History 323A - ST: Nationalism and its Discontents in the Modern Middle East x, Semerdjian

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Whitman College

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This course will explore the origins of Arab and Turkish Nationalism in the Middle East. Students will learn about the ideological impact of imperialism, the nineteenth-century Arab literary renaissance and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire that helped shaped nationalism in the region. Students will read primary sources in the form of speeches and writings by the founders of Pan-Arabism, Baathism, and Turkish Nationalism as well as the political writings of their opponents who advocated Islamic unity or in some cases Islamic nationalism. The course will finish with the critique nationalism found in groups ranging from transnational Islamic movements like al-Qaeda to Turkey's moderate Islamist AK party who has challenged Kemalist Nationalism in Turkey. Students will be required to write a research paper in the course and participate in class discussion as part of their final grade.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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