HTS2041:HistoryoftheModernMiddleEastLauraBierLaura.bier@hsoc.gatech.edu404-509-9543OfficeHours:Mon.12:00-1:30andbyAppt.OldCEBuilding106

Theobjectiveofthiscourseistoprovideabasisforunderstandinghistoricalprocesses(bothglobalandlocal)whichhaveshapedtheMiddleEastandNorthAfricainthemodernperiod(18th-20thcentury)FocusingonthetransformationofstateandsocietyundertheimpactofachangingworldeconomyandEuropeanimperialism,thiscoursehasthreeinterrelatedthemes:

Thetransformationofmultiethnicworldempirestonation-statesinthe20thcenturyThechangingrelationshipoftheMiddleEasttoEuropeandlater,theUnitedStates.

Theriseofnewsocialandpoliticalmovementsandthenewsortsofidentities,socialcategoriesandnotionsofpersonhoodtheywerebasedupon.

Area E Approved Learning Outcome: • Student will demonstrate the ability to describe the social, political, and economic forces that influence social behavior Explain how the course satisfies the Area E approved learning outcome:

To demonstrate that they have met the Area E learning outcome, students will be able to describe thetransformationoftheregionfromOttomanruletomodernnation-statesinthe20thcentury, compare how different Middle Eastern countries reacted to the forces of reform, imperialism and nationalism in the late 19th and early 20th century, analyze how the interplay between global, regional and local forces shaped different social and political movements in the region over time. Course Learning Outcomes:

• Students will describe thetransformationoftheregionfromOttomanruletomodernnation-statesinthe20thcentury

• Students will compare and contrast various types of foreign intervention in the region and reactions to that intervention

• Students will identify how socio-cultural and economic forces shaped the emergence of social and political movements in the Middle East

• Students will analyze how different Middle Eastern countries reacted to the forces of reform, imperialism and nationalism in the late 19th and early 20th century

• Students will evaluate how the patterns of formation of nation-states in the 20th century shapes conflicts in the 21st

EXPECTATIONS:Studentswill:

Read:Expecttoreadfrom50-75pagesaweek.Hereisalistoftherequiredtexts:

JamesGelvin:HistoryoftheModernMiddleEastEdmundBurke:StruggleandSurvivalintheMiddleEastAkramKhater:SourcesintheHistoryoftheModernMiddleEastMarjaneSatrapi:Persepolis

AdditionalreadingswillbepostedinT-sq.Thesearenotedinthereadingschedule.Attend:Youareexpectedtoattendeveryclassandarriveontime.Yougettomisstwoclassesnoquestionsasked.Everyabsenceafterthesecondwillresultinadeductionfromyourparticipationgrade.

Participate:participationwillconsistofattendance,preparationfordiscussionin-classactivitiesandcommentingontheclassblog

ASSESSMENT

MapQuiz:5%BlogPost:5%Mid-term:35%Final:35%Participation:20%

Examswillbeamixtureofshortidentificationsofkeypeopleandeventsandessays.Thefinalnotbecumulative:rather,itwillcoverthesecondhalfoftheclass.

ClassSchedule

Introduction

Jan.8(M)SnowDay Jan.10(W)IntroductionJan.12(F)WhatandWhereistheMiddleEast? Gelvin:IntroductionandChap.1 T-sq:

Film:EmpireoftheFaith(watchbeforeclassifyouarenotfamiliarwiththehistoryofIslamandcomewithanyquestions)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3UHNhQ1Zk

PartI:EmpireandEarlyModernSociety

Jan.15(M)MLKDay—NoClassJan.17(W)TheGunpowderEmpires:OttomanandSafavidRule

Gelvin,Chap.2,3Jan.20(F)GenderandSlaveryintheOttomanEmpire

Burke:Shemsigul:ACircassianSlaveinMid-19thCenturyCairoAssignmentdue:atleast5discussionpoints(typed)aboutShemsigul’scase

PartII.NineteenthCenturyTransformations:EuropeanImperialism,Reform

andIndigenousResponses Jan.22(M)NapoleoninEgypt Gelvin:Chap.4

T-Sq:JuanCole:Napoleon’sEgypt,1-30

Al-Jabarti:NapoleoninEgyptAssignmentdue:Fivetypeddiscussionpointsaboutal-Jabarti:NapoleoninEgypt

Jan.24&26(W&F)DefensiveDevelopmentalism

Gelvin:chap.5 MapQuiz(onWednesday)

T-Sq: ObservingMohammedAliatWork Jan.29(M)Citizenship,LawandReformintheOttomanEmpire Gelvin:Chap.10

IslahatFermani NamikKamalKhater:

1.1 The Hatt-I-Serif Decree 1.5BaghdadiJewsReacttotheModernizationoftheOttomanEmpirePreparationforDiscussionAssignmentDue(detailsprovidedinclass)

Jan31&Feb.2(W&F)Orientalism,ImperialismandColonialRule Gelvin,Chap.6

Khater2.2AnEgyptianKhedivalDecreeEst.aEuropeanControlledPublicDebtAdministration2.3TheConcessionforTobaccoMonopolyinIran

