Current Courses

For complete descriptions of the below courses and for course descriptions and offerings, please see the NELC chapter of the 2006-2007 FAS Courses of Instruction.

Core Curriculum Course Offerings by NELC faculty.

Freshman Seminars offered by NELC faculty.

New Courses in 2006-2007 (pdf.)

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.

Spring 2007 NELC Course Offerings
AkkadianAncient Near EastArabicAramaicArmenianArmenian StudiesClassical Hebrew
Early Iranian CivilizationsEthiopicHebrewIranianIslamic CivilizationsJewish StudiesModern HebrewNear Eastern Civilizations PersianSemitic PhilologySumerian TurkishYiddish
Course Number
Title
Instructor
Term
Meeting Times
Location
HDS Course Number (if applicable)
Akkadian A
Elementary Akkadian
Andrea Seri
Full
MWF 9
 
Akkadian 120
Intermediate Akkadian
Andrea Seri
Full
MWF 11
 
Akkadian 152
Texts and History of Imperial Assyria
Peter B. Machinist
Spring
W 3-5
 
Akkadian 200r
Readings in Akkadian: Seminar
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
TBA
 
Ancient Near East 105
History of the Ancient Near East: The Levant (up to Alexander the Great)
Lawrence E. Stager
Spring
TuTh 1
 
Ancient Near East 109r
History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Lawrence E. Stager and Peter Machinist
Spring
Th 3-5
 
HDS 1822
Ancient Near East 122
Biblical Interpretation: Seminar
Paul D. Hanson
Spring
Tu 1-3
 
HDS 1814
Ancient Near East 132
Israelite Wisdom Literature
Jon D. Levenson
Spring
MW 10-11:30
 
HDS 1416
Ancient Near East 138
The Bible and Politics
Paul D. Hanson
Spring
TBA
 
HDS 1465/2529
Arabic A
Elementary Arabic
Mostafa Atamnia and staff
Full
M through F at 9 or 10
 
Arabic 120b
Intermediate Classical Arabic II
William E. Granara and staff
Spring
M through F at 10
 
HDS 4352
Arabic 121b
Intermediate Modern Arabic II
William E. Granara and staff
Spring
Sec. I & II: M-F 11 Sec III: M-F 12
 
HDS 4362
Arabic 130b
Advanced Classical Arabic II
Khaled El-Rouayheb
Spring
TuTh 11:30-1
 
HDS 4354
Arabic 131b
Advanced Modern Arabic II
Khaled Al-Masri and staff
Spring
M through Th at 1
 
HDS 4364
Arabic 134
Colloquial Levantine Arabic
Khaled Al-Masri
Spring
MW 3-5
 
Arabic 150r
History of Classical Arabic Literature
Wolfhart P. Heinrichs
Spring
TBA
 
Arabic 159
Memory and Memorialization in Modern Arabic Literature and History: Seminar
Dana Sajdi
Spring
W 2-5
 
Arabic 231b
Qur'an II: Seminar
Shahab Ahmed
Spring
M 2-5
 
HDS 3977
Arabic 240r
Classical Arabic Philology
Wolfhart P. Heinrichs
Full
Tu 2-4
 
Arabic 241br
Modern Arabic Literature and Culture
Khaled Al-Masri
Spring
Tu 2-4
 
Arabic 246r
Andalus, Sicily, and the Maghrib in Literary and Cultural Texts: Seminar
William E. Granara
Spring
TBA
 
Arabic 258
Medieval Arabic Logic: Seminar
Khaled El-Rouayheb
Spring
Th 3-5
 
Aramaic 124b
Readings in Syriac II
J.F. Coakley
Spring
TBA
 
HDS 4113
Aramaic 125b
Aramaic Dialects II
John Huehnergard and assistant
Spring
TBA
 
Aramaic 128
Introduction to Turoyo
Wolfhart P. Heinrichs
Spring
TBA
 
Armenian Studies 105
Survey of 19th and 20th Century Armenian Poetry: From Romantics to Revolutionaries
James R. Russell
Spring
TBA
 
Classical Hebrew A
Elementary Classical Hebrew
Jo Ann Hackett
Full
TuTh 11:30-1
 
HDS 4010
Classical Hebrew 120b
Intermediate Classical Hebrew II
Jo Ann Hackett and assistant
Spring
TuTh 11:30-1
 
HDS 4021
Classical Hebrew 130br
Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew II
Jo Ann Hackett and assistant
Spring
Th 1-3
 
HDS 1626/4031
Classical Hebrew 138
Historical Grammar of Biblical Hebrew
John Huehnergard
Spring
TuTh 12
 
