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Middle East Studies (MDES)
- http://dornsife.usc.edu/mesp
- D class assignments available in THH309; Phone: 740-1188.
History and culture of modern Iran from the nineteenth century to present through historical and ethnographic approaches to Iran today, richly contextualizing events and people.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 41556R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 12 of 15 | Hani Khafipour | VKC208 |  |
Examines contemporary Arab state-society relations using literature to illustrate how people construct meanings and portray issues of national, social, and cultural significance.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 41538R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 20 | Dina Jadallah | VKC202 | Word (48341 KB) | |
The evolution of the concept and practice of sovereignty in the Middle East, pre-modern to the present, focusing on reciprocal nature of power and authority.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 41541R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 11 of 25 | Dina Jadallah | WPH205 | Word (44503 KB) | |
Introduction to problems and issues in the Middle East today: religio-ethnic rivalries, conflicting nationalisms and ideologies, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle East oil.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the IR department but may qualify for major credit in MDES. To register, enroll in IR 362.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 37869R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:20pm | Thursday | 48 of 50 | Fayez Hammad | SOSB44 | |
Examination of general economic development issues: population, agriculture, industrialization, trade, oil, etc. Several Mideast case study countries are then explored in depth.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the IR department but may qualify for major credit in MDES. To register, enroll in IR 363.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 37872R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 23 of 48 | Laurie Brand | VKC152 | |
Exploration of multilingual encounters in literary works, films, and theoretical texts. Topics may include immigrant languages, dialects, jargons, imaginary or hybrid languages, theories of translation.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the COLT department but may qualify for major credit in MDES. To register, enroll in COLT 448.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 22055R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 1 of 17 | Veli N Yashin | THH108 | PDF (211166 KB) | |