# Classes Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 21 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Date AscendingDate DescendingAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 21 results ### Spring, 2025 [### Introduction to Iranian Religions and Persian Philosophy (Mohseni) ](/class/introduction-iranian-religions-and-persian-philosophy-mohseni) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 Throughout historical and contemporary periods, Persia (Iran) has occupied a central role in global religious thought and spirituality. The ancient Persian religions, including Zoroastrianism (Mazdayasna) and Manicheanism, had highly developed theological and philosophical... [### HDS 3349: Before and After Muhammad: The Rise and Rivalry of Monotheisms in Late Antiquity (Goudarzi) ](/class/hds-3349-and-after-muhammad-rise-and-rivalry-monotheisms-late-antiquity-goudarzi) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 The period known as Late Antiquity (c. 3rd-9th cent. CE) witnessed major religious transformations that still define our world today, including most importantly the rise of rival monotheisms, the “Abrahamic” traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After suffering... [### RELIGION 3004: Pedagogy in the Study of Religion (Goudarzi) ](/class/religion-3004-pedagogy-study-religion-goudarzi) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 This course is designed for graduate students in the Committee on the Study of Religion and is open to students in related fields who teach courses pertaining to religion. The course aims to equip students with skills to be effective Teaching Fellows at Harvard and to... [### ISLAMCIV 181: Islam and Religious Diversity (Boylston) ](/class/islamciv-181-islam-and-religious-diversity-boylston) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 Questions arising from the diversity of religions recur in all of the major branches of Islamic thought and appear in complex permutations in diverse cultural contexts. Focusing primarily on pre-modern Islam, this course invites students to investigate perspectives on the... [### PERSIAN 131R: Classical Persian Bridge (Boylston) ](/class/persian-131r-classical-persian-bridge-boylston) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 Students learn the details of Classical Persian grammar, lexicography, and prosody, and work with modern Persian academic commentaries on classical works. Students gain the reading fluency necessary for research in Classical Persian prose, and a foundational understanding of... [### MODMDEST 102/202: Shi’a Islam and Politics in the Middle East (Sagha) ](/class/modmdest-102202-shia-islam-and-politics-middle-east-sagha) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 From the rise of the Axis of Resistance and U.S.-Iran rivalry in the region, to the war in Yemen between the Shi'a Ansarallah (Houthis) and Saudi Arabia, and the battle over the future of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, the rise of Shi’a political actors has been one of the most... [### MODMDEST 107/209: Regional Order, U.S. Wars, and the Politics of Iraq and Afghanistan (Sagha) ](/class/modmdest-107209-regional-order-us-wars-and-politics-iraq-and-afghanistan-sagha) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2025 Regional order in the Middle East has significant consequences and reverberations around the globe ranging from inter-state rivalries, ethno-national violence, world energy markets, and international great power competition for influence in western Asia and interconnected... ### Fall, 2024 [### History of Modern Iran and Turkey (Sagha) ](/class/history-modern-iran-and-turkey-sagha) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2024 As two of the most populous and important states in the Middle East comprising almost 40% of the population of the region, Iran and Turkey have shaped the foundations of core regional trends from the 19th century up to until the contemporary period. As non-Arab majority... ### Fall, 2022 [### Shi'a Islam and Politics (Sagha) ](/class/shia-islam-and-politics-sagha) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2022 From the conflict in Yemen pitting the Shi'a Houthis against a Saudi-led coalition, to the civil war in Syria and the Shi'a militia-led fight against ISIS in Iraq, dominant media narratives portray conflict in today's Middle East as part of a proxy battle between Iran and... [### Ismaili History and Thought (Asani) ](/class/ismaili-history-and-thought-asani) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2022 This course explores the doctrines and practices of the Ismailis, adherents of a minority branch of Shia Islam that recognizes the continuation of religious authority after the Prophet Muhammad through a particular line of his descendants known as the Imams. Under the... [### Topics in Shii History, Thought and Literature (Asani) ](/class/topics-shii-history-thought-and-literature-asani) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2022 A course on selected topics in Shii History, Thought and Literature. Prerequisite: A prior course on Islam. Permission of instructor required. [### Religion and Society in Islamicate History (900-1300 CE) from Shiʿi Centuries to Mongol Invasions (Hajiani) ](/class/religion-and-society-islamicate-history-900-1300-ce-shii-centuries-mongol-invasions-hajiani) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2022 Between 900 to 1300 CE, Islamicate societies were characterized by drastic transformations in religious thought, political authority and institutions as the Shiʿi dynasties (Ismaili Fatimids and Ithnaʾashari Buyids) were overthrown and replaced by rulers who enabled the... - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")