Modern Egypt: A History Yoav Di-Capua Fall 2016 HIS 334E MES 343 1 ISL 373 5 Classes: T TH 9:30-11:00 WEL 2.312 Office Hours: Garrison 3.222 (History Department). TH. 11:00-12:30. e-mail: ydi@austin.utexas.edu TA: Janine Jones. janine.jones@utexas.edu Course Description: In less than a century Egypt experienced four radically different forms of political community, economic organization and public culture as it swiftly moved from Colonialism to Liberalism, Arab-Socialism and Authoritarian Capitalism. A fifth shift, Islamic Republicanism is pending. In each stage Egypt went through a complete reshuffling of the state structure and public culture. Each of these phases was experienced with great emotional intensity. The aim of this class is to critically examine the social, political and intellectual dynamics which shaped these experiences. What sort of expectations did Egyptians have in each phase, who came up with these revisionist ideas, and who put them to work and how? Course s Website: http://laits.utexas.edu/modern_me/ Course Requirements and Grading: Midterm (25%), Final (40%), two Written reports of two single spaced pages each (25%), Participation and Periodical quizzes 10%. COURSE GRADING POLICY: An A signifies exceptional work (A 94-100; A- 90-93); A B superior achievement (B+ 87-89; B 84-86; B- 80-83); A C satisfactory (C+ 77-79; C 74-76; C- 70-73); D is passing, but unsatisfactory (D+ 67-70; D 61-66); And an F means failure (F 60 and below). Attendance is mandatory (One grade off (+, -) for more than three classes skipped). Course Packet: All reading materials are available on Canvas. 1
Deadlines: - Map Quiz: September 6 th - First Report: (The Open Door) October 6th - Mid-term exam: (Take home exam) October 13 th - Second Report: (Imarat Yaqubyian) November 17 th - Final exam: date and time will be announced. Accommodations: At the beginning of the semester, students with disabilities who need special accommodations should notify me by presenting a letter prepared by the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (SSD tel. 471-6259) Academic Integrity: Students should maintain a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholarly work. All work handed in by students should be their own work, prepared without unauthorized assistance. All cases of academic dishonesty will be treated with due severity. For further information visit the Student Judicial Services website at http://www.utexas.edu/depts/dos/sjs or call 471-2841 Global Cultures: This course carries the Global Cultures flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one non-u.s. cultural group, past or present. Mandatory Reading Available at Amazon or at bookfinder.com Alaa Al Aswani, The Yacoubian Building (Cairo: AUC, 2004) Latifa al-zayyat, The Open Door (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2000) Tarek Osman, Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood (2013) Film: Adrift on the Nile (Hussein Kamal, 1971. 115 Min.) Four Women of Egypt (Tahani Rached Canada/Egypt, 1997, 90 min) The Square (Jehane Noujime, 2013, 95min) Nasser s Republic, The Making of Modern Egypt (possible screening, the film is not out yet) 2
Part I: Liberalism without Democracy Introductory Lecture and Agenda Class 1: Introducing Modern Egypt August 30 th Class 2: Out of the Ottoman Order: the 19 th Century September 1 st Robert Tignor, Egypt: A Short History, Chapter 9. Khaled Fahmi, The Era of Muhammad Ali Pasha, 1805-1848, Cambridge History of Egypt Vol. II, pp. 139-180. Class 3: Nationalism and the Spirit of 1919 September 6 th Blank Map Quiz M. W, Daly, The British Occupation, 1882-1922, Cambridge History of Egypt Vol. II, pp. 239-251. James Jankowski, Israel Gershoni, Egypt, Islam and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900-1930 (Oxford, 1986), pp. 40-55, 77-104. Class 4: Liberalism without Democracy September 8 th Selma Botman, The Liberal Age, 1923-1952, Cambridge History of Egypt, Vol. II, pp. 285-308. Robert Tignor, Egypt: A Short History, Chapter 10. 3
Class 5: Literary Renaissance and the Middle Class September 13 th Israel Gershoni, The Evolution of National Culture in Modern Egypt: Intellectual Formation and Social Diffusion, 1892-1945, Poetics Today, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer 1992), pp. 325-350. Lucie Ryzova, Egyptianizing Modernity: The "New Effendiyya" Social and Cultural Constructions of the Middle Class in Egypt under the Monarchy in Arthur Goldschmidt, Amy Johnson and Barak Salmoni (eds.), Re-envisioning Egypt (Cairo: AUC Press, 2005), pp. 124-163. Class 6: Political Economy, 1919-1952 September 15 th Joel Beinin, Egypt: Society and Economy, 1923-1952, Cambridge History of Egypt, Vol. II, pp. 309-333. Eric Davis, Challenging Colonialism: Bank Misr and Egyptian Industrialization, 1920-1941 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983), pp. 108-133. Class 7: Liberal Thought: Taha Hussein September 20 th Albert Hourani, Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, pp. 324-340. Primary Source: Taha Hussein, The Future of Culture in Egypt (New York: Octagon Books, 1977), Chapters, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12. Class 8: The Radicalization of the 1930s September 22 nd Lia Brynjar, The Society of The Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of An Islamic Mass Movement, 1928-1942 (Reading, England: Ithaca, 1998), pp. 1-49. James Jankowski and Israel Gershoni, Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930-1945 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 1-31. 4
