Course Descriptions
Spring Quarter (S24)
Dept/Description | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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HISTORY (S24) | 130c GREAT BOOKS JEW HIS | FARAH, D. |
The Jewish people have often understood themselves as the “people of the book,” because of the Jewish tradition’s reliance on texts and textual study as a central component of religious culture and practice. This course will take the idea of the book as a starting point for a survey of Jewish history, literature, and culture. Spanning the biblical period to the present, we will read primary texts important to Jewish life and culture as well as scholarship from various disciplines. In doing so, we will learn about the varied communities that produced these texts; the languages they spoke and read; their particular religious and cultural practices; and how they have understood themselves in the context of other social and political communities and movements. |
Courses Offered by the Jewish Studies Minor or other Schools at UCI
Spring Quarter (S24)
Dept | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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POL SCI (S24) | 159 ISRAELI PALEST CONF | BURSTEIN, A. |
This course explores the complex history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The aims are to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the development and different cycles of this conflict, exploring its origins, evolvement of different actors, intractable flashpoints, and attempted resolutions. | ||
POL SCI (S24) | 159 SOC MOBILZTN ISRAEL | BURSTEIN, A. |
This course applies a social movement perspective and analysis of collective action to the Israeli social and political scene. The aim is to examine the diverse movements that have shaped the country’s social, religious, and ethnic conflicts, situating these in a comparative setting and examining which are unique to the Israeli experience and which are more common cross-nationally. | ||
POL SCI (S24) | 139 MEDEVL JEWISH THOUG | LEVINE, D. |
No description is currently available. | ||
INTL ST (S24) | 179 MIDEAST CLIM&CONFLT | PETROVIC, B. |
The Middle East is reportedly warming at twice the global average. As the frequency of extreme weather conditions (e.g., intensified heatwaves, droughts, and floods) in the region goes up, so does a threat to its already fragile water, food, and energy supplies. Climate variability is generally not a direct cause of intra- and inter-state conflicts, but it often exacerbates the pre-existing sources of social, economic, and political instability, thus increasing the chances of tensions within and between countries. |