HIST 5372 - Protest, Rebellion, and Revolution in the Modern Middle East

This course provides an exploration of the history of mass politics in the modern Middle East. It takes as its central concern the emergence of popular politics and mass mobilizations in the 19th century and subsequent attempts to organize and manage them. Topics include late 19th-century workers and peasant movements, early 20th-century constitutional revolutions, the introduction of electoral politics, the formation of labor unions, suffragist movements, political parties, and various struggles and strategies to shape state policies, take control of states, or contain the threat posed by rival movements. The course considers both secular and religiously-inspired movements, as well as those across the right and left. No prior historical or regional knowledge needed.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4.0 lecture
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to define the term “mass politics” and ex the historical forces that produced its emergence in the Middle East.
Students will be able to identify the different types of mass movements that appeared throughout the modern history of the Middle East, and how these movements relate to the specific political, economic, and cultural contexts they operated.
Students will be able to synthesize the differential manifestations of mass politics across time in a given country as well as across countries at a given historical moment.
Students will be able to identify key historical moments of political, military, economic, social, cultural, religious, and scientific interaction between the Middle East and other regions of the world.
Students will be able to apply analytic skills to think critically through contemporary events by drawing on the history and historiography of the region in which they occur: the modern Middle East.