MES501 HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
| Course Code: |
8320501 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Middle East Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. EBRU BOYAR |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
The course is designed to provide a review of the historical, political and social settings in the Middle East in the 19th century from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course is a survey for the understanding of the modern Middle East through an in-depth analysis of historical processes as the bases of modernity in the foundation of modern political and social structures. A review of contemporary approaches to understand the Ottoman settings of the Middle East will be followed by the analysis of ethnic, religious and political organization of the region, and the study of changes in these formations throughout the nineteenth century.
