SYLLABUS ASH 3039H/REL 3363 0001 Ozoglu: Office: (CNH 554) Office Hours Kassim: Office (PSY 247) Office Hours TUE & THURS-Days 2:00-300 Interdisciplinary Seminar: Islam, Muslim World and the West The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Husain Kassim (Philosophy Department), and Dr. Hakan Ozoglu (History Department). A Brief Description of the Seminar: This challenging course is designed for students in honors program at the University of Central Florida, who are desiring deeper understanding and knowledge of wide range of topics about Islam, Islamic culture, its place in world history, its contributions in philosophy, science and in other areas of knowledge; its relations with the West from the early and late Medieval periods to Modern times and recent past. Course Summary This interdisciplinary course integrates various themes and their contents related to the religious tradition of Islam, Islamic culture, history, political and religious institution of the Caliphate, philosophical and scientific contributions of Muslim intellectuals and men of science and its transmission to the West. It also explores the relationship of Islam and Islamic culture with the West from the early and late Medieval periods to the Modern times and recent past. Exam and Research paper Schedule: Class-in-exam on Oct 9, 1012; Take home exam I is due on Nov 1, 2012; Take home exam II due on Nov 26, 2012, and Research paper due on Dec 4, 2012 ***** Further Suggested Reading Material: D. Brown, A New Introduction to Islam. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. J. L. Esposito. Islam, the Straight Path. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
K. B. Wolf. The Earliest Latin Lives of Muhammad in Conversion and Christian Communities in Islamic Lands, Eighth to Eighteenth Century, Papers in Medieval Studies 9. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1990. P. M. Holt and A. Lampton. The Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. G. Jackson. The Making of New Spain. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. A. G. Chejne. Muslim Spain. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1974. B. Lewis. Islam and the West. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. L. P. Harvey. Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1580. University of Chicago Press, 1990 H. Inalcik. The Caliphat and Ataturk s Inkilab in Turkish Quarterly Review Digest 2, Spring 1987, pp. 25-36. A. J. Toyanbee. The Ottoman Empire in World History, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 99-3, 1955, pp. 119-126 M. Fakhry. A History of Islamic Philosophy. N.Y: Columbia University Press, 1983 H. Kassim. Aristotle and Aristotelianism in Medieval Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Philosophy. Lanham: Austin & Winfield, Publishers, 1995. J. Piscatori. Accounting for Islamic Fundamentalism in Accounting for Fundamentalisms, edited by M. Marty. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1994. H. Kassim. Application of Sharīʻa in India during the Delhi Sultanate Period in World History Encyclopedia, May, 2011. I. H. Qureishi. The Administration of the Sultanate of Delhi, New Delhi: oriental Books, 1971. C. Hemmer. Which Lessons Matter? American Foreign policy Decision Making in the Middle East. 1979-1987, New York: New York State University of New York Press, 2000. Mechanism of evaluation of students performance: A research paper: 35 percent of the final grade. Two take home essay exams: each 20 percent of the final grade. One in-class exam: 15 percent of the final grade. Presentation of the research paper: 10 percentage of the final grade. Criteria for Research Paper and Exams:
Immediately after the midterm exam, each student must select topic of his research paper in consultation of and approval by the instructor. Research papers should cover the material at least from five to seven sources. Research papers and take home exams should be well organized, developing the theme which establishes student s point of view. Integration of the course: The seminar integrates various topics and deals with thematic contents related to the religious tradition of Islam, Islamic culture, history, political and religious institution of the Caliphate, philosophical and scientific contributions of Muslim thinkers and its transmission to the West. A Syllabus and Tentative Teaching Schedule (subject to minor changes): Following areas of study and each session is to last approximately for one and a half or two weeks depending upon the topic. WEEK I (August 20, 22) Presenter Ozoglu/ Dicussant Kassim Historical Landscape of the Muslim World: The rise of Islam, Umayyad Caliphates, the Abbasid Caliphates, the emergence and rise of the Ottoman Empire, and Safvids. (Ozoglu) The Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. Presenter Kassim/ Discussant Ozoglu A History of the Modern Middle East by W. Cleveland, pp. 1-56; Cambridge History of Modern Middle East by P. M. Holt and A. Lampton, Vol I & II and Additional Material, Reserved in the Library. WEEK II (August 27, 29) Presenter Kassim/ Discussant Ozoglu Islam and its shared heritage with Judaism and Christianity; Muhammad as a person and prophet; Islamic teaching and doctrines through the Qur ān, Hadīth (Tradition), Qiyās (Systematic Reasoning) and Istihsān (Juristic Preference); The relationship of Islam and Islamic culture with the West in medieval ages, polemics with Christianity and Christian world. An Introduction to Islam by F. M. Denny, Chapter 1 (Denny); A New Introduction to Islam by D. Brown (Both Books Reserved in the Library); Early Lives of Muhammad and Additional Material (Handouts Reserved Articles in the Library) Muhammad by K. Armstrong, Chapters One, Chapter Two, and Chapter Three.
