Islamic Studies Courses

This is a full list of undergraduate and graduate Islamic Studies courses offered at Duke. Check the course synopsis handbook for course descriptions. To see all course offerings this semester, see the current schedule of classes. See the DISC courses home page for current Islamic Studies course offerings

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES:

254: Justice, Law & Commerce in Islam

ARABIC:

1: Elementary Arabic

2: Elementary Arabic

35: Conversational Egyptian and Contemporary Culture

63: Intermediate Arabic

64: Intermediate Arabic

101: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Arabic

125: Advanced Arabic

126: Advanced Arabic

183: Topics in Arabic

184: Topics in Arabic

191: Research Independent Study

399: Special Readings

ASIAN AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE:

72: War, Gender, and Postcoloniality

127: Politics of Turkish Film & Literature

132: Representing the Middle East

145: Arab Society & Culture in Film

158: The Middle East in Popular Culture

159: Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict

165: Modern Arabic Literature and Culture

165: Arabic Culture and 9/11

166: Egypt: Mother of the World

173: Arab women writers

173: Comparative Islamic Feminisms

173: Gender Jihad: Muslim Women Writers (Focus Seminar)

178: Introduction to Islamic Communities in North Carolina

265: Arabic Culture and 9/11

283: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in Literature and Film

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY:

81: Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities (Foxua AwminE)

120: Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossroads of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

126: Muslim World; Transformations and Continuities

132: Representing the Middle East

135: Muslims in the West

147: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

148: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

152: The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union

155: Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict

180: Anthropology of Peace

191: The Middle East in Popular Culture

304: Anthropology and the Religious Imagination

ECONOMICS:

133: Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East

195: Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East

233: Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East

HISTORY:

100N - Duke in Istanbul: Special Topics on History

101: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

102: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

105: Regime Change and U.S. Foreign Policy

115: History and Modern Africa

131: Representing the Middle East

140: Multinationalism and Multiculturalism in the Slavic World

141: The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union

144: Crusades to the Holy Land

152: The Modern Middle East

188: Genocide in the Twentieth Century

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES:

101: Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities

102: Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossrds of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

121: Women in Arab Literature

141: Representing the Middle East

141: Islamic Mysticism: Perso-Indian (Eastern) Traditions

141: Islamic Civilization

170: Religions of India

LAW:

202G: The War on Terrorism: Comparative and International Security Law

202H: Terrorism, Human Rights, and International Law

567: Wrestling with Texts: Communities, Practices, and Traditions

568: Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam

LITERATURE:

113: States of Exile and Accented Cinemas

118: Performance Traditions of the Middle East

120: Islam and Comparative World Cinemas (Focus Seminar)

125: Gender and Representation—The Middle East

163: The Middle East through Historical Literature

163: The Middle East in Popular Culture

165: Women in Arab Literature

211: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation

292: Film and the Foreign

PERSIAN:

1: Elementary Persian

2: Elementary Persian

63: Intermediate Persian

64: Intermediate Persian

100: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Persian

POLITICAL SCIENCE:

92: Democracy, Development and Violence: Introduction to Comparative Politics (McKean)

117: U.S-Iranian Relations

117: Introduction to Middle East Politics

129: Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East

149: Globalization and Public Policy

164: Politics in the Developing World

199: Middle East: Democracy & Power (sp 08)

207S: Religion and Comparative Politics

299: Religion, Politics & Violence

PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES

257: United States Policy in the Middle East Kuniholm

264: 9/11 and It Aftermath

RELIGION:

42: Islam

119: Muslim World: Transformations and Continuities
146: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

147: Introduction to Islamic Civilization

152: Islamic Mysticism: Perso-Indian (Eastern) Traditions

161: The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union

161: Introduction to Islamic Communities in North Carolina

161: Muslims in the West

161: Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossroads of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

166: Fundamental Challenges: Islam, Human Rights, Terrorism

168: Muslim Ethics and Islamic Law: Issues and Debates

185: Introduction to Islam: From Ritual to Revolution

185: Islam in the West

196: Wrestling with Texts

254: Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam

254: Madrasas, Maps and Money: The Geopolitics of Islamic Knowledge

283: Islam and Modernism

284: The Religion and History of Islam

355: Islam and Its World

SOCIOLOGY

145: National, Regional, and Global Economy

191: Gender, Labor, & Globalizaion

TURKISH:

1: Elementary Turkish

2: Elementary Turkish

10: Accelerated Turkish Language and Culture I

11: Accelerated Turkish Language and Culture II

63: Intermediate Turkish

100: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Turkish

101S: Contemporary Turkish Composition and Readings

102S: Contemporary Turkish Composition and Readings

105S: The Middle East through Historical Literature

106S: Tracing Muslim Identities in Eurasia

132: Representing the Middle East

133: The Cognitive Science of Religion & Morality

135: The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union

136: Thinking About God: The Nature of Religious Belief at the Crossroads of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

138S: Russia, Turkey, and the Cultures of Eurasia

235: The Turks: From Ottoman Empire to European Union