Dr. Peter Mandaville is Professor of International Affairs in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. From 2015-2016 he served as Senior Adviser in the Secretary of State’s Office of Religion & Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State where he led that office’s...
Spring 2024 -
Jane Hooper -
Section Syllabus
This course surveys America’s foreign relations from independence to the present in order to understand the complex and controversial history of America’s international role. The aim of the course is to see America’s global role as a political and moral problem – ever present but constantly evolving ...
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Academic Calendar
Last Day to Add: September 3
Last Day to Drop with 100% Refund: September 9
Core Courses
Alternative option for MEIS 500: Critical Issues and Debates in Middle East and Islamic Studies ...
Yasemin İpek is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Global Affairs Program. Her research is situated at the intersection of the anthropology of politics, activism, and inequality; critical studies of humanitarianism and refugees; decoloniality studies; and studies of Islam, sectarianism, and na...
Heba El-Shazli is Assistant Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on International Relations Theory, Politics, Government and Society of the Middle East, and Political Islam. She holds a Ph.D. in Government an...
Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of the Global Affairs program. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine with emphases in Feminist Studies and Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies. ...
Spring 2024 -
Sang Mee Oh -
Section Syllabus
KORE 362 Modern Korean History covers Korean history approximately from the late Chosŏn period to the present. While focusing on Korea’s historical experience, it takes a broader and comparative perspective to look at historical changes in modern East Asia together. It examines how Korean history was...
ENGH 591: Mid. East/Cent. Asia Folklore
ENGH 665: Middle East Literature
GLOA 599: Globalization & Development: MENA
GLOA 599: Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and the Question of Europe
GOVT 733: Islam and Politics
GGS 533: Geography North Africa/Middle East
GLOA 605: Interdisciplinary Research...
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Core Courses
HIST 575: Approaches Mid East/Islam Hist
RELI 644: Islamic Texts and Contexts
GOVT 632: Pol...
MEIS Core Courses
MEIS 500 – Critical Issues and Debates in Middle East & Islamic Studies
Professor Huseyin Yilmaz W 7:20-10 pm
RELI 644 – Islamic Texts and Contexts
Professor Maria Dakake M 4:30-7:10 pm
Methods Course Options
HIST 610 002 – Study and Writing of History
Professor Joan B...