Academic Catalog

Middle East in Global Context (C090)

GEC Coordinator: Senem Aslan

This concentration focuses on the Middle East and Middle Eastern identities in non-Middle Eastern contexts, including Africa, Europe, and the United States.

Complete any four courses designated with the (C090) GEC attribute from a minimum of three departments/programs. If studying abroad in the Middle East and North Africa, up to two non-Bates courses may be applied to the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.

Active course offerings include:

AMST 247Contemporary Arab American Literature
AMST 329Politics of Place: Global Perspectives on American Art
AVC S25Contemporary Global Photographies
AVC 228Connecting Image Cultures: Artistic Exchange between Islamic and Euro-American Worlds
AVC 241The Art of Islam
AVC 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
AVC 321Representations of Gender, Labor, and Craft in the Mediterranean
AVC 329Politics of Place: Global Perspectives on American Art
CMS 102Medieval Worlds
CMS 216Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
CMS 241The Art of Islam
CMS 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
CMS 264Islamic Civilization: Politics, History, Arts
CMS 276Saints, Ships, and Sultans: The Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages
CMS 291Colonization and Resistance in Late Antique North Africa
CMS 292The Dawn of the Middle Ages
CMS 293Trans-Saharan Africa in the Middle Ages
ENG 247Contemporary Arab American Literature
FRE 240ELe Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance
FRE 377Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine
FYS 400The United States in the Middle East
GSS 321Representations of Gender, Labor, and Craft in the Mediterranean
GSS 377Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine
HIST 102Medieval Worlds
HIST 216Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
HIST 293Trans-Saharan Africa in the Middle Ages
PLTC 205State-Society Relations in the Modern Middle East
PLTC 260Nationalism and Nation Building
PLTC 262Politics of the Modern Middle East
REL 112Introduction to Islam: Religion, Practice, and Culture
REL 120Muslims, Christians, and Jews
REL 223Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
REL 241The Art of Islam
REL 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
REL 264Islamic Civilization: Politics, History, Arts
REL 274Quran: Text, Culture, Arts