HIST514 HISTORY OF MIDDLE EASTERN NATION-STATES, 1920-1990
| Course Code: |
2400514 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
History |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. RECEP BOZTEMUR |
| Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The aim of the course is to have a comprehensive study of state-making and nation-building processes in the Middle East between World War I and the present. The framework of the course will be drawn by the triumviral relationship between the state, society and social transformation. Theories of nation, nationalism and the nation-state, the role of the military in the nation-state formation and the politics of religious resurrection in the Middle East will be discussed. The course will analyze political, economic and social changes in Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine as the primary areas of study.
