Iranian Courses

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Winter 2019

IRANIAN 1B – Elementary Persian

Instructor: Banafsheh Pourzangi

Lecture, six hours. Enforced requisite: course 1A. Not open to students with prior knowledge of Persian. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN 20B – Accelerated Elementary Persian

Instructor: Latifeh Hagigi

Lecture, four hours; discussion two hours; laboratory, 30 minutes per day. Preparation: some knowledge of spoken Persian. Enforced requisite: course 20A. Intensive and thorough study of fundamental structure of Persian grammar; reading from a wide range of classical and modern poetry and prose compositions. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN 102B – Intermediate Persian

Instructor: Latifeh Hagigi

Lecture, six hours. Requisite: course 102A. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN 103B – Advanced Persian: Introduction to Classical Persian Prose

Instructor: Domenico Ingenito

Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 102C. Students who do exceptionally well in course 20C may be permitted to enroll with consent of instructor. May be taken independently for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN M105B – Baha’i Faith in Iran: Historical and Sociological Survey

Instructor: Nader Saiedi

IRANIAN M110B – Iranian Civilization: History of Arsacid (Parthian) Empire

Instructor: M. Rahim Shayegan

(Same as Ancient Near East M110B and History M110B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). From Hellenistic rule in Persia to Sasanian conquest. Emphasis on political history, state structure, empire’s religions, interactions with Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Further accent on Parthian conquest of Iran and Mesopotamia, Seleucid demise and Arsacid hegemony in East, Arsacid-Roman wars, rise of Sasanians. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN M178 – Introduction to History and Culture of Iranian Jews

Instructor: Pirnazar, N.

(Same as History M178 and Jewish Studies M178.) Lecture, three hours. Introduction to political, intellectual, cultural, and socioeconomic status of Iranian Jews. Exploration of history of Iranian Jews from ancient period throughout history, with focus on post-Middle Ages to present time. Topics, studied from perspective of Iranian cultural and intellectual history, include identity and status, religious tolerance versus forced conversion, Iranian Jewish emancipation, and dynamic symbiosis between Iranian Jews and other Iranians. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN 187 – Variable Topics in Iranian Studies: Ancient Cities of Iran, 4000 BC to 1900 AD

Instructor: Ali Mousavi

Lecture, three hours. Variable topics; consult “Schedule of Classes” for topics to be offered in specific term. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

IRANIAN M210 – Topics in Ancient Iranian History: Religions in the Achaemenid Empire

Instructor: M. Rahim Shayegan

IRANIAN 220A – Classical Persian Texts

Instructor: Domenico Ingenito

Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses 103A, 103B, 103C. Study of selected classical Persian texts. May be taken independently for credit.