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Community and Identity in the Middle East

 

What is a nation? Does it come from a map, a language, a race or a religion? The nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been periods of intense change, as Middle Eastern nations have emerged and states have been broken down by internal and external forces. We will explore the racial, religious, and political beliefs that bring people together and break them apart both in the Middle East as well as worldwide. Reading historical nationalist works alongside critical theory will allow us to reconsider ideas of communal identity from the nineteenth century through the present day. In keeping with the goals of MCWP 50, students will examine arguments about this topic in an effort to understand their structures while researching and writing a research-based argument about an issue relevant to the course topic.

 

SECTION ID

SECTION

DAY/TIME

ROOM

INSTRUCTOR

954396

034

T/TH 11:00-12:20

1128B

Nur Duru

954398

036

T/TH 2:00-3:20

1128B

Nur Duru

954399

037

T/TH 3:30-4:50

1128B

Nur Duru

954367

005

MW 2:00-3:20

2333B

Ted Falk

954368

006

MW 3:30-4:50

2333B

Ted Falk

954369

007

MW 5:00-6:20

2346A

Ted Falk