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HIST320

Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring

Subject code

HIST

Course Number

320

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

A. Akhtar

Course Long Title

Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring

Cross Listed Courses

Description

This seminar examines the place of religion in Middle Eastern politics between the rise of European colonialism and the start of the Arab Spring. Religion in the early modern Middle East encompasses not only the communal values of the region's local Muslims, Christians, and Jews, but also the complex relationship between religious ethics and notions of government. Students read a range of texts highlighting the history of governments throughout the Middle East, from Algeria and Egypt to Iraq and Iran, focusing on ways religious ethics and identities intersect with political theory between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries. Prerequisite(s): one course on European colonialism, nationalism, Islam, or Middle Eastern history.

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(History: Modern)

GEC This Course Belongs To

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Class Restriction

Exclude First Years