Middle East and North Africa Studies

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Studies is an area of curricular development at Oberlin, guided by the Middle East and North Africa Studies Committee. Courses relevant to the study of the MENA region may be found in a number of programs/departments, including: Arabic, Art, French and Italian, Gender and Women’s Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Politics, Religion, and Sociology.

Middle East and North Africa Courses

MENA 101 - Introduction to Middle East and North Africa Studies Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
MENA 203 - Modern Arab Thought Semester Offered: Second Semester
MENA 273 - Islamic History and Theoretical Perspectives Semester Offered: Second Semester
MENA 275 - Religion and Politics in the Modern Middle East Semester Offered: First Semester
MENA 301 - Seminar on Ethics of War in Muslim Cultures: A Comparative Perspective Semester Offered: Second Semester

Middle East and North Africa Courses Offered in Other Programs or Departments

ARBC 101 - Beginning Arabic I Semester Offered: First Semester
ARBC 102 - Beginning Arabic II Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
ARBC 201 - Intermediate Arabic I Semester Offered: Second Semester
ARTS 311 - Egyptian Art and Architecture Semester Offered: First Semester
ENGL 362 - Partition, War, Dislocation: Mid-Twentieth-Century South Asia and Historic Palestine Semester Offered: Second Semester
FREN 373 - Intro à la Littérature Francophone Semester Offered: Second Semester
FREN 429 - La Littérature du Maghreb Semester Offered: First Semester
GAWS 233 - Gender, Social Change and Social Movements Semester Offered: First Semester
GAWS 238 - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
GAWS 362 - Partition, War, Dislocation: Mid-Twentieth Century South Asia and Historic Palestine Semester Offered: Second Semester
GAWS 406 - Seminar: Gender and the State in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: First Semester
JWST 101 - Modern Hebrew I Semester Offered: First Semester
JWST 102 - Modern Hebrew II Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 151 - Modern Jewish Thought Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 303 - Anthropological Approaches to the Study of the Bible: Kinship and the Family in Ancient Israel Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 122 - Colloquium: Israel-Palestine Conflict Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 129 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict Semester Offered: First Semester-one week class meeting September 25 - September 30
POLT 261 - Islam and Politics Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 109 - Introduction to Religion: Jerusalem: Negotiating Sacred Space Semester Offered: First Semester
RELG 205 - Hebrew Bible Near East Context Semester Offered: First Semester
RELG 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 250 - Introduction to Judaism Semester Offered: First Semester
RELG 251 - Modern Jewish Thought Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 272 - Introduction to the Qur’an Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 278 - Crusade, Contact and Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 303 - Anthropological Approaches to the Study of the Bible: Kinship and the Family in Ancient Israel Semester Offered: Second Semester
SOCI 233 - Gender, Social Change, Social Movements Semester Offered: First Semester
SOCI 238 - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
SOCI 362 - Partition, War, Dislocation: Mid-Twentieth Century South Asia and Historic Palestine Semester Offered: Second Semester
SOCI 406 - Seminar: Gender and the State in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: First Semester