Dates: 09/09 - 12/22
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1:35 pm 2:40 pm MCH 231		1:35 pm 2:40 pm MCH 231		1:35 pm 2:40 pm MCH 231

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 46482

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 231

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Shaz Ahmadi

As the Ottoman and Qajar empires showed signs of collapse in the late nineteenth century, Middle Eastern and North African intellectuals eagerly adopted western systems of finance, education, and governance. In fact, some burgeoning nation-states even copied, word-for-word, European constitutions. By the mid-twentieth century, however, despots ruled the Middle East and North Africa. The two questions that animate this course are: (1) Why do we see autocracies, and destructive non-state actors, dominating the Islamic world? (2) What role do non-state actors play in producing volatility or maintaining stability? Students address these complex questions for an understanding of the region’s conflicts and the role of the international community in resolving (or exacerbating) humanitarian crises. Prerequisites: One 100-level history course.

4 Credits