Academic Catalog

HIST623 GRADUATE SEMINAR ON OTTOMAN SOCIAL&ECON. HISTORY

Course Code: 2400623
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: Res.Assist. ÝSMAÝL GÜNDOÐDU
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This seminar is designed to train Ph.D. students in reading and analyzing Ottoman sources on social and economic life. Special documents will be chosen to illustrate aspects of urban life such as the organization of urban space, guilds and markets and urban-rural networks. Students will also focus on Ottoman court registers that illustrate urban mentality.