Cultural Pluralism in Modern Middle East

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1–2	Introduction and Dhimmi-tude
3–4	Ottoman Basics
5	Becoming and Maintaining Empire
6	The Conquest of Arab Lands
7	Legal Pluralism
8–9	Early Modern Gender and Religion
10	19th Century Disruption
11	Reform Era
12	The Armenian Genocide and the Historical Background	Documentary: The Armenian Genocide by Andrew Goldberg. 50 min.
13	WWI, the Armenian Genocide, the Arab Lands
14	Ethnic Pluralism in Early Turkish Republic I	Documentary: Mustapha Kemal Ataturk: The Birth of A Republic. 52 min.
15	Ethnic Pluralism in Early Turkish Republic II
16–17	The Question of Cosmopolitanism	Film selections: Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) by Fatih Akin. 90 min. Final Paper draft due session 16.
18	Ethnic Pluralism in Egypt	Film selections: Four Women of Egypt (1997) by Tahani Rached. 89 min.
19–20	Ethnic Pluralism in Israel I (Past)	Selections from the Film: Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land (1995) by Michel Khlefi. 66 min.
21–22	Ethnic Pluralism in Israel II (Present)	Film selections: Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs- The Iraqi Connection (2002) by Samir. 111 min. (Session 22)
23–24	Conclusions and Discussions of Student Papers	The final paper is due ten days after the final class.