Module ARA1036 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA1036: Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E.
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some to all of the following topics:
- Lecture Studying the Middle East and Islamic history
Seminar Historiography and periodisation
2 Lecture The pre-Islamic Middle East
Seminar Source analysis and material remains
3 Lecture The rise and expansion of Islam
Seminar Intellectual history and histories of religions
4 Lecture The Umayyad and Abbasid empires: religion and daily life
Seminar Social history
5 Lecture Al-Andalus: identity and community
Seminar Secondary sources
6 Lecture Islamic thought: philosophy, politics, science and art
Seminar Varieties of history
7 Lecture The Crusades and the history of the west in the Islamic world
Seminar Orientalism
8 Lecture The Ottoman empire: trade and economy
Seminar Economic history
9 Lecture Imperial history
Seminar Historiography of empires, nations and nationalism
10 Lecture Islam and the connected worlds of the Middle East and Asia
Seminar Transnational history
11 Lecture Gendered histories of the Middle East
Seminar Gender history
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 |
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22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hr lectures covering the topics listed in the syllabus plan |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hr class discussions of pre-assigned reading |
Guided independent study | 38 | Reading for, and reflecting on, seminars |
Guided independent study | 30 | Completing essay proposal based on research of the literature |
Guided independent study | 60 | Preparing for and completing summative assignments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).