Lectures, Readings, and Discussions Schedule

History 103.4: Middle East History Monday and Wednesday, 4:00 Stevenson 101 Discussion list: [email protected]

Re-Orient-ation Becoming World-Wise

Political Map of the World In the Center of the Map Middle East Reference Map Middle East Maps Mon., Aug. Visible Middle East 20 Middle East: Satellite map Country Maps An Area Accurate Map? Middle East News News and Activism Global Gourmet: Middle East Good Cooking: Middle East Wed., Aug. Images and Stereotypes 22 Readings:

Edward Said, Orientalism

Immanuel Wallerstein, "Eurocentrism and its Avatars: The Dilemmas of Social Science"

Marshal G.S. Hodgson, "In the Center of the Map: Nations See Themselves as the Hub of History," in Rethinking World History, ed. Edmund Burke (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 29- 34 [001-004].

Derek B. Scott, "Orientalism and Musical Style"

Orientalists and the Middle East Orientalist Paintings Orientalist Art of the Nineteenth Century Modern Nation-States

Middle East? Nations and States North Africa and the Middle East Aviva: Middle East Mon., Aug. Languages of the Middle East 27 Main Language Families of the Middle East Afro-Asiatic, Altaic, Caucasian, Nilo-Saharan, Indo- European, Asian & African Languages National Anthems National Flag Images Names and Dates

Wed., Aug. Muslim Proper Names 29 The Persian/Arabic Alphabet Arabic/Persian Calligraphy Bismillah Collection

Ancient World Monday, Sept. 3 Happy Labor Day! Wed., Sept. 5 Ancient Iran

Ancient Iran: Timeline Ancient Persia Anceint Persia Zarathustra Ahuramazda and Zoroastrism Pasargadae Persepolis Satrapies and Other Districts The Behistun inscription Zoroastrian Home Page-Stanford University Abrahamic Religions

Exploring Ancient World Cultures Mon., Sept. 10 Confessional Empires

People of the Book

Islam and the Muslim Community Bloody September 2001

September 11, 2001 Remains of the Day: The New York Times Magazine Partial List of Victims Pictures The Power of Images at Our 'Second Pearl

SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 - Volume I: Terrorism and U.S. Policy Educational Resources Focusing on Afghanistan and the Islamic World

Wed., Sept. 12 Muhammad and the Qur'an

Muhammad ~570-632 The Noble Qur'an The Holy Qur'an The Ka'ba Islam & Muslims Map of the Middle East in the Sixth Century Map of Muslim Expansion in the Time of Muhammad Hadith: al-Bukhari Collection Hadith: al-Muslim Collection

Mon., Sept. 17 The Pillars of Islam

Five Pillars of Islam Basics Of The Islamic Faith

Current Events Discussion: Bin Laden: Architect of New Global Terrorism Evolving Movement Combines Old Theology and Modern Technology in Mission Without Borders

Islam is the friend we need to keep

The key is to win the battle of minds

U.S. casts global dragnet Officials hold 25 for questioning, seek scores of others worldwide

Hijacker eluded security net

Saudi May Have Been Suspected in Error, Officials Say

Pakistan's Antiterror Support Avoids Vow of Military Aid

Holy Warriors Escalate an Old War on a New Front

A Sense of Foreboding in Canada's Diverse Muslim Haven

America Inspires Both Longing and Loathing in Arab World

America eyes Arab terrorist havens Named suspects linked to bin Laden

The 19 who killed 5,000

The way of the warlord

Plots linked to the world's most wanted man

Guns and fried eggs in a mountain cave

London bank used for Bin Laden cash

Hijack clues point to wider international terror plot

Seized manual gives lesson in deadly tactics

Osama is a dirty word to his family

British extremists call for martyrs Current Events Discussion Taliban Reject Pakistan's Call for bin Laden Bin Laden Operative Is Linked to Suspects Attacks and Harassment Continue on Middle Eastern People and Mosques Pakistani Delegation Leaves Afghanistan Wed. Sept. 19 Pakistani Officials Return to Islamabad Bin Laden's Radical Form of Islam Bin Laden's Long Reach A volatile Region Bin Laden: Architect of New Global Terrorism CIA's Covert War on Bin Laden CIA's Covert War Mon., Sept. 24 The Caliphate (632-1258)

Maps of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Second Half of the 9th and the Second Half of the 10th Centuries Map of the Abbasid Caliphate (786-809) Map of the Late Abbasid Caliphate c.A.D.900 Map of the Mediterranean in the Ninth Century Pictures from the Dome of the Rock Other Maps Relating to Islam's Historical Development Syria under the Ummayads and `Abbasids Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage Map of the Umayyad Empire c.A.D.750 J. J. Saunders. A History of Medieval Islam.

