All Courses
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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 511 Contemporary Kurdish Literature
This course is an overview of contemporary Kurdish literature produced in the four parts of Kurdistan and the diaspora. It explores the key themes and voices shaping today’s most popular genres. The course consists of three modules, each focusing on an aspect of modern-day Kurdish literature from a critical perspective.
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KRD 510/MUS 510 Religion in Kurdish Society
This course offers a survey of key religious traditions and their affiliated institutions within Kurdish society. Traditions to be studied include Sunni Islam, particularly the Shafii madhhab, Sufism, Alevism, Yezidism, reform movements and non-Muslim religions such as Christianity and Judaism.