HS 238 Syllabus Spring 2009

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Syllabus HS 238

Survey of the Middle East

1:45-3:05 Tues. and Thurs. Loyola 15

Spring 2009

Prof. Gladys Frantz-Murphy OfficeHours:202 Carroll Hall TR10:10-12:10303-458-4281 F 2:30-3:[email protected] Other timesby

appointment

Overview of the CourseThe course will address the Middle East within the context of world history.The modern Middle East results from the replacement of imperial structuresof rule by the creation and imposition of fictive nation-states. Carved outof the Ottoman Empire, these nation-states were designed to meet thestrategic needs, particularly oil, and communications (Suez) of rival westernnation states that controlled overseas empires. Britain and France drew theborders, created the states and promoted elites to defend those borders,while ignoring the interests of and denying agency to the people living underthose newly installed national elites.

The first half of this course will define the Middle East by its geography and

eco-systems and introduce land use patterns adapted to those varied eco-systems and their corresponding political forms of organization. The coursewill also introduce the linguistic groups and cultural identities of theinhabitants of those varied eco-systems, and introduce Islam within thecontext of Middle Eastern monotheisms from Judaism to Christianity. Thesecond half of the course will begin with Ottoman and Iranian attempts toforestall European imperial designs on their territories from the contiguousRussian and Austrian empires and the non-contiguous English and Frenchmaritime empires. The final quarter of the course will focus on the attemptsof the nation-states carved out of the Ottoman Empire to regain control oftheir resources by revolting against their European colonizers to gain political

as well as economic independence.

Course Objectives

1) To become familiar with the environmental resource base of the MiddleEast, and how competition for those resources has shaped competingnarratives of the history of the Middle East.

2) To become aware of the degree to which imperial and national narratives,as well as cold war ideologies, have affected the construction of the historyof the Middle East.


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3) To situate the history of the Middle East within the mainstream of worldhistorical studies.

4) To develop students ability to evaluate, analyze, and interpret data andevidence, and to present and sustain a thesis on the basis of evidence.

Requirements and Grading

Participation 200 points4 Reading Quizzes (2 written 10 min.; 2 oral -2 min.) = 400 pointsWritten Midterm 200 pointsOral Final 200 points

Participation

I expect students to come to each class having read the assigned materialcarefully. Reading is listed opposite the date of the class in which the readingwill be discussed. You must read the material assigned for that class beforecoming to class. Raising questions about unfamiliar ideas and conceptsencountered in that reading is evidence of engagement with the materialand with the course, and so, participation. A simple and effective means of

participation is by submitting comments on the Comment Sheet aftereach class. I read and note each time you submit a comment. Otherexamples of participation include, but are not limited to, raising a question inclass, responding thoughtfully to the comments of another, drawing ourattention to a key passage, or some other issue raised by the materialassigned. I expect regular participation in some form from all students.

If you are not in class, your absence constitutes prima facia evidence thatyou are not participating.

Attendance Policy

This course meets two times per week; a student may take up to fourabsences without penalty. With the 5th absence you will lose 100 points forparticipation, and with the 6th absence an additional 100 points forparticipation. With the 7th absence a students final grade will be furtherreduced by 25%, the percentage of the course that the student will havemissed. An 8th absence earns a failure for the course.

Entry Slips for Extra PointsAn entry slip for a class consists of one or more of the following components:

- answers to questions on the articles assigned for that day in the Course Pac

- answers to questions on the reading in Khaters Sources

- questons that you make up on any other readings assigned for that class

Questions on the articles in the Course Pac begin each of the articles.

Questions on the reading in Khater are in the Study Guide, which is onelectronic reserve.

There are 24 sets of assigned readings. You can earn an extra 10 points foranwering all of the qeustions for each of the readings assigned for a givenclass and submitting those answers and/or questions at the beginning of theclass for which the readings are scheduled. You can earn up to 240 points.


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You can earn extra points for submitting responses to the questions on theassigned reading, but only if those written responses are submitted to me atthe beginning of the class period for which those readings are assigned. Anda complete entry slip includes all of the readings assigned for that classperiod. Students who submit written responses at the beginning of classshould retain a copy to use in that days class discussion.

Quiz Questions for Extra PointsI will ask you to submit questions for scheduled quizzes and exams in theclass before the scheduled quiz or exam. Study Guides based on yourquestions will be posted the day before the quiz or exam. You can earnextra points for any questions that you submit. Points will be for qualityrather than quantity of any questions that you submit.

