieties, work on more sophisticated written expression and reading abilities for higher level/more abstract types of texts. | ||||
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ARABIC 121-1-22, 17583 | Arabic II | MoTuWeThFr 1‐1:50pm | ||
Arabic IIThis first part of the three-quarter second-year course is a continuation of Arabic I, and moves students forward in all modes of language use, including additional exposure to representative regional spoken varieties, work on more sophisticated written expression and reading abilities for higher level/more abstract types of texts. | ||||
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ARABIC 211-1-20, 12805 | Arabic III | Antabli | MoWe 12:30‐1:50pm | |
Arabic IIIThis is a high intermediate level course in Modern Standard Arabic. Our goal is to enhance the student's ability to read, understand and discuss Arabic writings utilizing a variety of newspaper, magazine and journal articles, documents, short stories and other materials of interest to the students and relevant to their field of study. In addition to focusing on developing reading and writing skills, a special emphasis is placed on listening and speaking: | ||||
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ARABIC 311-1-20, 12807 | Arabic IV | Khan | TuTh 5‐6:20pm | |
Arabic IVDuring this class, we will be working on developing students' reading and comprehension abilities, as well as on improving their speaking and writing abilities. Students will be trained to use the grammatical concepts discussed through the drills in their writing assignments. Although Al-Kitab III is the benchmark/ principal textbook of the course, we will examine different genres from sources other than Al-kitaab. Examples include short stories , cotemporary poetry , Turath literature such as Alf Layla wa Layla, and Quranic Suras. An emphasis will be given to media news both written and visual. By the end of this quarter you will:
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ARABIC 316-1-20, 12811 | Reading Arabic Poetry | Antabli | TuTh 12:30‐1:50pm | |
Reading Arabic PoetryThis course offers a valuable chance to students who want to explore Arabic literary prose in depth. It also provides foundational skills for students who want to pursue graduate careers in Arabic literature or Middle Eastern Studies. The course will survey excerpts and selections of Arabic literary prose with emphasis on different styles of writing and editing of literature from the early 20th century to the present. The emphasis will be on studying elements, forms, writing styles, characteristics, development and prominent authors of essays, reflections, short stories, biographies, novels, and plays. The linguistic textual analysis of each reading will focus on: (1) understanding advanced grammatical structures, syntax and style; (2) rapid acquisition of vocabulary and popular idioms (e.g. gender manifestations) through in-class discussions and oral presentations; (3) writing assignments that reflect students' abilities to understand and assimilate the texts. We will work intensively on improving reading-for-comprehension skills, composition, listening and speaking through in-class oral discussions and presentations. Special exercises will be developed to improve understanding and use of essential elements of rhetorical analysis of literary works and applying them to the texts we read in class. | ||||
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ART HIST 470-0-1, 11773 | Architecture & Territorial Planning Global South | Levin | We 2‐4:50pm | |
Architecture & Territorial Planning Global SouthThis research seminar examines the relationship between architecture, resources, and territory in 20th century modernization projects in Latin America, the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa. We will explore the conditions in which architecture has become a tool of development (a concept which we will address critically), and the functions it assumed in the ordering and managing of labor, natural resources and industry. While modernization projects are usually considered in terms of engineering and large-scale infrastructure, the architectural lens will offer a tool for a nuanced social-cultural analysis of the epistemological assumptions and value systems that undergird these projects. We will examine the role architecture played in the consolidation of "development thinking" in the shift from late colonial projects to the Cold War, specifically in reformulating the colonial relations between resource extraction and production, and the new emphasis placed on the maintaining of the "smallness" of small scale societies in terms of village habitation and vernacular forms of production. | ||||
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COMP LIT 306-0-20, 17537 (also ENGLISH 369-0-20) | Studies in Race & Ethnicity: African Lit & Race | Mwangi | MoWe 11‐12:20pm | |
COMP LIT 306-0-20, 17537 (also ENGLISH 369-0-20) Studies in Race & Ethnicity: African Lit & RaceThis course uses interdisciplinary and intersectional methods to study the representations of race in African literatures from different linguistic and racial backgrounds. The role of translation (inter-lingual and cultural) in the depiction of race will be central to our discussions. We will read texts originally written in Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese and indigenous African languages to examine how writers come to terms with the idea of race. Who is an African and who is not? Is race biological or socially constructed? How are non-black races (e.g. Arabs, white, Indians etc.) represented in African writing? How is the "black" in Africa different or similar to "black" in other parts of the world? How do "black aesthetics" and "black arts" in Africa differ from similar concepts in black-diaspora cultures? How does racism intersect with other forms of oppression in African societies? How are internal racisms represented in African contexts? How are representations of race in canonical writing (e.g., Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice) treated in African translations and allusions to those texts? Performing both distant and close readings of African writers, we will read primary texts in terms of the techniques individual artists use to treat race matters. Theory texts will include excerpts from well-known works on the black race by Hegel, Descartes, Kant, Fanon, Memmi as well as newer African and African-diaspora engagements with these texts by such scholars as Charles Mills, Emmanuel Eze, Achille Mbembe, Toni Morrison, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Stuart Hall. | ||||
