2018/2019

Courses for the Advanced Certificate in Eastern Mediterranean Studies 

FALL MANDATORY CLASSES 2018

HIST 5184: Everyday Life History in Empire and Beyond (Esmer – Seminar 2cr)

HIST 5154: Everyday Life History in Empire and Beyond (Esmer – Lecture 2cr)

MEDS 5288:  Connected Histories (Krstić – Seminar 2cr)

MEDS 5288: Connected Histories (Krstić – Lecture 2cr)

MEDS 5366: Early Christianity: from Messianic Sect to Religion (Gereby, Menze – Seminar 2cr)

MEDS 5366: Early Christianity: from Messianic Sect to Religion (Gereby, Menze – Lecture 2cr)

HIST 5155: From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Political History of Modern Turkey (Wilson –  4cr)

FALL ELECTIVE CLASSES 2018*

HIST 5263: Barbarians, Infidels, and Noble Savages: Stereotypes and Inter-Cultural Perception in the Early Modern Period and Beyond (Hennings, Augustynowicz, 2cr)

MEDS 6118: Syriac text reading (Perczel, 2cr)

MEDS 6126: The Elements of Theology of Proclus Diadochus (+485) (Perczel, 2cr)

HIST 5267: Recent Trends in Habsburg Historiography (Radway, 2cr)

MEDS 6145: Byzantine Art in the Medieval Balkans (Voulgaraopoulou, 2cr)

HIST 5261: Ottoman Urban Economics in Balkan, Arab and Anatolian Cities (Guclu, 2cr)

WINTER MANDATORY COURSES

MEDS 5324: The Roman Empire and the Barbarians – from Attila to Charlemagne (Ziemann-Seminar 2cr)

MEDS 5291: The Roman Empire and the Barbarians – from Attila to Charlemagne (Ziemann-Tutorial 2cr)

MEDS 5296: Byzantine Secular Literature (330-1453): Between Tradition and Innovation (Van den Berg-Seminar 2cr)

MEDS 5290: Byzantine Secular Literature (330-1453): Between Tradition and Innovation (Van den Berg-Tutorial 2cr)

MEDS 5206: Seventeenth-century Crisis” in Comparative Perspective: European and Ottoman Experiences (Börekci--Seminar 2cr)

MEDS 5207: Seventeenth-century Crisis” in Comparative Perspective: European and Ottoman Experiences (Börekci-Tutorial 2cr)

WINTER ELECTIVE CLASSES*

HIST 5303: Crisis and Renewal in Late Ottoman History (Esmer-Wilson, 2cr)

HIST 5023: Historiography II: Grand Debates in Mediterranean History (Bagdadi-Menze-2cr)

HIME 5030: Empires (Kstric, Esmer, 2 cr)

MEDS 6151: Transformations of Classical Learning across Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Era (Menze-1cr)

MEDS 6106: Advanced Source Reading Class in Ottoman Historiography (16th-17th Centuries) (Börekci-2cr)

MEDS 6146: Advanced Greek Reading Seminar: Selections from the Letters of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (Perzcel-2cr)

MEDS 6052: Advanced Syriac Reading Seminar: Poem on the Divine Wisdom by Gregory Bar Ebroyo (Perzcel-2cr)

MEDS 6148: Heresies, Heterodoxies and Deviancy: the History of Failed & Lost Christianities in Antiquity (Menze-2cr)

 SPRING SESSION

MEDSLiquid Continents: Ecological Histories of the Mediterranean and its Neighbours (Purcell-1cr)

MEDS: Ottoman Mentality: How the world works, according to Evliya Çelebi and Others (Hagen-1cr)

*Please note that elective courses can be substituted by language courses not featured in this list. With any such request please contact Sona Grigoryan (grigoryans@ceu.edu) and your supervisor.