Please note, our course list may not be up to date, many other courses are available and negotiable for credit!
To request use of an external- course for credit, please contact:
Mary-Ann Poulswegner, Undergraduate Coordinator: ma.poulswegner@utoronto.ca
Available Courses
HIS 389H1-S,L0301–Islam and Muslims in the Balkans Winter 2017, Tuesday 2-4pm
The course examines the history of the Balkans from the Ottoman conquest in the fourteenth century until the present day with a particular focus on Islam, Muslims and Muslim culture. We will explore issues such as the formation of Muslim communities, relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in the Ottoman and Habsburg empires, Sufi Islam, Islamic art and architecture in the Balkans, Muslims as minorities and majorities in nation-states.
HIS 389H1-S, L0601 – The Ottoman Empire, 1800 – 1922 Winter 2017, Thursday 2 – 4pm The course examines the history of the Ottoman Empire from the beginning of the nineteenth century until its dissolution
in the course of World War I. Topics include the Ottoman reforms and their impact on the Empire’s diverse populations, the
diplomatic interactions that came to be known as “the Eastern Question,” the Young Turk revolution, the Balkan wars, as well
as social, cultural and intellectual developments. The course also explores
CJS491H1S The Arab Jew: A History of a Concept
This course invites students to explore the debate around the term “Arab Jews.” A cultural and historical designation, the term now encompasses a range of experiences for Arabic-speaking Jews. These Jews lived in diverse cultural worlds across the Middle East and North Africa, where they developed deep and abiding relationships with non-Jews, and were instrumental in shaping local, regional and national cultures and politics. Their identities and histories, which vary with their place of origin, are presented, assessed, and debated in scholarly articles and monographs, political statements, personal testimonies and memoirs, poetry and fiction, music and cinema as well as on websites and blogs. This surge in research, which has become a prominent subfield of Jewish studies and Middle Eastern studies, is the result of regional changes on the one hand, and the growing interest in the history and culture of the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa on the other. By engaging with the term “Arab Jews,” the course offers new perspectives on questions of Zionism and nationalism, colonialism and geography, religion and secularization, as well as historiography and memory.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Breadth Requirement: None.
Area of Interest:
- Jewish Cultures, Languages, and Literatures
- Jewish History and Social Sciences
Other Courses that may be used:
ANT200Y Introduction to Archaeology
ANT311Y Archeological Fieldwork
ANT406H Lithic Analysis
ANT426H “Other Cultures”: The History and Present of an Idea
ANT457HAnthropology of Material Culture
ARH305H Archaeological Interpretation
ARH309H Archaeology, Ethics, and the Public
ARH312Y Archaeological Laboratory
ARH360Y Prehistory of the Near East
ARH361H Field Archaeology
CLA203H Science in Antiquity
CLA364H Hellenistic World
CLA369H The Roman Empire
DTS404H Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism (Jewish Storytelling from around the World)
ECO357H Islamic Banking and Finance
FAH206H Prehistoric Aegean and East Mediterranean Art and Archaeology
FAH418H Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Art & Architecture
HIS102Y Empire, Encounters and Exchanges: from the Silk Road to the Present
HIS303H The Mediterranean, 600-1300: Crusade, Colonialism, Diaspora
HIS304H Topics in Middle East History
HIS308H The Mediterranean, 1300-1700
HIS356H/Y Zionism and Israel
HIS386H Islamic Culture in South Asia
HPS375H Science and Technology in the Realms of Islam, 600-1600:
Mathematical Sciences
HPS376H Science and Technology in the Realms of Islam, 600-1600: Life Sciences
JAL328H Writing Systems
JPA405H Physics and Archaeology (formerly JPA310H1)
MUS225H Music: Islamic World
PHL336H Islamic Philosophy
POL345Y Becoming Israel: War, Peace, and the Politics of Israel’s Identity
POL479H Topics in Middle East Politics
RLG204Y The Islamic Religious Tradition
RLG237H Women and Western Religions
RLG241Y Early Christian Writings I
RLG245Y Religions of the Silk Road
RLG312H Gender Body and Sexuality in Islam
RLG321H Early Christian Writings II
RLG350H The Life of Muhammad
RLG351H The Qur’an: An Introduction
RLG352H Post-Colonial Islam
RLG354H Islam in Egypt
RLG355H Anthropology of Islam
RLG356H Islam in China
RLG456H Readings in Qur’an and Tafsir
RLG457H The Qur’an and its Interpretation
RLG459H Disciplining Islam
RLG461H Ismaili History and Thought: The Persian Tradition
SMC417H Methods in Biblical Studies OT
SMC454H Topics in Eastern Christian Studies
SMC455H Art and Spirituality in Eastern Christian Traditions
