SYLLABUS

Course Title: Introduction to the Study of the Middle East
Office Hours: By appt.
Instructor: Juan Cole
Telephone: 763-1599; e-mail: jrcole

Books assigned (available at Ulrich's, Barnes and Noble)

Orit Bashkin, The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010)

Beth Baron, Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007)

Lara Deeb, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006)

Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East (New York: Basic Books, 2015)

Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).

Course Topics

Sept. 10      Orientation

Sept.17      The Ottoman Background I

Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans (first half)

Sept. 24      The Ottoman Background II

Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans (second half)

Oct. 1      20th Century Mandates and Monarchies

Beth Baron, Egypt as a Woman (first half)

Oct. 8      20th Century Mandates and Monarchies

Beth Baron, Egypt as a Woman (second half)

Oct. 15      20th Century Mandates and Monarchies

Bashkin, The Other Iraq (first half)

Oct. 22      NO CLASS (Fall Break)

Oct. 29      20th Century Mandates and Monarchies

Bashkin, The Other Iraq (second half)

FIRST Review Art. DUE Oct. 30

Nov. 5      Politics in Syria

Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination (first half)

Nov. 12      Politics in Syria

Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination (second half)

Nov. 19      Contemporary Lebanon

Lara Deeb, Enchanted Modern (first Half)

SECOND PRECIS DUE Nov. 19

Dec. 3      Contemporary Lebanon

Deeb, Enchanted Modern (Second Half)

Dec. 10      Thematic Final Class Discussion

FINAL Review Art DUE Dec. 10

Academic Integrity Policy: History 698 follows the academic integrity guidelines set forth by the College of LSA and the History Department. Students should familiarize themselves with both of these documents, which explain the standards of academic integrity and clarify the prohibited forms of academic misconduct. Students in History 698 should utilize the Chicago Manual of Style Online for all issues of source citation, along with any specific guidelines provided in the course assignments. Clarifying the disciplinary standards of research ethics and source citation is part of the educational mission of this course, and students should consult the faculty instructor and/or GSI regarding any questions. The penalties for deliberate cases of plagiarism and/or other forms of academic misconduct are a failing grade on the assignment. Cases that the instructor judges to be particularly serious, or those in which the student contests the charge of academic misconduct, will be handled by the office of the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education. All cases of deliberate academic misconduct that result in formal sanctions of any kind will be reported to the dean’s office, as required by LSA policy, which also ensures due process rights of appeal for students.

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