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Spring 2026 Fall 2026

Spring 2026

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Num. / Sec. / CRN	Name	Days	Time	Room	Instructor
RELI 100-01 32626	Introduction to Islam: Formation and Expansion	Days: M W F	Time: 01:10 pm-02:10 pm	Room: MAIN 009	Instructor: Ahoo Najafian
Details This course charts the formation of Islam and the expansion of Muslim peoples, from the life of the Prophet Muhammad to the Mongol conquest of Baghdad. It will examine Muslim institutions, beliefs, and ritual practices in their historical contexts. In addition to the basics of Muslim practice and belief, the class will introduce students to mystic traditions (Sufism), Islamicate statecraft, and intellectual/legal traditions as well as cultural trends including art, architecture, and literature. General Education Requirements: Writing WA Internationalism Distribution Requirements: Humanities Course Materials
ANTH 253-01 32018	Comparative Muslim Cultures	Days: T R	Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm	Room: CARN 204	Instructor: Jenna Rice Rahaim
Cross-listed with INTL 253-01 (32019) Details This course examines the Qur'an and hadith, and other authoritative texts that ground Islamic jurisprudence, and explores the diverse ways in which Muslims have understood and interpreted these teachings in locations across the world (i.e. Indonesia, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the United States) and at various points in history. General Education Requirements: Writing WP Internationalism OR U.S. Identities and Differences Distribution Requirements: Social science Course Materials
INTL 253-01 32019	Comparative Muslim Cultures	Days: T R	Time: 01:20 pm-02:50 pm	Room: CARN 204	Instructor: Jenna Rice Rahaim
Cross-listed with ANTH 253-01 (32018) Details General Education Requirements: Writing WP Internationalism OR U.S. Identities and Differences Distribution Requirements: Social science Course Materials

Fall 2026

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Num. / Sec. / CRN	Name	Days	Time	Room	Instructor
CLAS 135-01 10173	India and Rome	Days: T R	Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm	Room:	Instructor: Laine, Overman
Cross-listed with RELI 135-01 (10174); 5 seats saved for First-Years Details This course is taught jointly between the department of Religious Studies and the department of Classics, by a specialist in the Roman East and a specialist in classical India. We will start on either side of this world, with Alexander the Great and Ashoka, exploring the relationship between empire and religion from Rome to India in the world's crossroads for the thousand years between Alexander and the rise of Islam. General Education Requirements: Internationalism Distribution Requirements: Humanities Course Materials
RELI 135-01 10174	India and Rome	Days: T R	Time: 03:00 pm-04:30 pm	Room:	Instructor: Laine, Overman
Cross-listed with CLAS 135-01 (10173); 5 seats saved for First-Years Details This course is taught jointly between the department of Religious Studies and the department of Classics, by a specialist in the Roman East and a specialist in classical India. We will start on either side of this world, with Alexander the Great and Ashoka, exploring the relationship between empire and religion from Rome to India in the world's crossroads for the thousand years between Alexander and the rise of Islam. General Education Requirements: Internationalism Distribution Requirements: Humanities Course Materials
ANTH 249-01 10798	The Middle East Through Film	Days: M	Time: 07:00 pm-10:00 pm	Room:	Instructor: Jenna Rice Rahaim
Cross-listed with INTL 258-01 (10881) and MCST 258-01 (10882) Details This course provides an introduction to Middle Eastern history, politics, and cultural life through the lens of film. Over the course of the semester, we will examine the development of both local and regional cinematic traditions; the role of film in the production of collective memory of conflict and war; techniques and visual rhetorics of ethnographic film; and the power relations inherent in the cinematic gaze. Readings will offer an introduction to methods of film analysis as well as to the political and artistic history of the modern Middle East. General Education Requirements: Writing WP Internationalism Distribution Requirements: Humanities Course Materials
ART 282-01 10044	Art and Architecture of the Islamic World	Days: M W F	Time: 02:20 pm-03:20 pm	Room:	Instructor: Serdar Yalçin
Cross-listed with CLAS 282-01 (10045) Details This course will explore the art and architecture of the Islamic world from the time of the Prophet Mohammed to the 18th century. The lectures and class discussions will focus on culturally specific concepts of design and aesthetics in the vast geography from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Subcontinent, and analyze a variety of genres including architecture, glass, wood and metal working, painting, calligraphy and ceramics in their political and socio-economic contexts. Within these chronological, geographical and typological frameworks, this course will focus on special themes such as patronage, art and politics, figural representation, religious vs. secular art, and the impact of pre-Islamic Near Eastern heritage and Christianity on the development of Islamic forms and styles. General Education Requirements: Writing WP Internationalism Distribution Requirements: Fine arts Course Materials