WEEK III (Sept. 3, 5) Presenter Kassim/ Discussant Ozoglu The relationship of the Muslim world with the West in terms of its debt to Greek philosophy and science, its own contributions, especially, by Avicenna and Averoes and the transmission of this knowledge to the West. A History of Islamic Philosophy by M. Fakhari Chapter I and Chapter II, Aristotle and Aristotelianism by H. Kassim, Chapters Five and Six; WEEK IV (Sept. 10, 12) Presenter Professor Hamdani/ Discussant Kassim & Ozoglu History of Muslim Spain, Relations among Jews, Christians and Muslims under the Islamic rule and the exit of Jews and Muslims from Spain. The Legacy of Muslim World in The Ornament of the World by M. R. Menocol, Chapter In the Alhambra: Granada, 1492; Muslim Spain by Chejne, Chapters 1, 2, 6 and 7. (Article and Book Reserved in the Library) WEEK V (Sept. 17, 19) Presenter Ozoglu/ Discussant Ozoglu The course will examine the political and religious institutions of the Caliphate, Sultanate, emirate, military rule and kingship, particularly the contributions of the Ottoman Empire through the periods of Crusaders. A History of Islamic Societies by I. Lapidus, Chapter 16, Chapter 4, Chapter 14 and Chapter 23. WEEK VI (Sept. 24, 26) Presenters Kassim &Ozoglu Colonial rule in Egypt and Muslim World and its consequences for the Muslim world. Law Reform in Egypt, (1850-1950) in Political and Social Change in Modern Egypt by J. D. Anderson; Islamic Societirs: A Case Study of Egypt and Muslim India, by Kassim (The Article and the Book Reserved in the Library)
WEEK VII (Oct. 1, 3) Presenter Kassim/ Discussant Ozoglu Rise of Islamic Revival, Reformation and Fundamentalism. Shattering the Myth, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4, by B. Lawrence. Islamic Fundamentalism Article Reserved in the Library WEEK VIII (Oct. 8, 10) Presenters Kassim &Ozoglu Jihād and Just War & Terrorism: Association of the concept Jihād with the IslamicTerrorism and its fears by Kassim (Article Reserved in the Library) The Holy War in Western and Islamic Tradition by J. T. Johnson. WEEK IX (Oct.15, 17) Presenters Kassim & Ozoglu Relations between Israel and Palestine and American Foreign Policy A History of the Middle East by W. L. Cleveland, Chapter 13 (pp. 222-258), Chapter 17 (pp. 324-352). The End of Peace Process by E. Said; Interpretation of War: Kant, the Jew, the German in Acts of Religion by J. Derrida; Who is the Culprit? Terrorism and its Roots in Forum on public Policy, The Journal of Oxford University, Jan, 2011. Article Reserved in the Library WEEK X (Oct. 22, 27) to WEEK 14 (Nov.19, 21) Student Presentations of their research papers WEEK XV (Nov. 26) No School on Nov 28 (Happy Thanksgiving) Concluding Remarks by the faculty and Responses from the Students