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ECON 326-0-20, 10310 | The Economics of Developing Countries | Jayachandran | TuTh 11‐12:20pm | |
ECON 326-0-20, 10310 The Economics of Developing CountriesStructure, performance, and problems of developing economies. Topics may include land use, labor, migration, credit, insurance, and famine. Prerequisites: 281; 310-1,2. | ||||
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ENGLISH 369-0-20, 13445 (also COMP LIT 306-0-20) | Studies in African Literature: Africa & Race | Mwangi | MoWe 11‐12:20pm | |
ENGLISH 369-0-20, 13445 (also COMP LIT 306-0-20) Studies in African Literature: Africa & Race20th-century African literature in English. Content varies. May be repeated for credit with different topic. | ||||
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FRENCH 362-0-20, 13172 | The Detective African Novel in French | Qader | MoWeFr 11:00‐11:50am | |
FRENCH 362-0-20, 13172 The Detective African Novel in FrenchMajor issues, trends, and authors from francophone Africa. Content varies; may include Shahrazade, narratives of gender relations, law and literature, violence, and writing. Prerequisite: 271, 272, or 273 or consent of instructor. | ||||
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FRENCH 465-0-20, 13199 | "Purloining” the Francophone African Novel | Qader | We 3‐5:50pm | |
FRENCH 465-0-20, 13199 "Purloining” the Francophone African NovelEdgar Allen Poe's famous short story "The Purloined Letter" provided the impetus for a fascinating theoretical and philosophical debate in the late 70s between Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, and Barbara Johnson. At the center of the polemic were the questions of reading, of teleology, of destiny, and of signification. In other words, the ways in which crime, detecting, the law, and meaning circulate in this story made for a fertile ground for thinking literature and the enterprise of interpretation. The debate is revealing not only because of the ways in which each theorist reads the short story but also how each reads the other's reading and engages with its implications. In this course, we will begin by reading the texts of this polemic together with Poe's story as a kind of portal that will orient us in our own acts of reading as we make our way through a number of works by Francophone writers from Africa. Our readings will by no means be limited by the terms of this debate, nor will we merely apply its conceptual framework to them. Instead, we will allow the debate to provide us with a certain vocabulary as well as the opening questions that we will then pursue through the vicissitudes of each literary works. The organizing principle of the course is therefore not thematic. Rather, the debate about Poe's story will help us attend to literature as a question and reflect on practices of reading. | ||||
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GBL HLTH 301-0-20, 11041 (sec. 20) | Introduction to International Public Health (sec. 20) | Sullivan | TuTh 11‐12:20pm | |
GBL HLTH 301-0-20, 11041 (sec. 20) Introduction to International Public Health (sec. 20)Social, economic, ethical, and cultural influences on variation in human health and well-being in populations worldwide; the continuum between health and sickness and the related impact of distal, chronic, and acute forces. | ||||
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GBL HLTH 301-0-21, 11042 (sec. 21) | Introduction to International Public Health (sec. 21) | Leonard | Mo 6‐8:50pm | |
GBL HLTH 301-0-21, 11042 (sec. 21) Introduction to International Public Health (sec. 21)Social, economic, ethical, and cultural influences on variation in human health and well-being in populations worldwide; the continuum between health and sickness and the related impact of distal, chronic, and acute forces. | ||||
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GBL HLTH 321-0-1, 17514 | War and Public Health | Locke | Tu 1‐3:50pm | |
GBL HLTH 321-0-1, 17514 War and Public HealthComparative overview of the impact of armed conflict on public health and healthcare delivery worldwide. Historical and contemporary case studies. Specific health needs of refugees and vulnerable populations. | ||||
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HISTORY 356-2-20, 13723 | History of South Africa | Glassman | MoWe 11‐12:20pm | |
HISTORY 356-2-20, 13723 History of South AfricaEmphasis on the 20th century, the rise of African nationalism, and the clash with the apartheid state. | ||||
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HISTORY 392-0-20, 13726 (also HISTORY 395-0-20, MENA 301-1-1) | Topics in History: Egypt under Nasser & Sadat | Petry | MoWe 3:30‐4:50pm | |
HISTORY 392-0-20, 13726 (also HISTORY 395-0-20, MENA 301-1-1) Topics in History: Egypt under Nasser & SadatAdvanced work through reading, research, and discussion in an area of special significance. Graduate students permitted in some courses with consent of instructor. | ||||