Early Iranian Civilizations 102
Old Iranian Religion/Zoroastrianism
P. Oktor Skjaervo
Spring
F 1-3
 
HDS 1836
Ethiopic 120br
Readings in Classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Texts II
John Huehnergard and assistant
Spring
TBA
 
Hebrew 150a
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
Bernard Septimus
Spring
TBA
 
Hebrew 160
The Origins and Development of the Classical Jewish Liturgy
Bernard Septimus
Spring
TBA
 
Hebrew 218
Joseph and Esther: Seminar
Jon D. Levenson
Spring
W 1-3
 
HDS 1802
Hebrew 254
The Poetry of Judah Halevi
Raymond P. Scheindlin
Spring
Th 3-5
 
Iranian A
Old Persian
P. Oktor Skjaervo and assistant
Spring
TBA
 
Islamic Civilizations 124
Central Asian Culture and Society
John Schoeberlein
Spring
W 2-4
 
Islamic Civilizations 241r
Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Ali S. Asani
Fall term; repeated Spring term
TBA
 
Jewish Studies 104
Introduction to Yiddish Culture
Yuri Vendenyapin
Spring
W 3-5
 
Jewish Studies 139
Jewish Literature in the Islamic World, 650-1300
Raymond P. Scheindlin
Spring
TuTh 1
 
HDS 3674
Jewish Studies 142
Gender Roles and the Role of Gender: Jewish Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Rachel L. Greenblatt
Spring
TuTh 10
 
Jewish Studies 206
The Origins of Rabbinic Law
Shaye J.D. Cohen
Spring
TBA
 
HDS 3935
Jewish Studies 215
Does Glikl Stand Alone? Jewish Autobiographical Writing, 14th - 19th Centuries
Rachel L. Greenblatt
Spring
Tu 2-4
 
Modern Hebrew 120b
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
Irit Aharony and Anna Grinfeld
Spring
Section I: M through F at 10 Section II: M through F at 11
 
HDS 4041
Modern Hebrew 125b
Advanced Modern Hebrew II
Miri Kubovy
Spring
TuTh 1-2:30
 
HDS 4043
Modern Hebrew 135r
How to Say "I Love You" in Hebrew
Irit Aharony
Spring
MW 1-2:30
 
Modern Hebrew 136r
Hebrew for Academic Reading: Seminar
Anna Grinfeld
Fall term; repeated Spring term
TBA
 
Modern Hebrew B
Elementary Modern Hebrew
Miri Kubovy and Irit Aharony
Full
Sections I & II: M. through F., at 9; Section III: M. through F., at 10
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 200b
Middle Eastern Studies Research Project: Seminar
Susan M. Kahn
Spring
M 3-5
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 91r
Supervised Reading and Research
Peter B. Machinist
Fall term; repeated Spring term
TBA
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 97r
Group Tutorial - Sophomore Year
Jay M. Harris
Spring
M 2-4
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 98r
Tutorial - Junior Year
Peter B. Machinist
Fall term; repeated Spring term
TBA
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 99r
Tutorial - Senior Year
Peter B. Machinist
Full
TBA
 
Persian A
Elementary Persian
Dalia Yasharpour
Full
MWF 9
 
Persian 120b
Intermediate Persian II
Dalia Yasharpour
Spring
MWF 9
 
Persian 140ar
Selected Readings in Classical Persian Literature
Dalia Yasharpour
Spring
TBA
 
Persian 150r
Readings in Persian Historians, Geographers and Biographers
Roy P. Mottahedeh
Spring
TBA
 
Semitic Philology 220r
Northwest Semitic Epigraphy: Seminar
Jo Ann Hackett
Spring
Tu 2-4
 
Sumerian A
Elementary Sumerian
Piotr Steinkeller
Full
TBA
 
Sumerian 146
Sumerian Religious Literature
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
TBA
 
Sumerian 200r
Readings in Sumerian: Seminar Elementary Modern Turkish
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
TBA
 
Turkish A
Hakan T. Karateke
Full
M-F 9
 
Turkish 120b
Intermediate Turkish II
Hakan T. Karateke
Spring
MTuThF 10
 
Turkish 143
Ottoman Turkish: The Story of a Language
Hakan T. Karateke
Spring
TBA
   
 
 
Yiddish A
Elementary Yiddish
Yuri Vedenyapin
Full
MWF 10
 
Yiddish Bb
Intermediate Yiddish II
Yuri Vedenyapin
Spring
MWF 11
 
Yiddish Cb
Advanced Yiddish II
Yuri Vedenyapin
Spring
TBA
 

 

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