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Department Course Count
172
Longest Course Name
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Inquisitors, Heretics, and Truth in the Early Modern World
Longest Course Name Length (chars)
98
Shortest Course Name
The Qur'an
Shortest Course Name Length (chars)
10
Lower Division Course Count
46, 26.7%
Upper Division Course Count
74, 43.0%
Graduate Courses Count
52, 30.2%
Average Course Name Length (characters)
38
Number of Near Eastern Studies Courses with "Near Eastern Studies" in their name
3, 1.7%

Near Eastern Studies Department Courses Table

Near Eastern Studies Cornell University
Course Name Course Code Credits Classification
Beginning Biblical Hebrew NES 1110 3 Lower Division
Introduction to Urdu Script NES 1312 3 Lower Division
Introduction to the Ottoman Empire NES 1561 4 Lower Division
Great Discoveries in Greek and Roman Archaeology NES 1602 3 Lower Division
The Vikings and their World NES 1660 4 Lower Division
FWS: Radical Love: The Mystical Traditions of Islam NES 1921 3 Lower Division
FWS: Powerful Words: Reading Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Literature NES 1930 3 Lower Division
FWS:Jewish Book Cultures: Early Modern Form, Genre, and Gender NES 1931 3 Lower Division
FWS: Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs NES 1997 3 Lower Division
Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing I NES 2201 3 Lower Division
Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing II NES 2202 3 Lower Division
Introduction to Quranic Arabic NES 2204 3 Lower Division
Humanitarianism: A Counter-History NES 2367 3 Lower Division
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt NES 2433 3 Lower Division
History of Minorities in Ottoman West Asia and North Africa NES 2461 4 Lower Division
Personal Histories of Global Events: Microhistorical Approaches to the Writing of Global History NES 2462 4 Lower Division
Modern Israel: History, Culture, Society NES 2488 3 Lower Division
Anthropology of Iran NES 2515 3 Lower Division
Drinking through the Ages: Intoxicating Beverages in Near Eastern and World History NES 2522 3 Lower Division
Zionism and Its Discontents NES 2540 3 Lower Division
Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World NES 2546 4 Lower Division
Sex and Sexuality in Islam NES 2555 3 Lower Division
Global Heritage NES 2565 3 Lower Division
Medicine, Magic and Science in the Ancient Near East NES 2599 3 Lower Division
Archaeology of Mesopotamia NES 2610 3 Lower Division
Jewish Modernity NES 2620 4 Lower Division
Introduction to Islam NES 2627 3 Lower Division
New Testament-Early Christian Literatures NES 2629 3 Lower Division
Introduction to Judaism NES 2644 3 Lower Division
Ancient Ships and Seafaring: Introduction to Nautical Archaeology NES 2661 3 Lower Division
Apocalypse! NES 2666 3 Lower Division
Ancient Egyptian Civilization NES 2668 3 Lower Division
History of the Modern Middle East NES 2674 3 Lower Division
Cleopatra's Egypt: Tradition and Transformation NES 2688 3 Lower Division
History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict NES 2697 3 Lower Division
The Aegean and East Mediterranean Bronze Age c. 3000-1000 BCE NES 2701 3 Lower Division
Of Saints, Poets, and Revolutionaries: Medieval and Modern Iran and Central Asia NES 2722 3 Lower Division
Conflict and Coexistence in the Jewish Bible-Old Testament NES 2724 3 Lower Division
Wondrous Literatures of the Near East NES 2754 3 Lower Division
Storytelling in the Ancient Middle East: Introduction to Egyptian and Mesopotamian Literature NES 2767 3 Lower Division
Islam and Gender NES 2770 3 Lower Division
Body and Spirit in Ancient Egypt NES 2772 3 Lower Division
Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing NES 2812 3 Lower Division
Political History of Modern Afghanistan NES 2847 3 Lower Division
The Anthropology of Israel-Palestine NES 2925 3 Lower Division
