College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Histories of the Middle East, 600-1800 C.E.
Module ARA1036 for 2020/1
Module ARA1036 for 2020/1
- 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 2020/1 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
- Lecture - The pre-Islamic Middle East
- Seminar - Source analysis and material remains
- Lecture -The rise and expansion of Islam
- Seminar - Intellectual history and histories of religions
- Lecture - The Umayyad and Abbasid empires: religion and daily life
- Seminar - Social history
- Lecture - Al-Andalus: identity and community
- Seminar - Secondary sources
- Lecture - Islamic thought: philosophy, politics, science and art
- Seminar - Varieties of history
- Lecture - The Crusades and the history of the west in the Islamic world
- Seminar - Orientalism
- Lecture - The Ottoman empire: trade and economy
- Seminar - Economic history
- Lecture - Imperial history
- Seminar - Historiography of empires, nations and nationalism
- Lecture - Islam and the connected worlds of the Middle East and Asia
- Seminar - Transnational history
- 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).