Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East

F 10-1, 2-103

Seminar considers “difference” and “sameness” as they have been conceived, experienced, and regulated by peoples of the Middle East, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. First half discusses the Ottoman Empire. Explores how this multiethnic, polyglot empire survived for several relatively peaceful centuries and what happened when its formula for existence was challenged by politics based on mono-ethnic states. Second half focuses on post-Ottoman nation-states, such as Turkey and Egypt, and Western-mandated Arab states, such as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq. Concludes with a case analysis of Israel.

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Offered Spring 2023

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.106 24.912 21L.008 21W.741 CMS.150 WGS.190	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies T 2-5, E15-335	Michel DeGraff Fox Harrell Danielle Wood	Introductory	HASS-H HASS-A	CI-H
21H.161	The Modern Middle East Lecture: MW 12-1, 66-168 Recitation 1: R 1-2, 4-146 Recitation 2: R 2-3, 4-146	Pouya Alimagham	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.263 WGS.220	Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa F 10-1, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.283	The Indigenous History of MIT Lecture: M 12-2, 2-103 Recitation: W 12-1, 2-103	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.358 U 21H.958 G	Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance T 10-12, E51-390	Sana Aiyar	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.160	Islam, the Middle East, and the West TR 11:30-1, 66-154	Pouya Alimagham	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.229	The Black Radical Tradition in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.260	Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.261	Modern Iran: A Century of Revolution MW 2:30-4, 4-257	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.262	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Not offered regularly; consult department	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.265	Humanitarianism in Africa: A Critical History	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.266	South Africa and Apartheid	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.281	MIT and Slavery: Research	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.282	MIT and Slavery: Publication Lecture: M 3-5, 14N-112 Recitation: W 3-4, 14N-112	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War F 10-1, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.385 11.152	The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem MW 3:30-5, 4-261	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-S