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FALL 2003 COURSES
INTRODUCTION TO CENTRAL
ASIA
The course is designed as a general interdisciplinary introduction
to the societies and cultures of the contemporary Muslim successor
states of former Soviet Central Asia, Northwestern China (Xinjiang)
and the adjacent areas of Iran and Afghanistan, i.e. Turkistan.
JEWISH CULTURAL IDENTITY
IN RUSSIA
The course will provide a short general overview of the history
of Jews in Russia prior to the revolution of 1917. The main
emphasis will be on the Jewish identity in the former Soviet
Union, as well as in the contemporary Post-Soviet Russia.
Elementary Croatian (Bosnian, Serbian)
Dr. Tomislav Kuzmanovic, The University of Iowa
Elementary Czech
Introductory
course designed to develop basic listening, speaking, reading,
and writing skills, and to introduce the fundamentals of Czech
grammar.
Second
Year Czech I 4 s.h.
Dr.
Sonkova, The University of Iowa
INTERMEDIATE POLISH
This
course continues the introduction to Polish language and culture
at an intermediate level.
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