INTS 312 - Rethinking the Middle East and its Broader Context

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Trinity College

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Description:

This course takes as its starting point the assertion that the term "Middle East" is more a political reference that points to 19th and 20th century Europe and America than it is a self-defined marker designating a cohesive geographic region. After exploring some of the ways in which the Middle East has been understood as an integral regional "unit," the course will embark upon a series of investigations that challenge this conventional understanding of how the region is defined. The primary trajectory of these investigations will be "outward": in what ways do areas typically conceived of as being on the fringes of the Middle East actually function as centers of exchange, transit and contest between the Middle East and other parts of the world Some particular areas of focus will be connections between Yemen and the Dutch East Indies (contemporary Indonesia) in the 18th century, Oman and Zanzibar (contemporary Tanzania) in the 20th century, Morocco and Senegal since the 19th century, Tunisia and Sicily, Upper Egypt and the Sudan, and the Mediterranean island of Crete. (Also offered under Histo 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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