Current Courses

For complete descriptions of the below courses and for course descriptions and offerings, please see the NELC chapter of the 2007-2008 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.

Spring 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
Andrea Seri
Full
MWF 9

Widener G
Akkadian 120
Intermediate Akkadian
Piotr Steinkeller
Full
Spring T Th 1
Widener G
Akkadian 143  
Akkadian Literary Texts
Andrea Seri
 
Spring
  
MWF 10
Widener G
 
Akkadian 200r
Readings in Akkadian:Seminat
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
hours to be arranged
   
Ancient Near East 90
History,Kingship, and the Gods in the Ancient Near East
Peter Machinist
Spring

F 1

Discussion Sec
Sever 105
 
Ancient Near East 90
History,Kingship, and the Gods in the Ancient Near East
Peter Machinist
Spring
MW 12
Sever 105
 
Ancient Near East 101
Introduction to Mesopotamian Archaeology
James Armstrong
Spring
MW 1-2:30
Semitic Museum Basement
Ancient Near East 102
Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion
Steinkeller
Spring
T Th 11-12:30
Semitic Museum 201
Ancient Near East 128
Jewish Apocalypticism
Paul Hanson
Spring
TThu 8:30-10
TBA
  
Ancient Near East 133
Old Testament Theology
Jay Harris
Spring
MWF 9
TBA
  
Ancient Near East 222
History of the Study of the Hebrew Bible:From the Renaissance to Present
Peter Machinist
Spring
Th 3-5
TBA
  
Ancient Near East 236
Biblical Theology:Seminar
Paul Hanson
Spring
Tu 1-3
TBA
  
Arabic A
Elementary Arabic
William E. Granara and staff
Full
M through F at 9,10, 11 or 12

M-F 9: Sever 107
M-F 9: Sever 109
M-F 9: Sever 211
M-F 9: Sever 212
M-F 10: Sever 107
M-F 10: Sever 211
M-F 10: Sever 107
M-F 10: Sever 211
M-F 10: Sever 212
M-F 10:  Sever 211
M-F11 Sever 211 M-F 9  Sever 107 M-F 9  Sever 109  M-F 9   Sever 211  M-F 9  Sever 212  TThu 10 Speaking Sever 109  WF 12  Sever 101

 
4350
Arabic 105
Women and Gender in Arabian Gulf Societies
Suuad Al-Mana
Spring
Th 4-6
Grays 2
 
Arabic 121b
Intermediate Modern Arabic II
William E. Granara and staff
Spring

Sec. I: M-F 10
Sec II & III:
M-F 11
Sec IV: M-F 12
Speaking Sections: TTh (I)10 & (II)12

Section I: Sever 105
Section II: CGIS Knafel N107
Section III: Sever 107
Sec IV: Sever 107
Speaking Section I: CGIS S-050
Speaking Section II: CGIS N-109
HDS 4362
Arabic 130b
Advanced Classical Arabic I
Khaled El-Rouayheb
Spring
T Th 11:30-1
Semitic Museum 304
HDS 4354
Arabic 131b
Advanced Modern Arabic I
Sayed Abdallah Elsisi
Spring

Sec I: MT 11, W 4-6, Th 11
Sec II: MT 12, W 4-6, Th 12
Speaking Sections: WF (I) 10 & (II) 12

Section I : CGIS South S001
Section II: CGIS Knafel S-040
Speaking Section I: CGIS S-040
Speaking Section II: CGIS S-003
HDS 4364
Arabic 135
Colloquial Egyptian Arabic
William Granara
Spring
MW 3-5
Sever 101
Arabic 146r
History of the Arabic Languages
Wolfhart Heinrichs
  Spring
W 2-4
Semitic Museum 202
 
Arabic 240r
Classical Arabic Philology
Wolfhart P. Heinrichs
Full
Tu 2-4
Semitic Museum 201
Arabic 241br
Modern Arabic Literature and Culture
Khaled Al-Masri
Spring
Tu 2-4
Sever 306
Arabic 249r
Arabic Philosophical Texts: Seminar
Khaled El-Rouayheb
Spring
Th 3-5
Semitic Museum 304
Aramaic C
Elementary Syriac
J.F. Coakley
Spring
MWF 10
Semitic Museum 304
HDS 4109
Aramaic 128
Introduction to Turovo
Wolfhart Heinrichs
Spring
hours to be arranged
   
Aramaic 129
Introduction to Babylonian Aramaic
John Huehnergard/Elitzur Bar-Asher
Spring
Th 1-3
Semitic Museum 202
 
Armenian Studies 105
Armenian Magical Texts
James R. Russell
Spring
TBA
Semitic Museum 306
Armenian 130
Advanced Classical Armenian
James R. Russell
Spring
W 5:30-7:30
Semitic Museum 306
 
Classical Hebrew A
Elementary Classical Hebrew
Jo Ann Hackett
Full
TuTh 11:30-1
CGIS South S-003
HDS 4010
Classical Hebrew 120b
Intermediate Classical Hebrew I
Jo Ann Hackett and assistant
Spring
TuTh 11:30-1
Lamont Library 230
HDS 4020
Classical Hebrew 130br
Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I
Jo Ann Hackett and assistant
Spring
W 1-3
Semitic Museum 201
HDS 1625/4030
Ethiopic 120br
Readings in Classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Texts II
John Huehnergard and assistant
Spring
TBA
TBA
Hebrew 191 From Jewish Literature to Israeli Literature: Seminar
Avi Matalon
Spring
  
