HIST 524 - The Modern Middle East

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring - Even

This course surveys major political and cultural developments in the Middle East over the last two centuries, emphasizing interactions with the West, the development of secular nation-states, the nature of Arab nationalism and the Arab-Israeli dispute, oil diplomacy, and the Islamist revival. Time is reserved for discussion of topics that have acquired a broad contemporary significance.

Crosslisted With: HIST 324