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Mehr Farooqi Appears on TAGTV
Mehr Farooqi was a guest on TAGTV's HUM SUKHAN show. Click here to watch the hour long interview in Urdu!
We focus on the deep historical ties between the many and varied cultures, religions, literatures, and languages of the Middle East and South Asia
McIntire Lecture Series On Manuscripts of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir
Thursday, March 21st, 6:30 PM
UVA McIntire Lecture Series
Dr Simon Rettig, Assistant Curator, Freer | Sackler Galleries
Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and his Manuscripts: New Directions in Persian Arts of the Book around 1400
Campbell Hall, Room 16
Urdu
URDU 2010/2020 - Intermediate Urdu
Prerequisites: HIND 1020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Introduces various types of written and spoken Urdu; vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax; and conversation.
Credits: 4
South Asian Literature in Translation
SATR 2110 - Cultural Translation: Travel Writing in South Asia
Travel writing is among the oldest forms of literature, especially in Asia. This course explores depictions of the Indian sub-continent by travel writers from Buddhist pilgrims to Arab geographers to colonial and post-colonial writers.
Credits: 3
South Asian Studies
SAST 1600 - India in Global Perspective
Persian in Translation
History of Iranian Literature
This course introduces the many stages of Persian literature historically. History of Iranian Literature is a study in the marriage of thought, milieu, genius, and multi-faceted poetics.
Middle Eastern Studies
MEST 2270/5270 - Culture and Society of the Contemporary Arab Middle East
Introduces the cultural traits and patterns of contemporary Arab society based on scholarly research, recent field work, and personal experiences and observations in the Arab world. Taught in English; no knowledge of Arabic is required.
Credits: 3
Middle Eastern & South Asian
MESA 1000 - From Genghis Khan to Stalin: Invasions and Empires of Central Asia
Survey of Central Asian civilizations from the first to the twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on nomadism, invasions, conquests, and major religious-cultural developments.
Credits: 3
Fundamentals of Arabic Grammar
MESALC Graduation Ceremony - Spring 2019
MESALC Graduation Ceremony - Spring 2019
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