1 History 246 Fall 2011 Modern Middle East and North Africa Place: LILY 3118 Day and Time: Tuesday/Thursday 3:00 pm-4:15 pm Instructor: Professor Holden Office: UNIV 127 Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Email: sholden@purdue.edu This course analyzes major themes and events in Middle Eastern history from the earlynineteenth century to the present. Dealing chronologically with the Arab-Islamic world, this course addresses: colonialism (19th c. to WWII), nationalism (1950s & 1960s), Islamic fundamentalism (1970s & 1980s), and terrorism (1990s to present). For each period, I will draw your attention to specific case studies, and these include such hot spots as Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran and Israel/Palestine. For 200 years, peoples in the Arab-Islamic world have been grappling with issues of democracy, religion and national identity as well as conflicting reactions toward Western intervention in a variety of forms. In this class, students will explore the political, social and cultural factors that have contributed to the formation of the Middle East and North Africa through readings from textbooks and primary sources and also through a variety of films. : The assignment for each class is listed underneath the specific day and lecture. Students are expected to prepare this assignment before each class meeting. 1) MOVIES: In one instance, the call on students to watch a movie before class (The Battle of Algiers, 9/26). It is on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. 2) ARTICLES: The articles that are not in your textbooks can be accessed through Blackboard. These readings are indicated on the syllabus with the following: (Web). 3) TEXTBOOKS: There are four textbooks used in this course and readings from them are indicated with an (R). These books can be found on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. You may also purchase these books at bookstores serving Purdue University: a) William L. Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, 5th Edition (Westview Press, 2012). b) Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar, ed., The Middle East and the Islamic World Reader, 3rd Edition (Grove Press, 2012). c) Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh, Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923 (Harvard University Press, 1999). d) Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East (Bloomsbury, 2007). Course Evaluation will be based on the following:
2 Exam #1 15% Exam #2 20% Book Review #1 15% Book Review #2 20% Film Analysis #2 20% Attendance and Participation 10% Attendance is a critical component of your final grade. I will take attendance consistently, but not on set days. Further, I will devote some of our class time to discussion. A good education fosters strong verbal skills in graduates! Class discussions provide students with an opportunity to debate issues and to raise questions about them. Students will be expected to come to class prepared to discuss a topic and will be evaluated according to their participation in conversation. This class requires that you write an analytical review of the books Empires of the Sand by Efraim and Inari Karsh (due 9/24) and The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (due 11/26). These reviews are to be between two and three pages (not more, not less). You must write it in 12- point type-face, double-spaced, with one inch margins. I will not accept book reviews emailed as an attachment. You will be penalized five points for each day that the essay is late. We will devote a class period discussing the book, and I will provide guidelines for your review in class. This class also requires that you analyze one film. You are free to choose the film that you want to analyze and review. It is due to me in class within one week of our discussion of them (for specific due dates, see below). Again, it is your responsibility to decide which film to analyze and to turn in your essay on time. The reviews are to be between two and three pages (not more, not less). You must write it in 12-point type-face, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. I will not accept essays sent as emailed attachments. Guidelines for the film reviews will be distributed the first week of class. Students may review any one of the following films: Ataturk (due September 17), Battle of Algiers (due October 3), Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (due October 15), Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror (due October 29), The Elusive Peace (due November 19), Why We Fight (due December 12). It is your responsibility to choose what film to analyze and to turn in the review on time. Late film reviews **will not be accepted**. Disclaimers Plagiarism will not be tolerated at Purdue University: Plagiarism is a crime, and students can be expelled for turning in a paper that they did not write. Copying a person s work verbatim is not the only form of plagiarism. In some cases, plagiarism involves paraphrasing the idea of another without a footnote or the repetition of another author s phrase. Students are advised to consult Purdue University s Guide to Academic Integrity for guidelines at: http://www.purdue.edu/odos/osrr/integrity.htm. Plagiarized work will receive a 0, and the professor reserves the right to forward the case to the administration for further review by a dean. In the event of a major campus emergency, the requirements on this syllabus are subject to changes required by a revised semester calendar. Any changes will be posted, once the course resumes, on the course website. It may also be obtained by contacting the instructor via email.
