WELLESLEY COLLEGE
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
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CPLT 275/3755 Translation and the Multilingual World
Related Courses for Credit toward the Major
Courses with an asterisk (*) also require the permission of the instructor if the course is to be counted for Middle Eastern Studies.
ARAB/MES 310 Resistance & Dissent North Africa & Middle East
ARTH 203 Iraq's Antiquities, Then and Now
ARTH 241 Egyptian and Nubian Art and Archaeology
ARTH 247 Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture
CLCV 240/REL 240 Romans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman Empire
CPLT 275 Translation and the Multilingual World (if major work done in Arabic)
CPLT/HIST/MES 364 Seminar: Film and Narratives of Social Change in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HIST/SAS 266 The Indian Ocean as African, Arab, and South Asian History
HIST 284 The Middle East in Modern History
HIST/MES 293 Changing Gender Constructions in the Modern Middle East
HIST 365/MES 368 Seminar: From Casasblanca to Cape Town: African Popular and Public Cultures
HIST/MES 366 Seminar: 'Greater Syria' under Ottoman and European Colonial Rule, c. 1850-1950
HIST/SAS 367 The Indian Ocean as African, Arab, and South Asian History
HIST/MES 369 Seminar: Histories of "Ethnic" and "Religious" Violence
JWST/REL 104 Study of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
MES/REL 260 Religion and Culture in Muslim Societies
MES/REL 261 Cities in the Islamic World
MES/REL 262 The Formation of the Islamic Tradition
MES/REL 263 Islam in the Modern World
MES/REL 267 Muslim Ethics
MES 270H Morocco: Language and Culture (Wintersession in Morocco)
MES/REL 271 Love and Longing in Middle Eastern and Iranian Literature and Film
MES 312 From The Blue Caftan to Harraga: North African Film & Fiction As Inclusive Spaces of Representation
MES/REL 347 Muslim Ethics
MES 358/PEAC 358/POL2 359 Palestinian Israeli Peace Prospects
MES/REL 359 Seminar: Power, Authority and Legitimacy in Muslim Societies
MES/REL 361 Seminar: Studying Islam and the Middle East
MES/REL 363 Seminar: Law and Community in Muslim Societies
MES/REL 365 Cities in the Islamic World
MES/REL 367 Seminar: Muslim Travelers
MES/REL 371 Love and Longing in Middle Eastern and Iranian Literature and Film
PEAC/POL2 217 Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
PEAC/REL 330 Seminar: Religion and Violence*
REL 105 Study of the New Testament
REL 242 Archaeology of the Biblical World
REL 243 Women in the Biblical World
REL 244 Jerusalem: The Holy City
REL 268 Religion and Culture in Egypt
REL 269 Religion and Culture in Iran
REL 270 Religions of the Silk Road
REL 342 Archaeology of the Biblical World
REL 345 Seminar: Enslavement and the Bible
REL 348 Religion and Culture in Egypt
REL 364 Seminar: Sufism: Islamic Mysticism
SPAN 252* The Making of Spain: Christians, Jews, and Moslems