Akkadian and Sumerian Languages and Literatures
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1001Y | Introduction to Akkadian |
NMC1002Y | Selected Standard Babylonian Texts |
NMC1003Y | Akkadian Historical Texts |
NMC1004Y | Intermediate Sumerian |
NMC1005Y | The Assyrian Language |
NMC1008Y | Babylonian Archival Texts (Late Periods) (Prerequisite: NMC1001Y.) |
NMC1009Y | Introduction to Sumerian |
Ancient Egyptian Language and Literature
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1201Y | Introduction to Middle Egyptian |
NMC1202Y | Intermediate Middle Egyptian |
NMC1203Y | Late Egyptian Texts |
NMC1204Y | Cursive Scripts |
NMC1209H | Old Egyptian Texts |
NMC1210H | Ancient Egyptian Historical Texts |
NMC1213H | Ancient Egyptian Religious and Funerary Texts |
NMC1215H | Ancient Egyptian Instructional Texts (Prerequisites: NMC1201Y, NMC1202Y.) |
Arabic Studies
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC2100Y | Elementary Standard Arabic |
NMC2101Y | Intermediate Standard Arabic I |
NMC2102Y | Intermediate Standard Arabic II |
NMC2103Y | Advanced Standard Arabic |
NMC2110H | Al-Jahiz and His Debate Partners |
NMC2130H | Adab and Arabic Literary Prose |
NMC2131H | Premodern Arabic Poetry |
Aramaic-Syriac Language and Literature
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1100Y | Introduction to Aramaic |
NMC1101Y | Early Syriac Texts |
NMC1102Y | Western Aramaic — Jerusalem Talmud |
NMC1105Y | Syriac Historical Texts |
NMC1106Y | Syriac Exegetical Texts |
NMC1110H | Targum — Aramaic Bible Translations |
NMC1111Y | Eastern Aramaic — Babylonian Talmud |
Archaeology
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1404H | Archaeological Reconstructions of Pottery Production and Consumption in the Middle Euphrates |
NMC1406Y | Problems in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Syria-Palestine |
NMC1408Y | Seminar in the Archaeology of Syria-Palestine |
NMC1409H | Archaeology and Material Culture of Ancient Egypt I |
NMC1410H | Archaeology and Material Culture of Ancient Egypt II |
NMC1411H | Near Eastern Ceramics I |
NMC1412H | Near Eastern Ceramics II |
NMC1413H | Archaeology of Mesopotamia I: Rise of Civilization |
NMC1414H | Egyptian Artifacts |
NMC1415H | Archaeology of Mesopotamia II: States and Empires |
NMC1416H | Egyptian Iconography |
NMC1418Y | Archaeology of Nubia |
NMC1419Y | Art, Archaeology and Culture of Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids |
NMC1421H | Seminar in Egyptian Archaeology I |
NMC1422H | Seminar in Egyptian Archaeology II |
NMC1423H | Ancient Iraq |
NMC1425H | Mesopotamian Material Culture — Art versus Artifact |
NMC1426H | Sacred versus Secular Space: Mesopotamian Architecture in Context |
NMC1427H | Archaeology of State Societies |
NMC1428H | The Archaeology of Sumer |
NMC1430H | Warfare — The Archaeology of Conflict |
NMC1431H | The Archaeology of Death |
NMC1432H | The History and Archaeology of the Horn of Africa and South Arabia |
Hebrew Language and Literature
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1306H | Scribes, Manuscripts, and Translations of the Hebrew Bible |
NMC1307H | History of Ancient Israel |
NMC1308H | Readings in Hebrew Bible |
NMC1310H | Readings in Second Temple Period Texts |
NMC1313H | Mishnah and Tosefta |
NMC1314H | Law in Ancient Judaism |
NMC1315H | Advanced Readings in the Dead Sea Scrolls |
NMC1317H | Modern Hebrew Prose |
NMC1318H | Midreshei Halakha: Purity and Cultic Texts |
NMC1327H | Themes in Midreshic Literature |
NMC1328H | Intertextuality: Tannaitic and Amoaric Literature |
NMC1330H | Introduction to Modern Hebrew I |
NMC1331H | Introduction to Modern Hebrew II (Prerequisite: NMC1330H.) |
NMC1332H | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (Prerequisites: NMC1300H, NMC1331H.) |
NMC1333H | Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (Prerequisites: NMC1330H, NMC1331H, NMC1332H.) |
NMC1334H | Advanced Modern Hebrew I (Prerequisites: NMC1330H, NMC1331H, NMC1332H, NMC1333H.) |
NMC1335H | Advanced Modern Hebrew II (Prerequisites: NMC1330H, NMC1331H, NMC1332H, NMC1333H, NMC1334H.) |
History
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1010H | Mesopotamian Society and Economy |
NMC1020H | Ancient Mesopotamia I: Sumerians and Akkadians |
NMC1021H | Ancient Mesopotamia II: Assyrians and Babylonians |
NMC1022H | The Babylonian City |
NMC1023H | The Neo-Assyrian Empire |
NMC2080H | Theory and Method in Middle Eastern Studies |
NMC2081H | Anthropology of the Middle East |