3 August 20 (Tu) August 22 (Th) Is There a Middle East? The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire (R) Karsh & Karsh, Empires of the Sand, 1-26 (R) Cleveland, Modern Middle East, 35-47 and 56-58 and 71-73 (Web) "The Wedding of Regina, 1903," in A Documentary History of Modern Iraq, Stacy E. Holden, ed. (University Press of Florida, 2012), 18-21. August 27 (Tu) Egypt in the Nineteenth Century (R) Karsh & Karsh, Empires of the Sand, 27-68 (R) Cleveland, Modern Middle East, 59-69 and 83-93 and 95-101 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 97-99 August 29 (Th) Ottoman Reform (The Tanzimat) (R) Karsh & Karsh, Empires of the Sand, 69-101. (R) Cleveland, Modern Middle East, 75-86 and 109-112 and 122-132 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 88-92 September 3 (Tu) (R) Karsh & Karsh, Empires of the Sand, 105-198 **********Get ahead on your reading of Karsh & Karsh********** September 5 (Th) WWI and the Mandate System (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 137-158
4 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 113-118 and 170-171 (R) Karsh & Karsh, 199-325 September 10 (Tu) Secular Nationalism in Ataturk s Turkey --Film, Ataturk (80 min.) (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 162-171 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 125-132 (R) Karsh & Karsh, Empires of the Sand, 326-354 September 12 (Th) Empires of the Sand, Discussion (R) Finish Karsh & Karsh September 17 (Tu) The Establishment of Israel (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 221-251 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 113-118 and 170-171 September 19 (Th) The French Conquest of Algeria, 1830-1870 September 24 (Tu) Colonial Control in Algeria, 1871-1937 *****Your review of Empires of the Sand is due TODAY IN CLASS***** September 26 (Th) The Decolonization of Algeria, 1937-1962 (Movie) The Battle of Algiers (2 hr., 2 min.) October 1 (Tu) Gamel Abdel Nasser and the Suez Crisis of 1956 --Film Clip, Nasser 56
5 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 280-300 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 247-248 and 289-291 October 3 (Th) October 8 (Tu) October 10 (Th) Culture and Politics in Nasser s Egypt --Film, Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt Grace Day for Review of "Umm Kulthum." It is Due on 10/15. October 15 (Tu) Exam #1 October 17 (Th) Pahlevi Iran, 1921-1979 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 171-178 and 255-257 and 267-279 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 253-257 October 22 (Tu) The Islamic Republic of Iran --Film, Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror (50 min.) (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 345-368 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 257-261 October 24 (Th) The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 424-437 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 266-269 October 29 (Tu) The Persian Gulf War and Sanctions, 1990-2003 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 445-462
6 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 269-273. (Web) Hadani Ditmars, The Deleterious Effects of Sanctions on Women and Children, in Stacy E. Holden, A Documentary History of Modern Iraq (University Press of Florida, 2012), 288-298. October 31 (Th) The Iraq War (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 505-521 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 317-337 November 5 (Tu) Guest Speaker, Captain Charles Anklam USMC November 7 (Th) The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1982 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 322-343 and 369-386 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 193-203 (Web) A. Sadat, speech to Knesset (11/20/77) and Camp David Accords (9/17/78) November 12 (Tu) The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1982-2005 (R) Cleveland, Modern ME, 441-445 and 463-486 (R) Gettleman, ME and Islamic World Reader, 203-234. November 14 (Th) The Arab-Israeli Peace Talks --Start Film, "Elusive Peace" (R) Tolan, The Lemon Tree, 1-128 November 19 (Tu) The Arab-Israeli Peace Talks --End (Almost) Film, "Elusive Peace"
7 (R) Tolan, The Lemon Tree, 129-256 November 21 (Th) The Lemon Tree, Discussion (R) Tolan, The Lemon Tree, 256-384 November 26 (Tu) November 28 (Th) December 3 (Tu) The Middle East and the Military Industrial Complex --Start Film, Why We Fight *****Your review of The Lemon Tree is DUE TODAY IN CLASS***** December 5 (Th) The Middle East and the Military Industrial Complex --End Film, Why We Fight (Web) Andrew J. Bacevich, The Tyranny of Defense Inc., The Atlantic (January/February 2011). [You can access this article at the following site: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-tyranny-of-defense-inc/8342/ *****Please note that there WILL BE A FINAL EXAM for this class*****.