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Spring 2026

UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst - Spring 2026

For more information on the below courses, please refer to the UMass Course Catalog.


Course Name Course # Credits Instructor Time 
The Jewish Experience IJUDAIC 1014Susan ShapiroT/TH 11:30-12:45
The Jewish Experience IIJUDAIC 1024Jordan KatzT/TH 10:00-11:15
Interfaith Relations: Jews and Christians in the Early Modern WorldJUDAIC 2214Jordan KatzT/TH 11:30-12:45
Challenges of ModernityJUDAIC 3454Ilya KukulinMW 4:00-5:15
Post-Holocaust ThoughJUDAIC4Susan ShapiroT/TH 2:30-3:45
Islam in the Middle East 600-1800CEMIDEAST 1054Malissa TaylorMW 4:00-5:15
Mythology of Ancient PersiaMIDEAST 3134Hadi JoratiT/TH 4:00-5:15
SufismMIDEAST 3614Zahra MoballeghWF 4:00-5:15
Islamic Society & Culture in the Middle AgesMIDEAST 391A4Tayeb El-HibriMW 2:30-3:45
Magic in the Ancient Mediterranean WorldCLASSICS 3304Debbie FeltonT/TH 11:30-12:45
Intro to World ReligionsHISTORY 1124Jason MoraleeT/TH 11:30-12:45
Practical MagicHISTORY 490A3Diana Sierra BecerraMW 4:00-5:15
Introduction to Philosophy of ReligionPHIL 3833Thomas MorrisonMW 4:00-5:15
Sociology of ReligionSOCIOL 3214Fareen ParvezMW 2:30-4:45
Amherst College

Amherst College - Spring 2026

Course Name Course # Credits Instructor Time 
The Persian Book of KingsASLC/ARHA/ HIST 3574Yael RiceT/TH 10:00-11:20
Happiness and the Good LifeRELI 1134Maria HeimMW 10:05-11:20
The Jewish Ethical LifeRELI 1614Greenberg

MW 11:35-12:50

Christian ScripturesRELI 1784Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos

T/TH 10:05-11:20

What is Religion Anyway?RELI 2104A. Dole and L. Barba.T/TH 1:05-2:20
The Problem of EvilRELI 218/PHIL 2294Andrew DoleMW 2:35-3:50
African MysticismRELI/BLST 2234

Monika Brodnicka

T/TH 8:35-9:50
Indian PhilosophyRELI/ASLC/PHIL 2454Maria HeimMW 1:05-2:20
The Qur’an and its ControversiesRELI 2854Tariq JafferT/TH 11:35-12:50
Islam and the OtherRELI 2894Tariq JafferT/TH 2:35-3:50
Buddhist Stories from Modern East AsiaRELI/ASLC 3604Lei YingT/TH 10:05-11:20
Diasporic Homelands: Yiddish Literature of PlaceENGL 275 /EUST/GERM 2084Madeleine (Mindl) CohenT/TH 2:35-3:50
Jewish History in the Modern AgeHIST 2044Daniel AmirMW 2:35-3:50
Hampshire College

Hampshire College - Spring 2026

Course Name Course # Credits Instructor Time 
The Virgin Mary CSI 108 

Jutta Sperling 

T/TH 7:40-9:00PM 
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College - Spring 2026

Course Name Course # Credits Instructor Time 
Introduction to ReligionRELIG 1004Amina SteinfelsMWF 11:30-12:45
Introduction to JudaismRELIG/JWST 1124Mara BenjaminMW 10:00-11:15
Women and Gender in IslamRELIG 2074Amina SteinfelsMW 3:15-4:30
Dante’s Inferno Between Myth and HistoryRELIG 225DM4Mattia BoccutiMW 7:15-8:30 PM
Reimagining American Religious HistoryRELIG 225NR4Meredith Colemen-TobiasT/TH 9:00-10:15 AM
Philosophy of ReligionRELIG/PHIL 2264Katia VavovaT/TH 1:45-3:00
Buddhist EthicsRELIG 2674Susanne MrozikT/TH 1:45-3:00
Sabbath as Countercultural PracticeRELIG/JWST 3434Mara BenjaminM 1:30-4:20
Body and Gender in Religious TraditionsRELIG 3524Susanne MrozikW 1:30-4:20
Smith College

Smith College - Spring 2026

Course Name Course # Credits Instructor Time 
Religions of the WorldREL 1054Carol ZaleskiT/TH 1:20-2:35
RestREL 1094David Howlett

M 1:40-2:55

W 1:20-2:35

Blasphemy!REL 2044Vera ShevzovT/TH 10:50-12:05
Women in the BibleREL/JUD 2144Sari FeinT/TH 10:50-12:05
Eastern Christian Worlds-Prayer and PoliticsREL/RES 3024Vera ShevzovT 7:00-9:30
Fan Fiction: Jewish Storytelling in the Ancient WorldJUD 2194Sari FeinMW 10:50-12:05
Love and Sex in Global Jewish CultureJUD 2524LeiAnna HameT/TH 1:20-2:35
Topics in Jewish Studies-Judaism and FeminismJUD 362jf4Sari FeinTH 1:20-4:00
Classical MythologyCLS 2274Colin MacCormack

M 3:05-4:20

W 2:45-4:00

Islam and the WestSPN 3324Ibtissam BouachrineT/TH 2:45-4:00