Muslims and Jews
Explores the historical relationship between Muslims and Jews from the seventh century to the present, surveying literary and cultural exchanges across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 81.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate contextual knowledge of major historical events, figures, social conditions, religious communities, and geographies of Muslim Iberia (al-Andalus) from the eighth to sixteenth centuries
Situate al-Andalus in relation to wider developments in politics, culture, and religion of the Middle East and North Africa, from the eighth century to the present
Understand the terms and conditions that have shaped Muslim-Jewish relations from the seventh century until the present, including frameworks of theology, lived religious experience, and Orientalist representation
Integrate relevant theoretical frameworks, debates, and conversations regarding the distinction between historical writing and cultural memory
Discern divergent and contradictory representations of the history of al-Andalus in contemporary memory culture
Cultivate skills in textual analysis and evaluate a range of formal and structural elements in written and visual materials across genres (philosophy, literature, religion, film) as well as in primary and secondary historical sources
Generate original ideas and texts, through coherent writing and compelling argumentation, by experimenting and taking risks, solving problems, and answering questions in a range of media
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2· UW Guide 3· UW Guide 4
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 81.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
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Topics
- Anti-Semitism, Orientalism, and Islamophobia.
- Comparative religion, secularization, migration, colonialism, and cultural memory.
- Historical events and social conditions of Muslim Iberia (al-Andalus).
Skills
- Textual analysis of primary and secondary sources in English translation, including Hebrew and Arabic texts.
- Integrating theoretical frameworks regarding historical writing and cultural memory.
- Coherent writing and compelling argumentation across a range of media.
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