All Courses
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KRD 503/MUS 503 Research Methods and Academic Conventions
This course explores the nature of the research process, data collection, and the main tools of quantitative and qualitative research. The course offers an overview of the research process tailored to Kurdish Studies and related interdisciplinary areas, focusing on interviews, ethnography, and archival research.
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KRD 509 Kurdish Intellectual Profiles: Ehmedê Xanî
This course is devoted to the exploration of the life and thought of Ehmedê Xanî (1651-1707) as an early modern thinker. Poet, diplomat, and thinker Ehmedê Xanî is a pillar of classical Kurdish literature and the author of the Kurdish classic, Mem û Zîn. Xanî's literary corpus and the sociopolitical background that gave rise to it will be examined in the context of intellectual history.
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MUS 500 Approaches to Critical Muslim Studies
This course provides an introduction to Critical Muslim Studies and surveys major disciplinary approaches to key topics in the study of Islam and Muslims.
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MUS 501 Muslim Societies
This course surveys key issues and various contexts of contemporary Muslim life in comparative perspective including demographic changes, shift in authority structures, emerging popular culture, trends in secularization.
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KRD 504 Kurds in the Middle East: History and Politics
While focusing on divisions and differences among the Kurds because of the creation of modern states in the Middle East, this course aims to show cross-border interactions, cultural exchanges, and trans-national movements.