MES X85 MES 385 Topics in the Middle East: History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced studies of various aspects of history in the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted unless the topics vary: Middle Eastern Studies 381, 384, 385, 386. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing. Additional prerequisites may vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Middle East Police and Criminals. Examine scholarship on crime and criminals, as well as police and law enforcement across the Middle East. Discover how crime and law enforcement have evolved over the past two centuries in the Modern Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: History 388K (Topic: Middle East Cops/Criminals), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Middle East Cops/Criminals), 385 (Topic 1), 386 (Topic: Cops and Criminals).
Topic 2: Nationalisms in the Middle East. Examine theories, methods and debates associated with nationalism in the Modern Middle East, including the histories of national and translational manifestations of nationalism, as well as the nationalisms of minorities in the region, and thematic topics such as race and ethnicity, gender, historiography, and religion. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 390L (Topic: Nationalisms in Middle East), History 388K (Topic: Nationalisms in Middle East), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Nationalisms in Middle East), 385 (Topic 2).
Topic 3: Islamic Historiography.
Topic 4: Islamic Revolution of Iran. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 5: Modern Iranian History and Historiography.
Topic 6: Shi'ite Religious and Political Ideologues.
Topic 7: Women in Islamic Societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 7), History 382N (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 7). Same as: ANS 391.7, HIS 382N.2
Topic 8: The Colonial Situation in Algeria and Beyond.
Topic 9: Method and Theory in Middle Eastern Studies.
Topic 10: Modern Arab Renaissance: An Inquiry.
Topic 11: State and Society in the Middle East.
Topic 12: European Imperialism: British Empire. Study of the British empire in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 3), History 380L (Topic 1), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic 12). Same as: ANS 391.3, HIS 380L.1 Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 13: The Ideas of the East. Examine the significance of the transnational movement of people, ideas, and goods in the process of constructing geocultural categories such as the West, the East, and Asia; and their subcategories such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391C, History 381 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), 385 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 391C Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 14: Global Iran. Examine modern Iranian history from the nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on a body of scholarship that critiques methodological nationalism. Only one of the following may be counted: History 388K (Topic: Global Iran), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Global Iran), 385 (Topic 14).