HIST 390D - Topics in History

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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TOPIC TITLE: State, Culture and Society in Modern Iran. For Iranian specialist, these are exciting times. There is a new wave of interdisciplinary research on Iran coinciding with a surge of political and intellectual debate about the direction of contemporary Iranian society. Honors students will capitalize on this in the tutorial by examining Iranian history and society from a number of interrelated standpoints: historical, legal, literary, anthropological and cinematic. We will cover the followng topics: the rise of the modern state in Iran (from sacral kingship to the Islamic Republic), Twelver Shi a Islam in Iran (including the rise of modern clergy and heretical off-shoots), Islamic revivalism in Iran (Al-Afghani, Khomeini and the Islamic- Marxist, Ali Shari ati and reformist Abd al-Karim Sorush), modern Persian prose (Jamalzadeh, Daneshvar, Chubak and Al-e Ahmad), America and Iran and economy and society in Iran (oil industry, urbanization and mass media culture). These topics will be explored through a combination of research monographs, translated literary or historical material (e.g., both of Iran's constitutions) and films. Students will read, discuss and write on the following text: The Mantle of the Prophet by Roy Mottahedeh and The Daughters of Quchan by Afsaneh Najmabadi (history), The Children of Deh Koh by Erika Friedl and Law of Desire by Shahla Haeri (anthropology), Persian is Sugar by Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, Savushun by Simin Daneshvar, The Patient Stone by Sadeq Chuba (fiction), and Weststruckness by Jalal Al-e Ahmad (social criticism). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Sciences Department Course Attributes: Honors Program, Upper Division

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3.00

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www.umich.edu

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(734) 764-1817

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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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