Syllabus for Seminar
Religion 8480: Research in Islamic
Studies
Dr. Godlas Fall 2009
Class time: Tues/Thurs
5:00-6:15, 205C Seminar Room,
Peabody
Office hour:
Thursday, 2:30-3:30, 217 Peabody,
phone 706-542-1486
Email: godlas@uga.edu ; website:
www.uga.edu/islam
Course
Objectives:
1) To become proficient in the skills
necessary for doing M.A. and Ph.D. level research in Islamic Studies and Arabic
or Persian;
2) To develop professional expertise in
presenting one’s area of specialization within Islamic and Religious Studies;
and
3) To use these skills and expertise in
researching a particular topic relevant to one’s area of specialization.
Topical
Outline:
I. Romanization/transliteration
II. Unicode and
Arabicizing your computer
III. Arabic
Papyrology School and Manuscripts in UGA Rare Book Room
IV.Googling in
Arabic and Persian (and Google Toolbar-translator)
V. English
Encyclopedias
VI. Periodical
searches: ATLA, Index Islamicus, JSTOR-Google, Interlibrary Loan
VII. Wright's
Grammar and Arabic and Persian Dictionaries
VIII. Searching
and Researching Qur’anic verses and tafsir
IX. Searching
and Researching Hadith
X. Online
libraries in Arabic and Persian
XI. Arabic
bibliographical research
XII. Formatting
Scholarly Works: Chicago Manual of Style
XIII. Manuscript
Research
XIV. Reading
manuscripts
Works in
European Languages:
Library of
Congress, Romanization (& online at Dr. G's website)
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/arabic.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/persian.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ottoman.pdf
Encyclopedia
of Religion, ed. Eliade
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern
Islamic World
Encyclopaedia of Islam
McAuliffe, ed., Encyclopaedia of
the Qur'an
Index Islamicus
and Inter-library loan office
Brockelmann, Geschichte
Der Arabischen Litteratur
Sezgin, Geschichte
Des Arabischen Schrifttums
C. A. Storey, Persian
Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey
Wright, A
Grammar of the Arabic Language
E.W. Lane, Arabic-English
Lexicon http://tabs-online.com/TABS/Lane/
Steingass,
Persian-English Dictionary http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/steingass/
The Chicago Manual of Style
Resources in Arabic
Muhammad Fu'ad,
al-Mu'jam al-mufahras li-alfaz
al-Qur'an al-karim
Wensinck, Concordance
et indices de la tradition musulmane (al-Mu'jam al-mufahras li-alfaz al-hadith al-nabawi)
Al-Kahhala, Mu'jam
al-mu'allifin http://islamport.com/
al-Zirikli, al-'Alam, search first category at islamport or
just tarajim wa-tabaqat
Hajji Khalifa,
Kashf al-zunun http://islamport.com/ search third category or
faharis al-kutub
Tabaqat-Ta’rikh
genre
Online
Resources:
Online Unicode
Fonts for Transliterating Arabic: See Dr. Godlas' website
Arabic
Papyrology School:
http://orientx.unizh.ch:8080/aps_test_2/home/index.jsp
Online Qur'an
and Hadith Searching in English, see Dr. G's website.
"Arabicizing
Your Computer," see Dr. G's website.
Searching Google in Arabic
Al-Waraq Online Library of Arabic
Texts and other similar databases
Online
Arabic Dictionaries
·
Lisan
al-'Arab of Ibn Manzur. Use http://islamport.com/
search 'ulum al-lugah al-'arabiya but also at www.alwaraq.net
·
Taj
al-'Arus of Zabidi. Use http://islamport.com/
search 'ulum al-lugah al-'arabiya ,but
also at www.alwaraq.net
Online hadith
index of the major hadith collections: http://hadith.al-islam.com/
Online Qur'an
and tafsir search at http://www.altafsir.com/
Princeton
Online Arabic Manuscripts http://library.princeton.edu/projects/islamic/index.html
Texts:
Assorted
handouts
Grading:
Based on weekly student assignments, hadith research project, paper and
final oral presentation, and attendance.
40% Written
Final Research Paper due Fri., Dec. 11, 7:00 pm.
20% Final Oral
Presention
15% Hadith Research Project (takhrij)
15% Weekly
Assignments
10% Attendance
Attendance and Participation:
All students are expected to attend each class. Class
attendance is absolutely necessary.
Late assignments will also result in a 1% reduction of your final grade for this course. If you hand in your final paper late, every day your grade will go down ½ the letter grade (i.e. 5%). The final oral presentation exam is scheduled for Exam: Fri., Dec. 11, 7-10 pm. This cannot be changed. Absolutely no cell phones (or other communication devices) are to be used in class, as these are highly disruptive. This includes silently checking your messages or sending text messages! If you violate this policy, you will be counted as absent for that day without notice. No exceptions!
Final Oral Presentation Exam:
Exam: Fri., Dec. 11, 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Honesty Policy
The UGA Academic
Honesty Policy will be followed.
See http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/academic_honesty.htm
Changes to this Syllabus
The instructor
reserves the right to make any changes to this syllabus. Changes will be posted on WebCT.