Current Courses

For complete descriptions of the below courses and for course descriptions and offerings, please see the NELC chapter of the 2008-2009 FAS Courses of Instruction *.

**Please find additional courses of interest listed below individual subfields

Harvard University Division of Continuing Education (Extension School and Summer School) : A number of NELC faculty members offer courses through the Division of Continuing Education.

 

Fall 2008 NELC Course Offerings
Akkadian • Ancient Near East • Arabic • Aramaic • Armenian • Armenian Studies • Classical Hebrew
Early Iranian Civilizations • Ethiopic • Hebrew • Iranian • Islamic Civilizations • Jewish Studies • Modern Hebrew • Near Eastern Civilizations • Persian • Semitic Philology • Sumerian • Turkish • Yiddish
Course Number Title Instructor Term Meeting Times Location HDS Course Number (if applicable)
Akkadian A Elementary Akkadian Benjamin Studevent-Hickman Full MWF 11

Semitic Museum 304

Akkadian 120 Intermediate Akkadian Benjamin Studevent-Hickman Full W 2-5 Widener G

Akkadian 153

Old Akkadian Piotr Steinkeller Fall T 1-4 Widener G
Akkadian 154a Peripheral Akkadian Piotr Steinkeller Fall Th 1-4 Widener G
Ancient Near East 115 Archaeology of the Levant (Syria-Palestine) Lawrence Stager Fall F 1-3 Peabody Museum Putnam Lab 59-D
Ancient Near East 120 Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures Michael Coogan Fall F 9-11 + weekly section TBA Andover Hall, Sperry Room 1101
Ancient Near East 137 The Hebrew Prophets Paul Hanson Fall T Th 8:30-10 Andover 102 1151
Ancient Near East 210 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Seminar Richard Saley Fall T 3-6 Divinity Hall 104 1819
Ancient Near East 215r Problems in the Archaeology of Bronze and Iron Age Levant: Seminar Lawrence Stager Fall F 3-5 TBA
Ancient Near East 225 The Greek Bible in History and Theology: Seminar D. Andrew Teeter Fall F 9-11 Divinity Hall 213 1301
Ancient Near East 230 Biblical Theology:Seminar Paul Hanson Fall Tu 11-1 Divinity Hall 104 1817/2476
Arabic A Elementary Arabic William E. Granara and staff Full M through F at 9,10, 11 or 12

M-F 9: Sever 104
M-F 9: Sever 110
M-F 9: Sever 201
M-F 9: Sever 211
M-F 10: Sever 104
M-F 10: Sever 201
M-F 10: Sever 211
M-F11 Sever 211 M-F 12   Sever 211

4350
Arabic Ba (formerly Arabic 120a & 120b) Intermediate Arabic I William E. Granara and staff Fall M-F 10, 11, or 12

M-F 10: Sever 101
M-F 11: Sever 101
M-F 11 Sever 104
M-F 12: Sever 101

Arabic 130a Upper Level Classical Arabic I William E. Granara Fall T Th 11:30-1 Semitic Museum 202 HDS 4354
Arabic 131a Upper Level Classical Arabic II Carl Sharif El-Tobgui Fall

M-F 11
M-F 12

CGIS Knafel K-108 HDS 4364
Arabic 133 Upper Level Modern Spoken Standard Arabic Sayed Abdallah Elsisi Fall MW 3-5 Sever 211
Arabic 160r Readings in Arabic Historians, Geographers, and Biographers Roy Mottahedeh Fall TBA contact CMES 5-4055
Arabic 162 Introduction to the Modern Arab World William E. Granara Full MW 10 + additional hour TBA Northwest B108
Arabic 240r Classical Arabic Philology Wolfhart Heinrichs Fall Tu 2-4   Semitic Museum 201
Arabic 241ar Modern Arabic Literature and Culture Khaled Al-Masri Fall Tu 2-4 Robinson 307
Arabic 248r Medieval Arabic Writings on Literary Theory and Criticism: Seminar Wolfhart Heinrichs Fall W 2-4 Semitic Museum 202
Armenian 130 Advanced Classical Armenian James R. Russell Fall W 5:30-7:30 Semitic Museum 306
Classical Hebrew A Elementary Classical Hebrew John Ellison Full MWF 10 CGIS South S050 HDS 4010
Classical Hebrew 120a Intermediate Classical Hebrew I Jo Ann Hackett and assistant Fall MWF 9 Rockefeller 117 (HDS) HDS 4020
Classical Hebrew 130ar Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I Jo Ann Hackett and assistant Fall Th 1-3 Semitic Museum 201 HDS 1625/4030
Classical Hebrew 138 Historical Grammar of Biblical Hebrew John Huehnergard Fall T Th 11 Semitic Museum 304
Hebrew 148
(formerly Hebrew 240) 		Rabbinic Stories and Rabbinic Thought: Seminar Jonathan Schofer Fall T Th 10-11:30 Divinity Hall 213 3795
Hebrew 160 The Origins and Development of the Classical Jewish Liturgy Bernard Septimus Fall M 1-3 TBA
Hebrew 200r Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar Lawrence Stager & other faculty Fall Th 3-5 Semitic Museum 201
Hebrew 211r Literature of Israel: Seminar Paul Hanson Fall T 11-1 Divinity Hall 104 1821
Hebrew 235 The Binding of Isaac ( Aqedah ): Seminar Jon D. Levenson Fall W 1-3 Andover 103 HDS 1808
Iranian A Old Persian P. Oktor Skjaervo Full TBA TBA
Iranian Ca Middle Persian I P. Oktor Skjaervo Fall TBA TBA
Early Iranian Civilizations 104 Beyond Good and Evil: A Thematic Introduction to Zoroastrianism Yuhan Vevaina Fall F 1-3 Semitic Museum 201
Iranian 208r Eastern Middle Iranian II: Advanced Sogdian P. Oktor Skjaervo Full TBA Semitic Museum Room TBA