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HISTORY 395-0-20, 13728 (also HISTORY 392-0-20, MENA 301-1-1) | Topics in History: Egypt under Nasser & Sadat | Petry | MoWe 3:30‐4:50pm | |
HISTORY 395-0-20, 13728 (also HISTORY 392-0-20, MENA 301-1-1) Topics in History: Egypt under Nasser & SadatStudents research and complete a term paper on a topic of choice. Required of majors. | ||||
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HUM 370-5-20, 14994 (also MENA 301-3-20) | Special Topics in the Humanities: Islamic Law | Ingram | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
HUM 370-5-20, 14994 (also MENA 301-3-20) Special Topics in the Humanities: Islamic LawIntensive seminars in cutting-edge research on interdisciplinary issues. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change in topic. | ||||
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HUM 370-5-20, 14994 | Islamic Law | Ingram | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
HUM 370-5-20, 14994 Islamic LawIntensive seminars in cutting-edge research on interdisciplinary issues. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change in topic. | ||||
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INTL ST 390-0-20, 11794 (also POLI_SCI 380-0-20) | Refugee Crises & Human Rights | Ruffer | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
INTL ST 390-0-20, 11794 (also POLI_SCI 380-0-20) Refugee Crises & Human RightsTopics vary. Augments offerings of departments. | ||||
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MENA 301-1-1, 17580 (also HISTORY 392-0-20, HISTORY 395-0-20) | Egypt under Nasser & Sadat | Petry | MoWe 3:30‐4:50pm | |
MENA 301-1-1, 17580 (also HISTORY 392-0-20, HISTORY 395-0-20) Egypt under Nasser & SadatInterdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Middle East and North Africa. Content varies with annual theme. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Courses need not be taken in sequence. | ||||
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MENA 301-3-20, 11835 (also HUM 370-5-20) | Seminar in Middle East & North African Studies: Islamic Law | Ingram | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
MENA 301-3-20, 11835 (also HUM 370-5-20) Seminar in Middle East & North African Studies: Islamic LawInterdisciplinary approaches to the study of the Middle East and North Africa. Content varies with annual theme. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Courses need not be taken in sequence. | ||||
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MENA 390-3-1, 17581 (also HUM 370-5-20, RELIGION 351-0-20) | Islamic Law | Ingram | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
MENA 390-3-1, 17581 (also HUM 370-5-20, RELIGION 351-0-20) Islamic LawContent and prerequisites vary. Course number indicates distribution requirement area in which a course counts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. | ||||
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POLI SCI 250-0-20, 14489 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | Roberts | TuTh 3:30‐4:50pm | |
POLI SCI 250-0-20, 14489 Introduction to Comparative PoliticsEmphasis may be on industrialized and/or developing states. Major issues include regime-society relations, political change and conflict, and policy making. | ||||
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POLI SCI 348-0-20, 14641 | Globalization | Nelson | MoWe 3:30‐4:50pm | |
POLI SCI 348-0-20, 14641 GlobalizationAnalysis of changes in the world economy and their implications for politics, economics, and society. Politics of multinational production, finance, and trade in the context of governance problems in a globalizing world. Prerequisite: 240 or equivalent. | ||||
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POLI SCI 376-0-20, 14668 | Global Development | Reno | TuTh 3:30‐4:50pm | |
POLI SCI 376-0-20, 14668 Global DevelopmentThis course explores the economic and social changes that have constituted "development," and that have radically transformed human society. The course focuses on both the historical experience of Europe and the contemporary experience of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In the historical discussion, we explore the birth of the "nation state" as the basic organizing unit of the international system; the transition from agrarian to industrial economic systems; and the expansion of European colonialism across the globe. In our discussion of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, we consider the legacies of colonialism for development; the ways in which countries have attempted to promote economic development and industrialization; and issues of inequality and human welfare in an increasingly globally connected world. | ||||
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POLI SCI 380-0-20, 14681 (also INTL_ST 390-0-20) | Refugee Crises & Human Rights | Ruffer | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
POLI SCI 380-0-20, 14681 (also INTL_ST 390-0-20) Refugee Crises & Human RightsDevelopment of international human rights. Comparative state and regional responses to forced migration due to war, conflict, and generalized violence. Humanitarian intervention, international law, and policy issues, such as gender-based violence, migrants at sea, and human trafficking. | ||||
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POLI SCI 390-0-23, 14525 | Global Development | Mahoney | MoWe 9:30‐10:50am | |