Egyptomania? Egypt and the Greco-Roman World NES 2985 3 Lower Division
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Inquisitors, Heretics, and Truth in the Early Modern World NES 3175 4 Upper Division
The Viking Age NES 3200 4 Upper Division
Heritage Forensics NES 3204 3 Upper Division
Philosophy in the Islamic World (800-1400) NES 3212 3 Upper Division
The Byzantine Empire: Culture and Society NES 3255 3 Upper Division
Literary Reading and Writing in Advanced Urdu NES 3325 3 Upper Division
Jewish Family and Marriage Law NES 3411 3 Upper Division
Islamic Mysticism NES 3448 3 Upper Division
Scribal Culture in Ancient Egypt NES 3456 3 Upper Division
History of State and Society in Modern Iran: Through Literature and Film NES 3519 3 Upper Division
Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Racism NES 3523 3 Upper Division
A Mediterranean Society and Its Culture NES 3530 3 Upper Division
Religions of Iran NES 3535 3 Upper Division
The Ottoman Empire 1800-1922 NES 3542 4 Upper Division
Origins of Monotheism NES 3550 3 Upper Division
Archaeology and the Bible NES 3588 3 Upper Division
Histories of Afghanistan NES 3612 3 Upper Division
Minorities of the Middle East NES 3655 3 Upper Division
History of Ancient and Medieval Iran NES 3658 3 Upper Division
Race, Slavery, and Cinema NES 3691 3 Upper Division
Modern Sephardi and Mizrahi Identities NES 3717 3 Upper Division
Women and Gender in Biblical Israel NES 3720 3 Upper Division
Zionism and other Jewish nationalisms NES 3722 3 Upper Division
Death and the Afterlife in Islam NES 3724 3 Upper Division
Human Conflict: From Existential Clash to Coexistence in Israel-Palestine NES 3735 3 Upper Division
Humanities Scholars Research Methods NES 3750 4 Upper Division
Romanesque and Early Gothic Art and Architecture: Europe and the Mediterranean, 1000-1150 A.D. NES 3759 3 Upper Division
Pharaohs and Fables NES 3778 3 Upper Division
The Qur'an NES 3787 3 Upper Division
Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient World NES 3802 3 Upper Division
Israeli Politics NES 3805 3 Upper Division
Comparative Politics of the Middle East NES 3850 3 Upper Division
Islam and the Ethnographic Imagination NES 3880 3 Upper Division
Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity NES 3888 3 Upper Division
From the Bible to the Museum: Jewish Memory and Public History NES 4196 4 Upper Division
Ottoman Modernity, 1798-1925 NES 4317 3 Upper Division
Tales of the Alhambra and Lalla Rookh: Case Studies in Orientalism NES 4320 3 Upper Division
Media and Experience NES 4334 3 Upper Division
Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa NES 4337 3 Upper Division
Ancient Empires: From Persia to Rome, 550 BCE to 14 CE NES 4345 4 Upper Division
Problems in Byzantine Art NES 4351 4 Upper Division
Byzantine Archaeology NES 4354 3 Upper Division
Hasidism: History, Community, Thought NES 4407 3 Upper Division
Science and the Making of the Middle East NES 4426 3 Upper Division
Textual Ethnography NES 4513 3 Upper Division
The Caucasus: Captives, Cultures, Conflicts NES 4530 3 Upper Division
Shi'ism: Poetics and Politics NES 4537 3 Upper Division
Moses Maimonides NES 4540 3 Upper Division
The Modern Middle East During the Long Nineteenth Century NES 4542 4 Upper Division
State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire NES 4543 4 Upper Division
The Bible in America NES 4548 3 Upper Division
Desert Monasticism NES 4557 3 Upper Division
Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies NES 4560 3 Upper Division
Contesting Identities in Modern Egypt NES 4605 3 Upper Division
Gnosticism and Early Christianity NES 4628 4 Upper Division
Globalism and Collapse in the Late Bronze Age World NES 4644 3 Upper Division
Themes in Mediterranean Archaeology NES 4654 3 Upper Division
The Idea of Biblical Israel NES 4659 3 Upper Division
Utopia Lost? Failure and its Aftermaths NES 4663 4 Upper Division
