College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Theorising Islam
Module ARAM249 for 2021/2
Module ARAM249 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ARAM249: Theorising Islam
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Over the course of the module students will cover the following topics:
- Colonialist knowledge on Islam
- The problem of Orientalism
- Modernisms, Liberalisms and Conservatisms
- Postcolonial approaches to the study of Islam
- What is Islam? Some recent approaches and options
- Gender and Sexuality in Islam: Beyond binaries
- Race and ethnicity and the question of culture
- Sovereignty, justice and political theology
- Lived Islam: The arts and literary expressions
- Decolonial Islamo-futurism
- What are the limits of a decolonial understanding of Islam?
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 117 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 11 | Synchronous seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 22 | Tasks, presentations, uploading material, research |
| Guided Independent Study | 44 | Research and preparation for sessions |
| Guided Independent Study | 73 | Work towards the sessions and on assessments. Library and fieldwork |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
