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, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; History; Jewish Studies; Politics; Religion; and Sociology.

Middle East and North Africa Courses

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: Second Semester
ARBC 201 - Intermediate Arabic I Semester Offered: First Semester
ARBC 202 - Intermediate Arabic II Semester Offered: Second Semester
ARTS 309 - Egypt and the Ancient Near East 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
FYSP 101 - The Making of an Ayatollah Semester Offered: First Semester
HIST 121 - History of the Middle East and North Africa, from the Rise of Islam to 1800 Semester Offered: First Semester
HIST 122 - Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa, 1800 to Present Semester Offered: Second Semester
HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492 Semester Offered: First Semester
HIST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present Semester Offered: Second Semester
HIST 216 - Colonial and Post-Colonial States in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
HIST 217 - Women and Gender in Islamic Law and Arab Legal Codes Semester Offered: Second Semester
HIST 383 - Islam and Politics in the Middle East Semester Offered: First Semester
HIST 384 - Globalization and its Discontents in MENA History Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 101 - Modern Hebrew I Semester Offered: First Semester
JWST 102 - Modern Hebrew II Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 151 - Modern Jewish Thought Semester Offered: Second Semester
JWST 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 111 - Narrative and Political Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 117 - Introduction to Comparative Politics of the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: First Semester
POLT 122 - Colloquium: Israel-Palestine Conflict Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 264 - Political Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
POLT 311 - The Politics of Pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 102 - Introduction to Religion: Roots of Religion in the Mediterranean World Semester Offered: First Semester
RELG 108 - Introduction to Religion: Women and the Western Traditions Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 109 - Introduction to Religion: Jerusalem: Negotiating Sacred Space 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 270 - Islam Semester Offered: First Semester
RELG 272 - Introduction to the Qur’an Semester Offered: Second Semester
RELG 275 - Religion and Politics in the Modern Muslim World 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: First 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: Second Semester