We will read different groups of Sumerian Legal Texts including the laws of Ur-Namma, court records, and legal documents. Students will learn how to read and interpret texts concerning family law (marriage, divorce, rules concerning widows, and adoptions) and slave law. We will also touch on capital delicts. While reading we practice Cuneiform signs and analyzing Sumerian grammar.
Independent Study: Uzbek. Continuation of Introduction to Turkic Languages
An introduction to the language, texts and historical and cultural context of the 8th-9th Century Turkic inscriptions.
An introduction to the language, texts and historical and cultural context of the 8th-9th Century Turkic inscriptions.
Independent Study: Kazakh. Continuation of Introduction to Turkic Languages
An introduction to the language, texts and historical and cultural context of the 8th-9th Century Turkic inscriptions.
Anthropological/Ethnographic Survey of Pre-Modern Central Asian Cultures. This course explores the rituals, oral literature, and music associated with the nomadic cultures of Central Eurasia.
The second quarter of a two-section course in which Elementary Kazakh and Elementary Uzbek will be offered as one class, with the option for students to study one or the other, or both simultaneously.
The first quarter of a two-section course in which Elementary Kazakh and Elementary Uzbek will be offered as one class, with the option for students to study one or the other, or both simultaneously.
Advanced Turkish students will develop their language skills in speaking, reading, translating, listening, and writing, while learning about Turkish society and culture at the same time. To address all of these aspects each class is divided into three sections which focuses on a specific skill. Section one is the conversation part: it involves reading (or listening to) short (audio) pieces or phrases on a given topic; section two is reading and translation: students read and prepare pieces from Turkish literature, literature readings are short stories or selected parts from novels; section three is the listening part: by watching parts of a Turkish movie, students' skills in listening and understanding will get faster while we progress through the movie.
