Courses
310 courses since 2014
What we cover at CILAS matters less than what a student discovers.
12 courses
- 01
Visions of the Arab: Between Orientalism & Orientalism in Reverse
The Arab identity is elusive at best and disfigured at worst. what is an Arab? What constitutes his identity? It is Pan-Arabism? Islamism? The Arabic language itself? These are all questions Arab thinkers have asked and answers vary, ranging from the most religious to the comp…
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To Stand With the Dreamers: On Utopia
This course offers an overview to Utopia and Utopianism. The word Utopia was coined by Thomas Moore in his 1516 novel “Utopia”, to describe a “perfect” ideal city that the novel takes place, and etymologically It means the good place that is no place or the good place that doe…
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The Poetics of Ethnography
How, why and for whom exactly do we ‘research’ and write? Are we longing for connecting to what has been devoured by the responsibilities and hassles of our everyday? Or are we, in one way or the other, reproducing the very ‘stuff’ that we aim to disentangle from? Who has the…
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Poetry and Short Prose: Memory That Moves
This course is for passionate writers seeking an opportunity to spend more time on their writing. The course will take the shape of a generative workshop; it will not focus on teaching writing, but rather on establishing a creative environment in which participants can further…
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Philosophy of Education: On Becoming a Humanistic Educator
The moment that we are born, we are classified as humans, yet we rarely find a simple answer to the never asked questions: What is to be a human? Are there any traits that distinguish us among all other creatures? Are they innate or learnt? "On Becoming a Human: On Becoming a…
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Past, Memory(ies) and Identity(ies)
The outbreak digital era and the- so-called –Uprising in Egypt pushed many scholars to question several concepts such as History, memory, nationalism and identity to name a few. The availability of the information on the internet and the multiplicity of research resources prop…
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Oral History Theory & Practice
Family, Community and Migration Histories in the Khalifa Neighborhood
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Minorities and the City
Spatial conditions reflect social, political, economic, and cultural norms in a city. This course intends to shed light on the concept of minorities and their role in city development, by looking at minorities from deeper perspectives: the marginalised, the disabled, the disad…
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Falling
The act of falling is simple. Falling is what happens when you are off balance; it makes your body drop and loose control and often provides amusement for spectators. Defined as a downward movement from a higher to a lower level, to hang down, to drop away, to show disappointm…
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On the art of manliness
Manliness or masculinity -- especially in the Middle East -- remains understudied. Masculinity is fluid and hence difficult to describe and comprehend. Few have inquired into how men groom themselves, feel about being single, getting old, sick, bald or overweight. What is the…
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