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This seminar explores the history of Zionism and of Israel while placing it within the history of Europe, of Judaism, of Palestine, of the Middle East, and of global trends that gave meaning to the Zionist movement and the state of Israel.

This seminar explores the history of Zionism and of Israel while placing it within the history of Europe, of Judaism, of Palestine, of the Middle East, and of global trends that gave meaning to the Zionist movement and the state of Israel.

Media headlines across the world today contain news of the humanitarian, political, economic, and social implications of the refugee crises that have resulted from the Arab Spring. Seen through the lens of history, however, these recent events form part of a long tradition in which people have been displaced during the modern era. This course will connect contemporary events to the history of mass migration in the Middle East, taking the settlement of major cities during the mid-eighteenth century as our starting point.

This course will investigate several different Islamic religious movements. It will focus on the ideas and beliefs of each movement, their cultural and historical contexts, and the historical effect that these movements have had. Topics will include the Sunni-Shiite division, Mysticism, Islamic Modernism, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and "Fundamentallism" or Political Islam.