History 191 - Middle East 1800-Present

Spring
2013
01
4.00
Monica Ringer

TTH 08:30AM-09:50AM

Amherst College
HIST-191-01-1213S
BEBU 107
mmringer@amherst.edu
HIST-191-01,ASLC-148-01

(Offered as HIST 191 [ME] and ASLC 148 [WA].) This course surveys the history of the Middle East from 1800 to the present. The focus is threefold: following political, social and intellectual trends as they evolve over time, exploring contemporary historical and methodological debates and analysis, and introducing students to important historical literature of the period. The class is divided into modules: “From Subject to Citizen,” “Engineering a Modern Middle East,” “Nationalism and the Quest for Independence,” “Islamist Opposition,” and “Taking Sovereignty: Contemporary Debates and the Post-Modern Era.” The class is discussion-oriented and writing intensive. Two class meetings per week.

Spring semester. Professor Ringer.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.