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Academic Year 2004/2005

Ethnicity, Religion and Class in the Middle East and the Balkans
HIST 311 FA
Crosslistings:
RELI 311

The dissolution of empire, Ottoman and Soviet, produced dramatic changes in the ecomonic and social structure of the Middle East and the Balkans, leading to the emergence of new, competing social identities. This course will examine issues of nationalism versus religious identities, class struggle versus anti-Western struggle and the changing role of the minorities, both religious and ethnic, in the larger society in the 19th- and 20th-century Middle East and Balkans.

MAJOR READINGS

M. Esman and I. Rabinovich, ETHNICITY, PLURALISM AND THE STATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Ivo Andric, BRIDGE ON THE DRINA Bendict Anderson, IMAGINED COMMUNITIES Sylvia Haim, ARAB NATIONALISM Additional readings, including primary materials, will be placed on reserve.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Six 2 page papers on assigned readings. Final take home essay.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Permission of Instructor required.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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