Fall 2014 Course Offerings in Arabic and Turkish Classical and Near Eastern Studies (http://binghamton.edu/cnes) Fall 2014 will see two new full-time instructors in the Arabic Studies program:   Omid Ghaemmaghami, Arabic ([email protected]) Gregory Key, Turkish ([email protected]) In addition, we’ll have our regular full-time instructors:   Kevin Lacey, Arabic ([email protected]) Mary Youssef, Arabic ([email protected]) Plus experienced adjuncts/TAs some of you will already know, and one who will be new:    Lotfi Zekraoui, Arabic ([email protected]) Saqer Almarri, Arabic ([email protected]) Bochra Kouraichi, 2014/15 Fulbright Foreign Language TA in Arabic ([email protected]) Fall 2014 will also see the return of Turkish to Classical and Near Eastern Studies. That’s three courses: two in language (1 in modern, 1 in Ottoman Turkish), plus one lit course with readings in translation (see below). Here follow a few highlighted course descriptions, then a grid of all fall 2014 ARAB/TURK offerings.  For more info, please consult with any of the instructors, with John Starks, the Classical-and-Near-Eastern Studies Undergraduate director ([email protected]), and/or with me, Andrew Scholtz, Chair of Classical and Near Eastern Studies ([email protected]). Courses in Turkish (Gregory Key, instructor) Turkish and Majoring/Minoring in Arabic All courses in Turkish (TURK) listed here will count toward the elective requirement (“two must be from topics courses,” University Bulletin) under the Arabic Studies major. For the Minor in Arabic, courses in Turkish listed here likewise count toward the elective requirement (“and one related course either offered or approved by the department,” Bulletin). Elementary Turkish I – TURK 111 Introduces basic structures of modern Turkish, which is spoken in the Republic of Turkey, as well as in large immigrant communities throughout Europe. From the very first day of class, there is an emphasis on speaking, both inside and outside the classroom, so that by the end of the first semester students will be comfortable having very basic conversations in Turkish. Also from early in the semester, authentic listening and reading materials will be employed, with levelappropriate activities. Written exercises will provide the foundation for writing skills in Turkish, to be further developed in subsequent semesters. Ottoman Turkish I – TURK 381A. (A background in Arabic, modern Turkish, or Persian will help) Ottoman Turkish, the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. Written in Arabic script, Ottoman has a (sometimes archaic) Turkish core, with substantial influence from Classical Arabic and Persian. In the first semester, the Arabic script as used in Ottoman is taught, along with basic Turkish grammar and certain relevant elements of Persian and Arabic grammar. Texts to be read include Nasreddin Hoca stories, fables, and excerpts from Ottoman chronicles. Two script styles are taught: nesih (Arabic nasx) and rıka (Arabic ruq‘a), respectively the standard printed and handwritten fonts of the late Ottoman period (ca. 18th-20th centuries). Reading is the primary skill developed, Fall 2014 Course ARAB, TURK Classical and Near Eastern Studies p. 2 with a secondary emphasis on rıka penmanship, on the premise that this will aid in the reading of handwritten documents. Modern Turkish Literature in Translation – TURK 280A. GenEds: C – writing and H – Humanities Consists of readings in translation from Turkish literary figures of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Yashar Kemal, Orhan Pamuk, and Elif Shafak. Themes to be explored include cultural tensions between Turkey and the West, and within Turkey between rural and urban cultures, as well as between the Ottoman legacy and the modern republic. Students will participate in discussions during lectures, and will write four papers of five pages each. Cross-listed in Arabic (Nancy Um, instructor)* Cairo: Islamic Architecture & the City – ARAB 386B (= ARTH 386N). GenEds: A - Aesthetic Perspective and W - Writing (Harpur Req) With a diverse residential population and a long and complex architectural and urban history, Cairo has served as a cosmopolitan hub of the Arab world, the African continent, and the Mediterranean Sea for centuries. This course explores the built environment and ever-changing urban shape of the historic city from the mid-7th C, when the first Muslim settlement was established. The course will focus on the medieval and early modern eras, considering Cairo’s distinctive domestic architecture as evidenced by archaeological and extant examples, its monumental mosques and funerary complexes, the luxury objects that were crafted to adorn religious and domestic buildings, and the public works efforts that were spearheaded to expand the bustling city throughout the ages. The course will also move into the more recent past to consider how the historic areas of Cairo were modernized in the 19th C and 20thcenturies, in addition to the ways in which preservation efforts have served to construct a cogent image of its architectural past. Course Grid, All Classes and Sections: Arabic (ARAB), Turkish (TURK) Subj Crse Sec Credits Title Days ARAB 101 02 Elementary Arabic I, sect. 2 (no sect. 1) MWF 10:50am 11:50am 4 TR ARAB 101 03 4 Elementary Arabic I, sect. 3 * 101 04 4 Elementary Arabic I, sect. 4 Seats Instructor 27 Omid Ghaemmaghami 27 Lotfi Zekraoui 27 Lotfi Zekraoui 11:40am 12:40pm MWF 12:00pm 1:00pm TR ARAB Time 2:50pm 3:50pm MWF 3:30pm 4:30pm TR 4:25pm 5:25pm ARAB 115 01 4 Egyptian Spoken Arabic TR 1:15pm 2:40pm 25 Mary Youssef ARAB 203 01 4 Intermediate Arabic I, sect. 1 MW 2:20pm 3:20pm 25 Saqer Almari TR 4:25pm 5:25pm All courses cross-listed with Arabic (i.e., taught from other departments/programs, but with an ARAB course code) are compatible with major and minor programs in Arabic Studies. That applies whether you take them under the ARAB code (e.g., ARAB 386B for “Cairo: Islamic Architecture & the City,” an Art History course) or under the parenting department’s code (e.g., ARTH 386N for “Cairo: Islamic Architecture & the City”). Fall 2014 Course ARAB, TURK Classical and Near Eastern Studies p. 3 Subj Crse Sec Credits Title Days Time Seats Instructor ARAB 203 02 Intermediate Arabic I, sect. 2 MW 9:40am 10:40am 25 Saqer Almari TR 10:05am 11:05am 4 ARAB 305 01 4 Advanced Standard Arabic I MWF 10:50am 11:50am 20 R Kevin Lacey ARAB 380C 01 4 Conversation, Grammar, Translation MWF 1:10pm 2:10pm 20 R Kevin Lacey ARAB 386B 01 4 Cairo: Islamic Architecture & the City (A - Aesthetic Perspective and W - Writing [Harpur Req]) TR 11:40am 1:05pm 36 Nancy A Um TURK 111 4 Elementary Turkish I MW 10:50pm 11:50 25 Gregory Key TR 2:50pm - 3:50 01 TURK 280A 01 4 Modern Turkish Literature in Translation (C – writing and H – Humanities [application for GenEd approval in process]) TR TR 10:05 11:30pm 25 Gregory Key TURK 381A 01 4 Ottoman Turkish I TR 1:15pm 2:40pm (tentative) 8 Gregory Key