252. The Modern Middle East 1800-1992
Surveys the history of the Middle East from 1800-1992. Major themes in the nineteenth century include the internal reform efforts under Ottoman and Egyptian regimes; European military, political, economic, and cultural intervention; the evolution of new paradigms in politics and society; and the emergence of Islamic modernist and reform intellectuals and movements.
In the 20th century, this course will focus on the rise of nationalism; WWI and the partition of the region; the settlement and establishment of Israel; independence movements and the establishment of nationalist states; globalization and the industrialization; Islamic social and potitical movements; the Arab-Israeli conflic; and European and American intervention in the post-colonial period.
(Yuen-Gen Liang)