Exit Slips

In order to clarify issues or points made in the reading or that are discussedin class I will, upon occasion, ask you to write a line or two on yourunderstanding of an issue, either the highlights of the class discussion or

changes in your understanding of the assigned reading in the light of classdiscussion. Exit slips provide me with immediate feedback enabling me toclear up possible confusion about the material being covered. Exit slips willcount toward participation credit.

Reading Quizzes

Five Reading Quizzes, as scheduled below, will be given at the beginning ofthe class in which they are scheduled. Students arriving late, will miss thatquiz. With the understanding that a student may have to miss one quiz atsome point due to circumstances beyond his/her control, a student can missone of the five and still receive full credit. Makeup quizzes will not be given.

Two of the reading quizzes must be written, and two must be oral.

You can rewrite quizzes and the midterm to improve the grade, but only ifyou submit the original along with the rewrite in the class periodimmediately following the class in which the graded quiz or exam wasreturned to you. I will drop the lowest grade of anyone taking all 5 quizzes.Or, you can earn extra points by taking all five quizzes.

Get Out of Final Exam Free Card

Sufficient Extra Points can earn you a Get Out of Final Exam Card. If youhave earned 930 points (including extra points) by the last day of classes,your earn an A for the couse without having to take the final exam.

Required Reading available at the BookstoreAndrea & Overfield. (2005). Course Pac. The Human Record. NY: LADCustom Publishing.

Cleveland, William. (2009). A History of the Modern Middle East, 4th ed.Westview, N.Y. (chapters 1-17, 20)

Davis, Mike. (2007). Budas Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb.Verso, N.Y. chaps. (chapters 1-4, 12-13, 17, 19-22)

Hiro, Dilip. (2007) Blood of the Earth. The Battle for the Worlds Vanishing


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Oil Resources. Nation Books, N.Y (Preface, Introduction, and chapters 1-5)

Khater, Akram F. (2004). Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East.Houghton-Mifflin, N.Y. (selections as indicated below)

Polk, William R. (2005). Understanding Iraq. Harper Collins, New York.

Required Reading on Electronic Reserve (e-reserve)Electronic Reserve at http://www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=lib

On the left drop down menu electronic reserves, click on electronicreserves course pages find by course number, name, department, orinstructor, password is middle to access the following:Teaching Pre-Modern Islamic History in a Global ContextStudy Guide for KhaterThe Secret Gunboats of the East India CompanyLate Victorian Holocausts

Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. A PrimerThe Need Not to KnowComment Sheet

Syllabus HS 238Required Reading Available OnlineAnglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 http://www.democrats.com/anglo-iraqi-treaty-of-1930

West Bank Trip http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/politics/wb08-travel.html

Barnett Rubin, History of Zionism http://icga.blogspot.com/2008/04/rubin-against-holocaust-denial-against.html

Academic Honesty Statement

I expect intellectual integrity from students at all times. Students who

present as their own the ideas, words, or products of another on assignmentswill be severely punished. The first offense will result in a 0 on theassignment and a second offense will result in an F in the course. If you areunclear as to what constitutes academic dishonesty, please speak with meand read the statement in the Regis Bulletin.

Incomplete Policy

An incomplete can only be granted in extraordinary cases and must beinitiated in the Deans Office. 80% of the course work must be completed atthe time of the request for a grade of Incomplete. The filled out incompleterequest form must be in my hands no later than the last day of class.


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Equal Access to Classes and Learning Accommodations

Regis University, in compliance with federal guidelines, is committed toequal educational opportunity by assuring otherwise qualified students withdisabilities equal access to Regis University programs and activities that areprovided to students without disabilities. An otherwise qualified person witha disability is a student who meets the academic and technical standardsrequired for admission or participation in Regis Universitys educationalprograms and activities.

Eligibility

To ensure the provision of reasonable and appropriate services at RegisUniversity, students with disabilities must identify themselves in a timelymanner to the Office of Disability Services (ODS), Room 118B, Life DirectionsCenter, 303-458-4941, [email protected], in order to be eligible forrequested accommodation(s). Current and comprehensive documentationmust be on file with ODS prior to approval of the accommodation.

It is strongly encouraged that students self-disclose their disabilities at the

beginning of their academic experience because accommodations are notretroactive.

Varsity Athletes and Forensics Students

Varsity athletes and forensics students whose season of competition is in thespring semester MUST present their schedule during the first week ofclasshighlighting those dates which will affect their class participation,so that we can determine the students schedules compatibility with courserequirements. Include your name, email address (legible) and phonenumber on the schedule page.

