Global Middle East
Interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary forces shaping the Middle East, including colonialism, energy politics, and revolutions.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 3.31 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2008: 3.33 GPA, 70.4% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe the global historical forces through which the region came into being and the contemporary transnational forces and dynamics that continue to animate it.
Identify recent revolutionary and counterrevolutionary transformations in the Middle East and North Africa.
Develop a nuanced and complex analysis of the region beyond violence, terrorism, and war.
Analyze dominant representations and discourses of the Middle East and its heterogeneous communities.
Apply research, critical thinking, and writing skills to analyze a contemporary social issue pertaining to the Middle East and its entanglements with the global.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 3.31 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2008: 3.33 GPA, 70.4% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
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Topics
- Colonialism, energy politics, and conflict
- Global power dynamics and influence
- Representations and community heterogeneity
Skills
- Nuanced regional analysis
- Research and writing for social issues
- Discourse and representation analysis
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