MELC 20040 - Islamic Societies of the Middle East and North Africa: Religion, History, and Culture, Fall 2005
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This new course offers a panoramic survey of the Islamic societies of the Middle East and North Africa from their origins to the present day. It will deal with the history and expansion of Islam, both as a world religion and civilization, from its birth in the Arabian peninsula in the seventh century to its subsequent spread to other parts of western Asia and North Africa. Issues of religious practices, political governance and movements, gender, social relations and cultural norms will be explored in relation to a number of Islamic societies in the region. The course foregrounds the complexities and diversity present in a critical geographic area of what we call the Islamic world today.
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ISLAMIC SOCIETIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: RELIGION, HISTORY AND CULTUREProfessor Asma Afsaruddin Middle East Studies Course Structure: Two 75-minute classes per week |
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Course Description
This new course offers a panoramic survey of the Islamic societies of the Middle East and North Africa from their origins to the present day. It will deal with the history and expansion of Islam, both as a world religion and civilization, from its birth in the Arabian peninsula in the seventh century to its subsequent spread to other parts of western Asia and North Africa. Issues of religious practices, political governance and movements, gender, social relations and cultural norms will be explored in relation to a number of Islamic societies in the region. The course foregrounds the complexities and diversity present in a critical geographic area of what we call the Islamic world today.
Course Contents
MELC 20040 - Lecture 1 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 1 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 2 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 2 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 5 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 5 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 3 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 3 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 7 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 4 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 4 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 6 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 9 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 6 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 8 Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lectures , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Movies and Videos , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Possible Paper Topics , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Second Response Paper Guidelines , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 8 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Lecture 9 , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Study Materials , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Religious Distribution , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Major Assignments , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Oral Presentation Guidelines , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Term Paper Proposal Guidelines , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Middle East and North Africa Political Map , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Readings and Assigned Viewing , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Second Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Dupes , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire (1683-1924) , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Oral Presentation Sample , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Height of the Abbasid Empire , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Sixth Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Jahili Middle East during the 6th Century , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Syllabus , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Term Paper Guidelines , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Al-Azhar University , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Third Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Islamic City Handout , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Calendar , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - European Colonialism in the Middle East , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - The Ottoman Empire (1481-1683) , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - A History of Palestinian-Israeli Relations , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Asma Afsaruddin , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - About the Professor , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Dome of the Rock , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - First Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Fifth Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - First Response Paper Guidelines , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - John Voll Lecture Abstract , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Kaaba , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Fourth Video , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - ISMENA Collage , Fall 2005
MELC 20040 - Discussion Questions for Esposito's Unholy War , Fall 2005
