Core Courses

• Arab 101, Beginning Arabic
• Heb 101, Beginning Hebrew
• Arab 102, Beginning Arabic
• Heb 102, Beginning Hebrew
• Rel 160/Hist 160, Narrating the Modern Middle East

Elective Courses

(The following list is illustrative of recent offerings; for this semester's list, please consult the Bard College course catalogue.)

• Use of Force in International Relations (Ketterer)
• Introduction to Judaism (Neusner)
• Seminar on Middle East Politics (Ketterer)
• The Spread of Democracy (Encarnacion)
• Pluralism and Identity in Israel (Elmelech)
• Survey of Islamic Art (Aberth)
• Arab-Israeli Conflict (Perlmann)
• Introduction to Islam (Rustomji)
• Contemporary Israeli Society (Elmelech)
• History of Modern Israel, 1880 – present (Perlmann)
• The politics of terror (Danner)
• Pilgrimage (Scheible)
• The History of Islam in the Modern Middle East (Rustomji)
• The Mediterranean World (Ewing)
• Terror, Torture and Truth: Human Rights After 9/11 (Danner)