Regis Writing Center

The Writing Center is a free resource for Regis College undergraduates.Whether you are a proficient, okay, or struggling writer, you will benefit fromworking with a writing consultant. These peer consultants help at any pointin your writing process, from brainstorming for ideas to organizing a draft topolishing the final version. You get immediate and personal feedback aboutyour writing as well as answers to your questions. Appointments for thispopular service are recommended. Drop by the Writing Center in Loyola 1 orcall (303) 458-4039 for more information.

Reading and DiscussionsThe readings listed following the date are to be read before coming to class

on that date. Whenever reading is assigned in the Course Pac, or in KhatersSources, bring those books to class for that period.Week 1

T 1/13 Introduction: Defining the Middle East. Environmentand Eco-Systems. In class -Video: -The Traditional World of Islam.Man and Nature

R 1/15 The Early Islamic World. In classVideo: Unity. Read beforecoming to class: e-reserve, Teaching Pre-Modern Middle East; online,Middle of where?
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/04/middleeast; Polk, pp.ix-xviii, and 35-47

Week 2

T 1/20 (Last Day to Add/Drop Classes.)Early Islamic Civilization.In class Video: Knowledge of the World. Read before coming to class:Cleveland pp. 1-3, chap. 1 and pp. 31-33; Course Pac 1 (Quran), 2

(Traditions), 3 (Shia), 4 (Sufis).R 1/22 Islamic Civilization to 1600. In class, view Video: InnerLife. Read before coming to class: Polk, pp. 47-58; Cleveland chap. 2;Course Pac 5 (Government), Course Pac 6 (12 th cent. Jewish visitor describesBaghdad), 7 (Turkish cavalry), 8 (Crusaders)

Week 3T 1/27 Reading Quiz 1 (Written). The Ottoman Empire in Europeand the Middle East. Read before coming to class: Cleveland pp. 37- 51;Course Pac 9 (Diplomat of Holy Roman Emperor at the Ottoman Court in1555), 10 (Ottoman government ca. 1700).

R 1/29 Iran and India in the 1600s. In class Video: Nomad and City.Read before coming to class: Cleveland pp. 51-56; Polk, pp. 58-65. CoursePac 11 (Fr. Paul Simons Report on Shah Abbas), 12 ( Akbarname) 13 (Frencheconomic theory in 1660), 14 (French in India 1670).

Week 4T 2/3 Europeans Compete for Middle Eastern Resources. Clevelandpp. 57-60 and chap. 4; Course Pac 17 (The British in India 1759), 16 (BritishEconomic Theory ca. 1776, Free Trade), 15 (The British in the OttomanEmpire in 1799); Khater, 2.1 (Treaty 1828); e-reserve Secret Gunboats ofthe East India Company

R 2/5Ottoman Response to European Pressure. Cleveland, pp. 81-92;Khater pp. 7-11 and articles 3.1, (1820, Egypt), 2.2 (1838 The OttomanEmpire and-Britain), 1.1 (Hatti-i-Serif 1839); 1.2 (non-Muslim rights 1856),1.3 (Ottoman "citizen" 1870), 2.7 (Tobacco smuggling in Syria, 1895)

Week 5T 2/10 Reading Quiz 2 (Oral). Non-State Responses to EuropeanPressure. Course Pac 18 (Wahhabis ca. 1803) and 19 (Western Sudan, ca.1806) are in Khater Study Guide, e-reserve.

Britain and Russia Ally vs. Constitutional Revolutions

R 2/12 Constitutional Revolution in Egypt and Iran. Cleveland pp.92-102, and chap 6; Khater, 2.4 (Suez), 2.3 (Egyptian debt 1876), pp. 38-40and articles on Iran - 1.4 (1880 satire), 2.5 (Bank 1889) 2.6 (Tobacco Revolt1890); Course Pac 20 (Afghani 1891)

Week 6T 2/17 Political, Religious, and Cultural Reactions. Cleveland,chap. 7; Khater 1.5 (al-Afghani answers Renan 1883). Women in Egypt andIran. Egypt, Khater pp. 66-67 and articles 3.2 (1899 ), 3.3 (1900) , 3.6(1909), 3.7 (1928) 3.5 (1907, 1909) (Suffragettes hand out)


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R 2/19 Reading Quiz 3 (written). begin Video. Blood and Oil in WW I(112 min.); e-reserve Davis Late Victorian Holocausts (for discussion Tues.2/24).

Week 7T 2/24 Nationalism and Imperialism. Cleveland chap. 8; Course Pac22 (Young Turks), 23 (Anglo-Russian Agreement 1907); Khater 3.4 (Jews in N.