NMC2090Y | The Prophet and the Caliphates: Early Islamic History to 1258 |
NMC2117H | Readings in Medieval Arabic Chronicles |
NMC2129H | Arabic Manuscript Studies (Prerequisite: NMC2101Y or NML211Y or equivalent.) |
NMC2160H | Hadith and the Study of Traditions in Islamic History (Prerequisite: adequate knowledge of Arabic, or the instructor's permission.) |
NMC2170H | Topics in Modern Arab History I |
NMC2171H | Topics in Modern Arab History II |
NMC2172H | The Politics of Archaeology in the Modern Middle East |
NMC2173H | Intellectuals of the Modern Arab World |
NMC2180H | Iranian Modernity |
NMC2225Y | History of Iran: From the Sasanians to the Safavids |
NMC2226H | Medieval Persian Historiography and Diplomatics |
NMC2230H | The First World Empire: The Achaemenids |
NMC2231H | Religions of the Sasanian Empire |
NMC2233H | History of Late Antique and Early Islamic Iran (Exclusion: NMC2225Y.) |
NMC2310Y | Ottoman History to 1699 |
NMC2313H | History of the Late Ottoman Empire |
NMC2315Y | Topics in Ottoman History |
NMC2345Y | The Steppe Frontier in Eurasian and Islamic History |
NMC2350H | Capital, Technology, and Utopia in the Modern Middle East |
NMC2351H | Mapping the Ottoman World |
Islamic Art and Material Culture
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC2530H | New Approaches to 'Islamic Art' |
NMC2531H | The Mosque: Readings in Architecture, Law, and Authority in Muslim Context |
NMC2541Y | Medieval Middle Eastern Ceramics |
Topics in Law and Religion
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1607H | Life Cycle and Personal Status Issues in Jewish Law |
NMC1608H | Gender Issues in Jewish Law |
Linguistics
Course Code | Course Title |
---|---|
NMC1654H | Advanced Biblical Hebrew |
NMC1655H | Comparative Semitics |
Persian Studies
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC2200Y | Introductory Persian |
NMC2201Y | Intermediate Persian |
NMC2202H | Modern Persian Poetry (Prerequisite: NMC2201Y.) |
NMC2203H | Structural Development of Iranian Languages (Prerequisite: NMC2201Y.) |
NMC2204Y | Avestan |
NMC2205Y | Middle Persian (Pahlavi) |
NMC2206H | Old Persian (Exclusion: NMC2206Y.) |
NMC2206Y | Old Persian |
NMC2207H | Advanced Persian I |
NMC2208H | Advanced Persian II |
NMC2219H | Persian Literature: The Epic Tradition |
NMC2220H | Persian Literature: Ethical, Erotic, Mystical |
NMC2221H | Persian Mirrors for Princes |
NMC2223H | The Persian Manuscript Tradition |
NMC2224H | The Visionary Tales of Suhravardi, Master of Illuminationist Philosophy |
NMC2225Y | History of Iran: From the Sasanians to the Safavids |
NMC2227H | Zoroastrian Cosmic History: From Genesis to Universal Judgment |
NMC2228H | Zoroastrian Apocalyptic Literature: To the Netherworld and Beyond |
NMC2229H | Persians, Greeks, and Romans: Friendly Enemies |
NMC2234H | Safavid Iran: Reign of the Shahs (Exclusion: NMC2225Y.) |
Religion and Philosophy
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1613H | Religion in the Ancient Near East (PhD students in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations excluded.) |
NMC2045Y | Islamic Philosophical Texts |
NMC2055H | The Qur'an and Its Interpretation |
NMC2056H | Readings in Qur'an and Tafsir |
NMC2057H | Arabic Commentary Tradition on the Poetry of al-Mutanabbi |
Turkish and Ottoman Studies
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC2300Y | Introductory Turkish |
NMC2301Y | Intermediate Turkish |
NMC2302Y | Advanced Turkish (with Introduction to Ottoman Turkish) |
NMC2311H | The Rise of the Ottomans (Exclusion: NMC2310Y.) |
NMC2312H | The Ottoman Empire in its Classical Age (Exclusion: NMC2310Y.) |
NMC2320H | Modern Turkey |
NMC2330Y | Readings in Ottoman Historical Texts |
NMC2331Y | Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics |
Other Courses
Course Code | Course Title |
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NMC1030Y | Professional Development Seminar (Credit/No Credit) |
NMC2000H | Directed Reading |
NMC2000Y | Directed Reading |
NMC2001H | Directed Reading and Research |
NMC2001Y | Directed Reading and Research |
NMC2002H | Topics in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations |
NMC2002Y | Topics in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations |
NMC2003H | Topics in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations |
NMC2003Y | Topics in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations |
NMC2075H | Graduate Research for MAs |
NMC2085H | Methods in Medieval Middle East History |