Class 19: The Cosmopolitan Upper Class September 27 th Magda Baraka, The Egyptian Upper Class Between Revolutions, 1919-1952 (Reading: Ithaca Press, 1998), pp. 141-209. Samir W. Raaft, Cairo: The Glory Years: Who Built What, When, Why and for Whom (Alexandria: Harpocrates, 2003), pp.25-35. Class 10: The Collapse of the Liberal Order September 29 th Hamied Ansari, Egypt: The Stalled Society (New York: SUNY, 1986), pp. 57-78. Joel Gordon, Nasser's Blessed Movement: Egypt's Free Officers and the July revolution (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. 14-38. Picture Gallery: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2013/07/09/egypt-1952- revolution-free-officers-movement-military-rule/6183/ Part II: Nasserism Class 11: Nassersim: 1952-1961 October 4 th James Jankowski, Egypt: A Short History (Oxford: One World, 2000), pp. 135-153. Adeed Dawisha, Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair (Princeton, N.J. 2003), chapters 7-8. Class 12: The New Generation October 6 th First Report is Due Latifa al-zayyat, The Open Door Take Home Midterm Examination, Due October 13 th 5
Latifa al-zayyat, The Open Door (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2000). The Burning of Cairo: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/570/special.htm Book report due. Class 13+14: Nasserism as a Civic Experience October 11 th October 13 th Film shown in class. A Drift on the Nile Raymond William Baker, Egypt's Uncertain Revolution under Nasser and Sadat (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978), pp. 70-114. Raymond, Hinnebusch, Egyptian Politics under Sadat: The Post-Populist Development of an Authoritarian-Modernizing State (Cambridge 1985), pp. 11-39. Joel Gordon, Nasser: Hero of the Arab Nation, pp. 37-94, 95-116. MID TERM TAKE HOME EXAM IS DUE October 13 th Part III: Public Life under Sadat Class 15: Authoritarian Capitalism: Part I October 18 th James Jankowski, Egypt: A Short History (Oxford: One World, 2000), pp. 163-198. Raymond, Hinnebusch, Egyptian Politics under Sadat: The Post-Populist Development of an Authoritarian-Modernizing State (Cambridge 1985), pp. 40-77. Class 16: Authoritarian Capitalism: Part II October 21 st Kirk J. Beattie, Egypt During the Sadat Years (New York, Palgrave, 2001), pp. 1-38. Raymond, Hinnebusch, Egyptian Politics under Sadat: The Post-Populist Development of an Authoritarian-Modernizing State (Cambridge 1985), pp. 223-256, 289-303. 6
PART IV: Political Islam Class 17: The Intellectual History of Political Islam October 25 th Kepel, Gilles, The Roots of Radical Islam (London: Saqi, 2005), pp. 23-69. Zollner, Barbara. "Prison Talk: the Muslim Brotherhood's Internal Struggle During Gamal Abdel Nasser's Persecution, 1954 to 1971," International Journal of Middle East Studies 39, no. 03 (August 2007). Class 18: Political Islam in Action October 27 th Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), pp. 21-62, 93-150. Part V: Minorities Class 19: Religious Minorities November 1 st Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder, Copts: Fully Egyptian, but for a Tattoo? in Maya Shatzmiller, Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies (Montreal: McGill UP, 2005), pp. 22-57. The Egyptian Copts: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Definition of Identity for a Religious Minority, in Maya Shatzmiller, Nationalism and Minority, pp. 58-84. Gudrun Kramer, The Jews in Modern Egypt, 1914-1952 (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989), pp. 205-222. Class 20+21: Feminism, Nation and State November 3 rd + 8 th Film: Four Women of Egypt: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c452.shtml 7
Beth Baron, Egypt as a Women: Nationalism, Gender, Politics (Berkeley: UCP, 2005), pp. 40-56. Margot Badran, Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt (Princeton: PUP, 1995), pp. 207-219. Selma Botman, Engendering Citizenship in Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), pp. 50-74. Part VI: Mubarak s Neo-Liberal State Class 22: Mubarak in Power November 10 th Tarek Osman, Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood, Chapter 4, 6. Class 23: Follow the Money November 15 th Samer Soliman, The Autumn of Dictatorship Fiscal Crisis and Political Change in Egypt under Mubarak, pp. 1-35. Steven cook, Struggle for Egypt: from Nasser to Tahrir Square (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), Chapter 5. Class 24: Imarat Yaqubyian November 17 th Discussion of Imarat Yaqubyian SECOND REPORT IS DUE Class 25: The Stalled Revolution November 22 nd Asef Bayat, Making Islam Democratic, Chapter 5 Egypt s passive Revolution 136-187. Tarek Osman, Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood, Chapter, 7 and Conclusion. 8
Classes 26+27: Documentary Film: The Square (2013) November 29 th and December 1 st 9