Mass Media and Identities in the Modern Middle East NES 4666 3 Upper Division
Wealth and Power: Political Economy in Ancient Near Eastern States NES 4670 3 Upper Division
Nationalism(s) in the Arab World NES 4672 3 Upper Division
Crossing the Apocalypse NES 4695 3 Upper Division
Trance and Media NES 4696 3 Upper Division
Methods in Medieval NES 4700 3 Upper Division
Peace Building in Conflict Regions: Case Studies Sub-Saharan Africa Israel Palestinian Territories NES 4721 4 Upper Division
The Archaeology of Houses and Households NES 4757 3 Upper Division
Looking for Love: Visual and Literary Cultures of Love in the Medieval Mediterranean, 1100-1400 AD NES 4795 3 Upper Division
Walter Benjamin NES 4913 3 Upper Division
Archaeological Ethics NES 4922 3 Upper Division
Independent Study, Undergraduate Level NES 4991 1-6 Upper Division
Independent Study, Undergraduate Level NES 4992 1-6 Upper Division
Senior Honors Essay NES 4998 4 Upper Division
Senior Honors Essay NES 4999 4 Upper Division
Medieval Hebrew Poetry NES 6112 3 Graduate
Ottoman Modernity, 1798-1925 NES 6317 3 Graduate
Tales of the Alhambra and Lalla Rookh: Case Studies in Orientalism NES 6320 3 Graduate
A Mediterranean Society and Its Culture NES 6330 3 Graduate
Media and Experience NES 6334 3 Graduate
Labor and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa NES 6337 3 Graduate
Problems in Byzantine Art NES 6351 4 Graduate
Byzantine Archaeology NES 6354 3 Graduate
Jewish Family and Marriage Law NES 6411 3 Graduate
Science and the Making of the Middle East NES 6426 3 Graduate
Islamic Mysticism NES 6448 3 Graduate
Textual Ethnography NES 6513 3 Graduate
The Caucasus: Captives, Cultures, Conflicts NES 6530 3 Graduate
Shi'ism: Poetics and Politics NES 6537 3 Graduate
Moses Maimonides NES 6540 3 Graduate
Ottoman Africa, African Ottomans NES 6547 4 Graduate
Origins of Monotheism NES 6553 3 Graduate
Desert Monasticism NES 6557 3 Graduate
Theory and Method in Near Eastern Studies NES 6560 3 Graduate
Archaeology and the Bible NES 6588 3 Graduate
Contesting Identities in Modern Egypt NES 6605 3 Graduate
Histories of Afghanistan NES 6612 3 Graduate
Gnosticism and Early Christianity NES 6628 3 Graduate
Topics in Ancient History NES 6642 3 Graduate
Globalism and Collapse in the Late Bronze Age World NES 6644 3 Graduate
Minorities of the Middle East NES 6655 3 Graduate
The Idea of Biblical Israel NES 6659 3 Graduate
Utopia Lost? Failure and its Aftermaths NES 6663 4 Graduate
Mass Media and Identities in the Modern Middle East NES 6666 3 Graduate
Wealth and Power: Political Economy in Ancient Near Eastern States NES 6670 3 Graduate
Nationalism(s) in the Arab World NES 6672 3 Graduate
Crossing the Apocalypse NES 6695 3 Graduate
Trance and Media NES 6696 3 Graduate
Methods in Medieval NES 6700 3 Graduate
Women and Gender in Biblical Israel NES 6720 3 Graduate
Graduate Colloquium NES 6722 1 Graduate
Death and the Afterlife in Islam NES 6724 3 Graduate
Romanesque and Early Gothic Art and Architecture: Europe and the Mediterranean, 1000-1150 A.D. NES 6759 3 Graduate
Modern Sephardi and Mizrahi Identities NES 6777 3 Graduate
The Qur'an NES 6787 3 Graduate
Professionalization in Near Eastern Studies NES 6800 3 Graduate
Islam and the Ethnographic Imagination NES 6880 3 Graduate
Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity NES 6888 3 Graduate
Archaeological Ethics NES 6922 3 Graduate
Independent Study: Graduate Level NES 6991 1-4 Graduate
Independent Study: Graduate Level NES 6992 1-4 Graduate
Hasidism: History, Community, Thought NES 7404 3 Graduate
Themes in Mediterranean Archaeology NES 7654 3 Graduate
The Aegean and East Mediterranean Bronze Age c. 3000-1000 BCE NES 7701 3 Graduate
The Archaeology of Houses and Households NES 7757 3 Graduate
Archaeology of Greek Religion: Theory, Methods, and Practice NES 7758 3 Graduate
Walter Benjamin NES 7913 3 Graduate
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