2010-2011 Academic Catalog

May 03, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 162 - The History of the Modern Middle East

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion

This course will focus on the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of nationalism in the Ottoman lands at the turn of the 20th century. Explores the internal and external factors that led to the rise of nationalism as both an ideology and a political movement among various social groups (especially the Greek, Armenian, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Jewish populations living in the Ottoman Empire at that time), and discuss the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the concomitant emergence of various nation states. Major themes include Ottoman attempts at reforms, the role of Islam, the Ottoman homogenization policy, massacres and ethnic cleansings, the First World War, the impact of international agreements on the emergence of different nation states in the region and the developments until Second World War. Fulfills the Historical Perspective.

Cross Listed: HGS 162

Instructor: Mr. Akcam

When Offered: Offered periodically.

Faculty: Taner Akçam, Ph.D. - Associate Professor; Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies