Fall 2017  |  HIST 5547 Section 001: Empire and Nations in the Middle East (35311)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 415
Course Catalog Description:
Modernity in non-Western imperial context. Identity, ideology, economy, environment, language. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
Class Description:
This course explores the complex historical transition from the early modern to the modern period in the Middle East, Balkans and wider eastern Mediterranean. Because of the great diversity of this region's experience with direct European imperialism, ranging from prolonged (Algeria, Lebanon) to non-existent
(Turkey, Balkans); as well as the enduring importance of imperial rule by a non-Western state (the Ottoman Empire), it provides a perfect testing ground for various theories of modernity, nation, and empire. Themes to be addressed within this general framework include race and ethnicity, sectarianism, religion and politics, and political economy.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Graduate students in history, as well as related fields of the social sciences and humanities. No special knowledge of the Middle East is required.
Grading:
Participation in class discussions, group presentations, and a final paper (10-15 pages)
Class Format:
Class meetings will alternately consist of group discussions of common readings, and of in-class presentation of individually assigned readings on thematic topics.
Workload:
Roughly 100-200 pages of reading a week.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35311/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 April 2017

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