HIST 3542 - The Ottoman Empire 1800-1922

(crosslisted) NES 3542
(GB) (HA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1561.

M. Minawi.

This course will take the students through the age of reforms in the Ottoman Empire, the rising of nationalism, and the encroachment of colonialism in the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans, and the collapse of the empire. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing various historical narratives of ethno-religious nationalism using Turkey, Greece/Cyprus, and Lebanon, as case studies. (HNU)