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Fall 2025 Featured Courses

ARAB/LING 3251 Language in Arab Society
ARABLING3251


TTh 3:30pm-4:45pm Eaton Humanities Bldg 135
Mona Attwa

This course introduces the multilingual situation of Arab societies and presents fundamental concepts in sociolinguistics. Students study the major theories and frameworks of language variation and change and the influence of variables such as gender, social class, religion, and colonization on language choice. Students will understand the relationship between language, identity and ideology revealing power dynamics in Arab communities. The course is taught in English and no prior knowledge of Arabic language is required
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JPNS 3861 Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture
JPNS 3861


TTh 5pm-6:15pm Duane Physics G2B41 (3 credits)
Keller KimbroughÌý

Explores the rich history of the imagination of the samurai in Japan, across multiple genres of fiction, poetry, drama, visual art, and cinema, from earliest times to the present. Attention is given to the varied meanings the image of the samurai has held at different historical moments, and to contrasts between the representations of the realities of samurai life.

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