Topics in Middle Eastern History

MES

73900

Topics in Middle Eastern History

This course will focus on specific topics in Middle Eastern and/or Islamic History. Students investigate the main currents and critical events in Middle Eastern/Islamic history. These include the categorical framing of the region in political and cultural thought, political, economic, social and ideological change, state and economic formation, interactions with outside forces, their international consequences and significance. Emphasis in class meetings is placed on published primary documents in translation and the preparation of an analytical research paper synthesizing current scholarly literature.

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Graduate School Graduate

Yes

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