The following list includes current courses in and related to Armenian studies. Please see our course archive for lists from previous years.
Independent studies and directed reading courses may also be used when appropriate. Please consult the LSA Course Guide and relevant department for details.
For more information about the Major and Minor in Armenian Studies, please contact the Department of Middle East Studies.
Winter 2026 Courses by CAS Faculty
ARMENIAN 102 - Western Armenian II
Instructor(s): Sosy Mishoyan
ARMENIAN 202 - Intermediate Western Armenian II
Instructor(s): Sosy Mishoyan
ARMENIAN 400 - Seeds of Peace: Cross-Cultural Talk in the Middle East
Instructor(s): Sosy Mishoyan
ARMENIAN 410 - Topics in Armenian Language
Instructor(s): Sosy Mishoyan
COMPLIT 300/HISTORY 399/MIDEAST311 - Global Humanities - So You Want to Be a Silk Roads Traveler: A Premodern Survival Guide from Europe to Asia (And Back Again)
Instructor(s): Michael Pifer
FTVM 322/MIDEAST 223 - How To Survive Dark Times: A Century of Armenian Film
Instructor(s): Michael Pifer
INTLSTD 300 - Human Wrongs and Human Rights: History and Practice of Human Rights
Instructor(s): Melanie Tanielian
INTLSTD 401 - International Studies Advanced Seminar - Global Histories of Citizenship (Section 010)
Instructor(s): Melanie Tanielian
INTLSTD 401 - International Studies Advanced Seminar - Global Histories of Citizenship (Section 019)
Instructor(s): Hazal Ozdemir
HISTORY 197 - First-Year Seminar in the Humanities - Slavery in the Middle East (Section 002)
Instructor(s): Kathryn Babayan
HISTORY 300 - Human Wrongs and Human Rights: History and Practice of Human Rights
Instructor(s): Melanie Tanielian
HISTORY 327/WGS 327 - The History of Sexuality
Instructor(s): Kathryn Babayan
HISTORY 328 - Humanities Topics in History - The Prophet Muhammad (Section 007)
Instructor(s): Gottfried Hagen
HISTORY 407 - Advanced Study in Comparative and Transnational History - The Problem of Genocide (Section 002)
Instructor(s): Melanie Tanielian
HISTORY 497 - History Colloquium - Global Histories of Citizenship
Instructor(s): Hazal Ozdemir
MIDEAST 323/ISLAM 323 - The Prophet Muhammad in Islam
Instructor(s): Gottfried Hagen
WGS 327 - The History of Sexuality
Instructor(s): Kathryn Babayan
Fall 2025 Courses by CAS Faculty
ARMENIAN 101 - Western Armenian I
Instructor: Sosy Mishoyan
ARMENIAN 201 - Intermediate Western Armenian I
Instructor: Sosy Mishoyan
ARMENIAN 389 / HISTORY 389 / MIDEAST 389 - From Natives to Foreigners: Armenians in Turkey and the Diaspora
Instructor: Hakem Al-Rustom
ARMENIAN 410 - Topics in Armenian Language - Western Armenian Through Media & Literature
Instructor: Sosy Mishoyan
AMCULT 426 / HISTORY 426 - Violence and (De)Colonization; INTLSTD 401 - International Studies Advanced Seminar - Skin/Masks: Violence and (De)Colonization; MIDEAST 490 - Topics in Middle East Studies - Violence and (De)Colonization
Instructor: Hakem Al-Rustom
ENVIRON 219 / MIDEAST 209 - Food and Drink in the Middle East
Instructors: Gottfried Hagen and Geoff Emberling
HISTORY 197 - First Year Seminar in the Humanities - Slavery in the Middle East
Instructor: Kathryn Babayan
MIDEAST 222 - From Kim Kardashian to Movses Khorenatsi: Deciphering the Armenian Experience
Instructor: Michael Pifer
MIDEAST 295 - First Year Seminar in Middle East Studies - The Middle East in Metro Detroit: Life in Michigan After the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Instructor: Michael Pifer
MIDEAST 518 - 518 - Persianate History Through Political and Cultural Texts
Instructor: Kathryn Babayan