M 1-3
Semitc Museum 202
 
Hebrew 177
Intro to Critical Talmud Scholarship
Bernard Septimus
Spring
W 2-4
Widener 745
Hebrew 230
Midrash: The Figure of Abraham: Seminar
Jon D. Levenson
Spring
W 1-3
Divinity Hall
HDS 1803
Iranian A
Old Persian
P. Oktor Skjaervo
Full
W 3-5
Semitic Museum 313
Iranian Ca
Middle Persian I I
P. Oktor Skjaervo
Spring
M 3-5
Semitic Museum 202
Early Iranian Civilizations 105
Encountering Contemporary Zoroastrians
Yuhan Vevaina
Spring
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 148
Fatwas and Muftis
Rudolph Peters
Spring
M 2-4
Grays Hall 1

Islamic Civilizations 160

 
The Meaning of Islam in Central Asia

John Schoebrlin

Spring
W 2-4
CGIS-South Building
 
Islamic Civilizations 241r
Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Ali S. Asani
Spring, repeated Spring
TBA
TBA
Jewish Studies 55
Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Jay M. Harris
Spring
M W 12
Harvard Hall 103
Jewish Studies 104
Introduction to Yiddish Culture
Yuri Vedenyapin
Spring
W 3-5
TBA
Jewish Studies 110
Modern Jewish Religious Movements

Jay Harris

Spring
hours to be arranged
 
HDS 3681
Jewish Studies 111
Modern Jewish Thought
Jay Harris
Spring
M 2-4
 
HDS 3682
Jewish Studies 112
The Poet as Translator
Avi Matalon
Spring
T 1-3
Semitic Musuem 202
 
Jewish Studies 144
History and Memory:Modes of Jewish Discourse
Rachel Grenblatt
Spring
W 1-3
Sever Hall 208
Jewish Studies 206
The Law at Qumran and the Law of the Mishnah
Shaye J.D. Cohen
Spring
W 1-3
Semitic Museum 304

 

 
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
Section I: Sever 112 Section II: Sever 205
Section III: Sever 112
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

 

Sever205

Discussion M1:30-3 at Lamont Library

HDS 4041
Modern Hebrew 125b
Advanced Modern Hebrew I I
Miri Kubovy
Spring
M W 1-2:30
Sever 112
HDS 4043
Modern Hebrew 134
Israel's Sixty Years in Words, Images and Tunes
Irit Aharony
Spring
TThu 1-2:30
Sever 209
Modern Hebrew 135r
How to Say "I Love You"
Irit Aharony
Spring
MW 1-2:30
TBA
  
Modern Hebrew 136r
Hebrew for Academic Reading: Seminar
Anna Grinfeld
Spring term; repeated Spring term
TuTh 1:30-3
Sever 102
Near Eastern Civilizations 91r
Supervised Reading and Research
Peter B. Machinist
Spring term; repeated Spring term
TBA
TBA
Near Eastern Civilizations 97r
Group Tutorial - Sophomore Year
Jay M. Harris
Spring
M 2-4
Semitic Museum 201
 
Near Eastern Civilizations 99r
Tutorial - Senior Year
Peter B. Machinist
Full
TBA
TBA
Near Eastern Civilizations 200b
Middle Eastern Studies Research Project:Seminar
Susan Kahn
Spring
M 3-5
CGIS Knafel N-109
 
 
 
Persian A
Elementary Persian
Dalia Yasharpour
Full
MWF 9
Semitic Museum 201
Speaking Sec.
    
MW 5
Boylston Hall G-07  
 
Speaking Sec.
   
TThu 12
CGIS-South Building S-001
 
 
Speaking Sec.
   
TThu 9
CGIS-South Building S-001
 
Persian 120b
Intermediate Persian II
Dalia Yasharpour
Spring
MWF 10
Semitic Museum 201
Persian 150r
Readings in Persian Historians,Geographers and Biographers
Roy Mottahedeh
Spring
hours to be arranged
Semitic Philology 140
Introduction to the Comparative Study of Semitic Languages
John Huehnergard
Spring
Tu 2-4
Semitic Museum 304
Semitic Philology 220r
Northwest Semitic Epigraphy:Seminar
Jo Ann Hackett
Spring
Tu 2-4
   
Sumerian 149
Sumerian Legal and Economic Texts
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
TBA
TBA
Sumerian 200r
Readings in Sumerian: Seminar
Piotr Steinkeller
Spring
TBA
TBA
Turkish A
Elementary Modern Turkish
Helga Anetshofer
Full
M-F 9
Emerson 106
Turkish 120b
Intermediate Turkish II
Hakan T. Karateke
Spring
MTuThF 10
Emerson 106
Turkish 130b
Advanced Turkish I I
Hakan T.
Karateke
Spring
W 1-4
Semitic Museum 313
Turkish 140a
Introduction to Ottoman Turkish I
Helga Anetshofer
Spring
T 1-3, Th 12
Widener Q
Turkish 147b
Advanced Uzbek II
Helga Anetshofer
Spring
hours to be arranged
Turkish 240
Readings in Ottoman Sources
Hakan Karateke
Spring
Tu 2-4, F1
Sever 201
Yiddish A
Elementary Yiddish
Yuri Vedenyapin
Full
MWF 10 & 11
Sever 109
Yiddish Bb
Intermediate Yiddish I
Yuri Vedenyapin
Spring
MW 1-2:30
TBA
Yiddish Cb
Advanced Yiddish II
Yuri Vedenyapin
Spring
MW 3-4:30
TBA
Yiddish 200r
Modern Yiddish Literature
Ruth Wisse
Spring
Th 2-4
Semitic Museum 313

 

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