POLI SCI 390-0-23, 14525 Global DevelopmentThis course explores the economic and social changes that have constituted "development," and that have radically transformed human society. The course focuses on both the historical experience of Europe and the contemporary experience of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In the historical discussion, we explore the birth of the "nation state" as the basic organizing unit of the international system; the transition from agrarian to industrial economic systems; and the expansion of European colonialism across the globe. In our discussion of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, we consider the legacies of colonialism for development; the ways in which countries have attempted to promote economic development and industrialization; and issues of inequality and human welfare in an increasingly globally connected world. | ||||
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POLI SCI 390-0-24, 14526 | Reporting Islam | Hurd | TuTh 2‐3:20pm | |
POLI SCI 390-0-24, 14526 Reporting IslamThis course will bring together Medill and Weinberg students with an interest in the politics and practices of reporting on Islam and Muslims in the United States and in U.S. foreign policy. Through a combination of readings, site visits, individual and group projects, and critical writing assignments, the goals of this course are, first, to empower students to recognize the pitfalls of how Islam and Muslims are reported and represented in U.S. print media and other formats, and second, to innovate new ways of writing about Islam and Muslims that do not replicate the Islamophobic or Islamophilic tropes that dominate much of this reporting. To these ends, the course will include a ?master class' on reporting religion led by by Manya Brachear, religion reporter for the Chicago Tribune. The course is part of the "Talking ?Religion': Publics, Politics and the Media" project which is co-directed by the instructors, and students will have an opportunity to participate in project related activities including lectures and a spring 2019 workshop. | ||||
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POLI SCI 452-0-20, 14578 | Democratization | Roberts | Th 11am‐1:50pm | |
POLI SCI 452-0-20, 14578 DemocratizationThe interrelationships between socioeconomic structures and democracy, the importance of political leadership, the historic relationship between capitalism and democracy, and contemporary tensions between market reform and democratization. | ||||
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POLI SCI 490-0-20, 14579 | Islamic Political Thought | Denna | We 9‐11:50am | |
POLI SCI 490-0-20, 14579 Islamic Political ThoughtThis graduate-level seminar explores contemporary Islamic political thought with a special focus on Islamic political thinkers and ideas from the early twentieth century to the present. The objectives of the course are to assist students to : (1) acquire advanced knowledge and understanding of the core themes and concepts of Islamic political thought and ideas and their recent reconfigurations ; (2) grasp the complexity and variety of islamic intellectual trends, debates and arguments and their contexts ; 3) engage in critical reading and analysis of primary and secondary sources of Islamic Thought ; 4) prepare a piece of original research. | ||||
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RELIGION 351-0-20, 14112 (also HUM 370-5-20, MENA 390-3-1) | Islamic Law | Ingram | MoWe 2‐3:20pm | |
RELIGION 351-0-20, 14112 (also HUM 370-5-20, MENA 390-3-1) Islamic LawEvolution of Islamic law from the Prophet Muhammad to the contemporary world, focusing on Islamic law and the impact of colonialism. Prerequisite: 250 or consent of instructor. | ||||
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SOCIOL 207-0-20, 10481 | Cities in Society | Pattillo | TuTh 2‐3:20pm | |
SOCIOL 207-0-20, 10481 Cities in SocietyIntroduction to issues of cities and metropolitan areas, including spatial, economic, and political trends; private and public decision making; class, race, and gender; and possible solutions to inequalities and planning challenges. | ||||
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SWAHILI 111-1-20, 10001 | Swahili I | Mwangi | MoWeFr 10‐10:50am | |
SWAHILI 111-1-20, 10001 Swahili IThis is the first part of a three-quarter sequence of beginning Swahili. The course equips learners with the necessary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills so as to understand basic Swahili. We shall learn about the history of Swahili language, its place in East Africa, and discuss how to interact with Swahili speakers in culturally appropriate ways. Through a combination of lectures, lab sessions and performance of cultural and communicative activities, learners will gain an understanding of basic Swahili grammatical structures and cultural insights of the people of East Africa. No prior knowledge of Swahili is required to enroll in this course. | ||||
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SWAHILI 111-1-21, 10002 | Swahili I | Mwangi | MoWeFr 1‐1:50pm | |
SWAHILI 111-1-21, 10002 Swahili IThis is the first part of a three-quarter sequence of beginning Swahili. The course equips learners with the necessary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills so as to understand basic Swahili. We shall learn about the history of Swahili language, its place in East Africa, and discuss how to interact with Swahili speakers in culturally appropriate ways. Through a combination of lectures, lab sessions and performance of cultural and communicative activities, learners will gain an understanding of basic Swahili grammatical structures and cultural insights of the people of East Africa. No prior knowledge of Swahili is required to enroll in this course. | ||||
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SWAHILI 121-1-20, 10003 | Swahili II | Mwangi | MoWeFr 11‐11:50am | |
SWAHILI 121-1-20, 10003 Swahili IIThis is the second part of intermediate Swahili. The course builds on the foundation established in beginning Swahili courses. It is designed to enhance students' communicative skills and a deeper cultural awareness about Swahili and East Africa. | ||||
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