NES 6605 - Contesting Identities in Modern Egypt

(CU-ITL)

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Co-meets with ASRC 4650/HIST 4091/NES 4605.

Z. Fahmy.

This seminar examines the dynamics of modern collective identities which dominated the Egyptian public sphere in the long twentieth century. We will explore the underpinnings and formation of territorial Egyptian nationalism, pan-Arabism and Islamism through close readings and class discussions of important theoretical, historiographical and primary texts.