Africa 1902-1915), 1.6 (Baghdadi Jews 1908)R 2/26 Midterm Exam. Finish Video Blood and Oil in WW I.

SPRING BREAK 2/28-3/8

Week 8T 3/10 Rival Nationalisms. Khater pp. 109-113 and article 4.1(Pinsker), 4.2 (Ahad Ha-Am), 4.3 Husayn-McMahon; 4.4 (Balfour); Course Pac27 (Arab Nationalism), 5.1 (Memoirs of US Ambassador on Armenians in theOttoman Empire); Barry Rubin History of Zionism,http://icga.blogspot.com/2008/04/rubin-against-holocaust-denial-against.html

about a third of the way down, from We need a common history..., toabout half way down, Perhaps if the Arab states... (Feel free to read theentire entry, well come back to it later.)

Veiled Empire vs Secular Nationalism

R 3/12 World War I and the Creation of The Middle East.Cleveland chap. 9; Khater 4.5, (Svres), 5.2 (Zionists at Versailles 1919), 5.3(Syrian Congress 1919), 5.4 (King-Crane Commission 1919), 5.6 (Womenssuffrage in Syria); online Palestine-Israel Primer pp. 1-3

Week 9T 3/17 Robert Newmans History of OilCourse Pac 24 (Wilsons 14

Points), 25 Treaty of Versailles, 26 (League of Nations ); Davis chapters 1-3;Hiro, Preface and Introduction to p. xxxvii

The Middle East Between the Wars. Veiled Empire, Colonies,and Independent Nation States

R 3/19 Independent Nation-States. Cleveland 171-173 and chap.10, Turkey, Iran, chap. 12, pp 230-237 Saudi Arabia; Khater 4.6 (Ataturk);Course Pac 28 (Ataturk) TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROMA CLASS

Week 10T 3/24 Reading Quiz 4 written. Britain inEgypt, Iraq and Jordan,

Cleveland chap. 11; Polk chap. 3; online Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930http://www.democrats.com/anglo-iraqi-treaty-of-1930; Hiro, chap. 3

R 3/26 The French in Syria, Lebanon, and North Africa. Clevelandchap 11 and pp. 217-230; Khater 5.11 (Alexandretta); 4.8 (Algeria, 1933); 4.9(Greater Syria, 1935), 4.11 (Arabism vs. Islamism, 1943)

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T 3/31 Egypt. Creating a Nation. Cleveland pp. 234-237; Khater,Egypt: 4.7 (al-Azhar 1928), 4.10 (Taha Husayn, 1938), 4.12 (MuslimBrotherhood, 1949), and pp. 247-252

R 4/2 Jewish vs. Palestinian nationalism. Cleveland 13; Khater 5.10Nationalism and the Jewish Community in Tunisia 1938). 5.12 (Arab Case forPalestine), 5.13 (Truman); Davis chap. 4

Cold War vs. Nationalism

Week 12T 4/7Turkey and Iran 1945-1970s. Cleveland 14; Khater 8.2 (Shariati,1968), 8.3 (Bazargan, 1974), pp. 247-252, and 6.1 (Iran); Hiro, chap. 4

R 4/9Reading Quiz 5 Written or Oral.

Week 13T 4/14 The 1967 War and the Rise of Political Islam Cleveland 15-16; Khater pp. 276-298, 8.1 (Qutb, 1964), 7.1 (Nasser resigns) and pp. 320-323, 7.4 (Lebanese Civil War), 6.2 (Saddam Hussein on History); Polk chaps.45

Oil, Palestine/Israel. Conflicted Interests

R 4/16 Israel and the Palestinians 1948 to 1970s. Cleveland chap. 17;Hiro chap. 5

Week 14T 4/21 The Iranian Revolution and Political Islam. Cleveland pp.369-72 and chap. 20; Khater 7.5 (American Council in Iran, 1978),7.6 (Syria1982), 7.3 (Khomeini, 1975); Course Pac 31 (Khomeini), 32 (women in Iran);Davis chaps. 12-13, 17; Polk chap. 6

R 4/23 Palestine, Israel and the Arab Israeli conflict (ereserve), pp. 6-12;Course Pac 30 (Herzog) ;Davis chaps. 19-22; ereserve The Need Not toKnow; online West Bank Triphttp://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/politics/wb08-travel.html and, TheTwo State Solution http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/politics/wb08-essay.html; on Israels 1982 invasion of Lebanonhttp://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0110/p25s01-almo.html; and seehttp://waltzwithbashir.com/film.html

Final Thurs., April 30, 8 am

This syllabus is subject to change.

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