T-sq: LordCromer:ModernEgyptFeb.5(M)SocialImpactandPopularReactiontoImperialism,Colonialism:SocialChange

Gelvin,Chap.7andPhotoEssay:TheGreat19thCenturyTransformationKhater,

3.2:QasimAmin3.5Bahithatal-Badiyya

Feb9(W)SocialImpactandPopularReactiontoImperialism,Colonialism:

Secularism,ModernityandPoliticsGelvin,

Chap.8,9MuhammadAbdu:TheTheologyofUnity

Feb10(F)SocialImpactandPopularReactiontoImperialism,Colonialism:TheViewFromBelow Burke:Assef,APeasantofMt.Lebanon

JourneymanTextileWeaversin19thCent.DamascusTheShaykhandhisDaughter:CopinginColonialAlgeria

Khater,2.5ACoalMiner’sLifeDuringtheOttomanEmpire

AssignmentDue:Iwillassigneachofyouaperson/grouptoreadaboutandaseriesofquestions.Cometoclasswithtypedanswerstothosequestions

Feb.12(M)HowtheMiddleEastbecame“TheMiddleEast”:WWIanditsAftermath

Gelvin,189-193;“AnArabSoldierintheOttomanArmy”(248)Khater:5.4TheAmericanKing-CraneCommissionReport

Feb.14(W)Film:WWIintheMiddleEastFeb16(F)ParisPeaceConferenceSimulation

Khater:4.3TheHusayn-McMahonCorrespondence4.4TheBalfourDeclaration4.5TheDivisionoftheOttomanEmpire:TheTreatyofSevres5.2TheZionistOrganization’sMemorandumtothePeaceConferenceinVersailles5.3TheResolutionoftheGeneralSyrianCongressAdditionaldocumentsonT-sq

AssignmentDue:Prepareatleastfivetypednegotiatingpointsforthesimulation

PartIII.NationalismandStateBuildingintheInterwarPeriodFeb.19&21(M&W)NewNationalismsandNationStates GelvinChap.11-12Feb.23(F)IdeologiesofNationalism

GelvinChap.13AdditionalTBA

Feb.26(M)ZionismandOttomanPalestine Gelvin:TheodoreHertzl:ASolutiontotheJewishQuestionFeb.28(W)ThePalestineMandate

Gelvin,Chap.14Khater:5.8TheArabCaseforPalestine5.9Truman’sStatementSupportingJewishImmigrationintoPalestine

March2(F)1948 T-Sq:

AviShlaim:TheDebateAbout1948Film:TheNakba

March5and7(M&W)TheMiddleEastintheAgeofNasser Gelvin:

“TheContemporaryEra”andChap.15 Tigersonthe10thDay[ReadforWed.] SpeechDeliveredbyAbdelNasser(359)[ReadforWed.]March9(F)Film:UmmKulthum:AVoiceLikeEgyptMarch12(M)Midterm

PartVII:StrugglesforthePresent:TheContemporaryEra

March14(W)TheArabianPeninsulainthePetroleumEra GelvinChap.16;TheD’ArcyOilConcession

Burke: Ahmed:KuwaitiPearlDiver TalalRizk:ASyrianEngineerintheGulf March16(F)FromtheColdWartotheWaronTerror:USForeignPolicy GelvinChap.17

SpringBreakMarch19-23rd

March26&28th(M&W)Israel,theArabStatesandthePalestinians

T-Sq:“TheRiseandFalloftheOsloAccord”AdditionalTBA

March30(F)ConflictandEverydayLife

Burke: Ghada:VillageRebelorpoliticalprotestor(319)

JuneLeavitt:AWestBankSettler(387) AbuJamal:APalestinianUrbanVillager(268)

Khater9.5:ArabIsraeliSoccerPlayers Assignmentdue:Picktwoindividualsabove.Writeashort,informalpaper(250-300words)addressingquestionsIwillgiveyou

April2(M)TheIranianRevolution Gelvin:Chap.18

Khater:7.3:AyatollahKhomeiniDenouncestheRuleoftheShahApril4(W)PersepolisDiscussion

AssignmentDue:ComewithatleastfivebulletpointsfordiscussionofPersepolis

April6&9(F&M)TheIslamicRevival T-Sq; “BinLadenandOtherThoroughlyModernMuslims”

Khater:8.1EgyptianWriterSaidQutubArticulatesaNew,InfluentialVisionofJihad8.4UssamaBinLadenCallsonMuslimstoTakeupArms

April12(W) TheIslamicRevival T-sq:SatelliteTVandIslamicPopcultureinEgypt(Scrolldowntopg.60)

Khater:9.7YoungVeiledWomenEmbracingTheirLoversBurke:

Nadia:MotheroftheBelievers April14(F)FromGulfWartoGulfWar ReadingTBA

April16(M)RevolutionandCounter-Revolution Gelvin:Chap.19 *Issanderel-Amrani:ThreeDecadesofaJokethatJustWon'tDieApril18(W)&20(F)Film:AsIOpenmyEyesApril24:Wrapup Gelvin:Conclusion

Final:May3(Th)2:50-5:40