Islamic Civilizations 205a

The Satanic Verses Problem in History I

M. Shahab Ahmed

Fall M 2-5 Barker Center 403
Islamic Civilizations 241r Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam Ali S. Asani Fall, repeated Fall TBA consult instructor
Jewish Studies 55 Jews, Judaism and Jewishness Rachel Greenblatt Fall MWF 10 Emerson 104
Jewish Studies 135 Jewish-Arab Encounters: The Classical Age

Bernard Septimus

Fall Th 1-3 TBA
Jewish Studies 140 Deconstruction and Questions of Jewish Identity: Seminar Avi Matalon Fall T 6-8 Widener 745
Jewish Studies 145 Agnon's Art of the Jewish Novel Avi Matalon Fall T Th 12-1 Semitic Museum 202
Jewish Studies 146
(formerly Jewish Studies 215) 		Does Glikl Stand Alone? Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Autobiographical Writing Rachel Greenblatt Fall Th 1-3 Semitic Museum 304
Jewish Studies 206 The Law at Qumran and the Law of the Mishnah Shaye J.D. Cohen Fall M 1-3 Semitic Museum 201
Modern Hebrew B Elementary Modern Hebrew Irit Aharony Full Sections I & II: M. through F. at 9 Section I: Sever 204 Section II: Sever 205
4015
Modern Hebrew 120a Intermediate Modern Hebrew II Irit Aharony and Anna Grinfeld Fall M through F at 10

Sever 205

4040
Modern Hebrew 125a Advanced Modern Hebrew I: "All About Boys and Girls" Anna Grinfeld Fall M W 1-2:30 Sever 104 4042
Modern Hebrew 130r Seminar in Advanced Modern Hebrew: A Cultural History of Israel Irit Aharony Fall T Th 1-2:30 Sever 307
Modern Hebrew 136ar Hebrew for Academic Reading: Seminar Anna Grinfeld Fall term; repeated Fall term T Th 1:30-3 Sever 212
Near Eastern Civilizations 91r Supervised Reading and Research Jay Harris and department members Fall term; repeated Fall term TBA TBA
Near Eastern Civilizations 98r Group Tutorial - Sophomore Year Jay M. Harris Fall M 2-4 TBA
Near Eastern Civilizations 99r Tutorial - Senior Year Jay Harris and department members Full TBA TBA
Near Eastern Civilizations 200ba Middle Eastern Studies Research Project:Seminar Susan Kahn Fall W 1-3 contact CMES 5-4055
Persian A Elementary Persian Dalia Yasharpour Full MWF 10 Semitic Museum 201
Speaking Sec.
Speaking Sec.
Speaking Sec.
Persian 120ba Intermediate Persian II Dalia Yasharpour Fall MWF 11 Semitic Museum 201
Persian 140ar Advanced Persian Dalia Yasharpour Fall MW 2-3:30 Semitic Museum 304
Semitic Philology 152 Introduction to Ugaritic Jo Ann Hackett Fall Tu 1-3 Semitic Museum 304
Sumerian A Elementary Sumerian Piotr Steinkeller Full T Th 11-12 Widener G
Turkish A Elementary Modern Turkish Engin Sezer Full M-F 9 Emerson 106
Turkish 120a Intermediate Modern Turkish I Engin Sezer Fall M-F 10 Emerson 106
Turkish 121a Elementary Uzbek I William E. Granara and assistant Fall TBA TBA
Turkish 125a Intermediate Uzbek I William E. Granara and assistant Fall TBA TBA
Turkish 130a Advanced Turkish I Engin Sezer Fall T 1-4 Semitic Museum 313
Yiddish A Elementary Yiddish Yuri Vedenyapin Full MWF 10 Sever 111
Yiddish Ba Intermediate Yiddish I Yuri Vedenyapin Fall MWF 11 Sever 111
Yiddish Ca Advanced Yiddish I Yuri Vedenyapin Fall MW 3-4:30 Sever 105
Yiddish 120 Modern Yiddish Classics Ruth Wisse Fall Th 3-5 Emerson 307

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