Courses
310 courses since 2014
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310 courses
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What is the State? An anthropological inquiry
The question of what is the ‘State’ and how it operates has always been central to social sciences as much as the state itself has been central to living in modern societies. Social scientists, activists and radicals have for decades disagreed widely on the nature, role, and e…
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The Anthropology of Wounds: A medical humanities and urban ethnography approach
This course will build towards an anthropological understanding of wounds through an interrogation of the relationship between social theory, medical humanities, and urban studies. We will trace the relationship between the wounds inhered within our bodies and the wounds inher…
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - Reading and Writing the Photographic Image
The photographic image plays a pivotal role in our modern era, an age in which image and media culture have become more dominant than ever. Given this powerful influence, it has become necessary to regard the image as a form of discourse that goes hand in hand with other modes…
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Paradoxes of the Heart: Tragedy Between Love & Desire
Tragedy, as per Aristotle’s Poetics, is the name to which we give a structure that provides a representation of desire; its dialectics and its deadlocks, and that which produces an effect of catharsis in the audience. The link between tragedy and psychoanalysis can be traced t…
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The Whole Land is Sulfur and Salt
God and the religious-existential struggle of our modern life
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الشريعة والمحاكم والإستعمار في مصر: تاريخ المحاكم الشرعية في النصف الأول من القرن العشرين
تقدم هذه الدورة فرصة للتعرف على تاريخ المحاكم الشرعية التي كانت موجودة في مصر حتى منتصف القرن العشرين، بوصفها مدخلا هاما لاستكشاف جوانب مختلفة من الحياة الاجتماعية والثقافية والسياسية في مصر خلال هذه الفترة الهامة. وتقدم هذه الدورة تاريخ المحاكم الشرعية ضمن إطار أوسع يحاول فهم…
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Performing Stories with Neo-Dastangoi: Politics, Society, & Art in the Urban Fabric
Performing Stories with Neo-Dastangoi: Politics, Society, & Art in the Urban Fabric offers an immersive exploration into the intersections of politics, society, and artistic expression through the lens of Neo-Dastangoi, a modern revival of the ancient Urdu storytelling traditi…
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مقدمة في التاريخ الاجتماعي للتراث الإسلامي
تقدم هذه الدورة فرصة للتعرف بشكل بانورامي على تاريخ تطور أهم الأفكار في التراث الإسلامي السني. وتقدم هذه الدورة قراءة فريدة بحيث تقرأ الأفكار في سياقها الاجتماعي التاريخي، وفي سياق تطوراتها اللاحقة وتأثيرها على الواقع المعاصر. تمثل هذه الدورة مقدمة لمن يرغب في التعرف على أهم ا…
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Christian-Muslim relations in Egypt
Christian-Muslim relations in Egypt are deeply rooted in the country’s history and are influenced by state policies, religious institutions, and global political events. This course adopts an interdisciplinary approach to explore the evolution and current state of these relati…
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اللعب بالأرشيف: معمل بحثي إبداعي
ماذا يخبئ الأرشيف؟ ماذا يختزن في بطنه وماذا يخفي ويمحو ويشوه؟ ما هي الانحيازات التي تحدد ما يقال وما لا يقال؛ ما يؤرشف وما يطويه النسيان؟ وهل يحوي، إلى جانب الحقائق التاريخية، عناصر ملهمة للخيال؟ كيف يمكن أن يصبح الأرشيف مصدرا للعمل الإبداعي؟ وكيف يمكن للقراءة الإبداعية أن تجا…
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Philosophical Construct and Tools: Philosophy through language
سنسعى في هذا المقرَّر الدراسي إلى الاشتغال على عدة محاور: يتعلق المحور الأول بسؤال "ما المعرفة ؟"، وما هي مصادرها؟ وكيف نستطيع الحكم على مدى جودة الأدلة التي تمكننا من الحكم على اعتقاداتنا فنعرف أنها صادقة أم لا. كما سنتعرض إلى "الإبستمولوجيا "، أي نظرية المعرفة (والتسويغ)"، و…
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Confronting Modernity: Art, Politics, Religion and Science
Confronting Modernity: Art, Politics, Religion, and Science invites students to explore the intricate and often contentious relationship between modernity and its various dimensions. This course delves into how modernity shapes our understanding of art, politics, religion, and…
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Oppressed voices: An Introduction to Subaltern Studies and Hidden Histories
Course Overview: Step into a world of history that’s often overshadowed but never silenced. Oppressed or Voices from Below course dives into the lives, struggles, and resistances of those left out of the dominant narratives: the subaltern. This course is your gateway to under…
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Gender Studies in Ancient Egypt
This course will focus on the ancient Egyptian concept of gender and how it influenced their society. Gender was important in ancient Egyptian culture, and it was represented in art, religion, and social roles. Men, women, and children held significance in day-to-day life but…
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Enlightenment to the Death of God: A Philosophical Journey
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the philosophical developments from the Age of Enlightenment to the existential crisis marked by Friedrich Nietzsche's proclamation of the "Death of God." Students will critically examine the evolution of ideas, societal shifts,…
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Text and Desire: A Literary Journey through the Senses
What happens to us when we read? What senses do we activate? What is the relationship between text and pleasure, language and desire? This course is a sensory journey through different kinds of literature, exploring how pleasure is mapped into the language and style of these…
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Story as participative enquiry
Why does story as a phenomenon exist? How do we engage with the power of story in our lives? What is the link between story structure and poetic form? How can an appreciation of how story works help us better understand ourselves and how we think about ourselves? How can it in…
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