Current Events Discussion:

Tools for Counterterrorism The Pakistan Connection A Test for the Taliban Bush to Seek Nation's Support Tonight; First Warplanes Head to Targeted Area Warplanes Begin Deploying to Gulf, Central Asia Some Hijackers' Identities Uncertain Inside the Mind of Osama Bin Laden Pakistani Cites Need to Assist U.S. Efforts U.S. begins 'Operation Infinite Justice' Ancient council faces a 21st Century crisis Experts: U.S. ready, able to hit terror sites Bush asked to tone down war rhetoric Current Events Discussion:

U.S. to Release Evidence Linking bin Laden to Attacks

Taliban Claim That It Lost bin Laden Is Disputed by Bush Aides

Once Appalled by Race Profiling, Many Find Themselves Doing It

Who Hates the U.S.? Who Loves It?

The Home Front: Security and Liberty

Waging War in Afghanistan Could Rattle Region

A Top Boss in Europe, an Unseen Cell in Gaza and Decoys Everywhere

United Arab Emirates Breaks With Taliban More Extremists Find Basis for Rebellion in Islam

Cultural Formations Mysticism and Philosophy

Wed., Sept. 26 Sufism / Islamic Mysticism

Islamic Law

Pakistan Says Afghans Face U.S. Attack and End of Taliban Mon., Oct. 1 Bush Approves Covert Aid for Taliban Foe 'Jihad Manual' Details Terror Steps "Jihda Manual-Arabic Text" Taliban Hide Bin Laden, Handover Hope Seen Dim Science & Medicine

Islamic Contributions to Science and Math Wed., Oct. 3 Medicine Mathematics Astronomy Avicenna Mon., Oct. 8 Art and Architecture

Islamic Art, Music, And Architecture Around The World Islamic Architecture: Great Buildings Online Roger Garaudy, "THE DOME OF THE ROCK" A. Zahoor and Z. Haq, "TAJ MAHAL" DELHI, AGRA & JAIPUR The Taj Mahal: A Multicultural Synthesis Index of Images from Articles on Islamic Cities Current Events Discussion:

U.S., Britain Attack Afghanistan Locations of Strikes in Afghanistan Bush Announces Strikes Against Taliban Pakistan Militants Condemn Attack Bush Warns Taliban Time Is Running Out U.S. and Britain Clearing Way for 'Relentless' Campaign, Bush Says Germany Backs U.S. Attacks, Schroeder Says By REUTERS Bin Laden Calls Americans 'Sinners' Thunderous Attack Heard in Kabul Antiaircraft Gunfire Heard in Kabul and Kandahar Tense and Secretive Mood as Jets and Missiles Roar Off Warships Literature

Treasures of Persian Literature Selected Persian Poems Persian Literature Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection: Persian Literature Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection: Arabic Literature The Rubaiyyat of Umar Khayyam Current Events Discussion: Wed., Oct. 10 Bombs, aid and democracy too Fourth night of attacks on Kabul Fourth night of attacks on Kabul These US defence department pictures show the effects of strikes on targets in Afghanistan on Sunday 7 October and Monday 8 October 2001 'What does the world want from us?' War about to enter new phase Warlord claims capture of town from Taliban Full text of al-Qaida statement

Fact Sheets on Afghanistan Historian - Slavery & Abolition in Ottoman Middle East

The Age of Empires The Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire Map The Ottoman Empire Rulers of the Ottoman Empire Syria during the Ottoman Empire The architecture of the Ottoman empire Mon., Oct. 15 Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire Current Events Discussion: Educational Resources Focusing on Afghanistan and the Islamic World Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the US: selected internet resources Fact Sheets on Afghanistan The Mughal Empire, 1483-1757

Establishment of the Mughul Dynasty Mughal Dynasty and Monarchs The Mughal Line Gardens of the Mughal Empire Wed., Oct. 17 The Mughal Legacy: The Golden Age of Northern India, 1526-1858 Art of Empire: Mughal India The Legacy of Islamic Empires and their Arts Mughal Coinage

The Safavid Dynasty, 1499- 1722

Mon., Oct. 22 Why is Safavid history important? Safavid Art Youth in European Dress Naqsh-i Jahan KINGDOMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST Wed., Oct. 24 Islamic History as Global History Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun's Maqaddima - Summary

Who's Who in Medieval History - Ibn Khaldun

Rise and Fall: Ibn Khaldun and the Effects of Taxation

Ibn Khadun

Ibn Khaldun and Our Age

Paul A. Cantor, "The Uncanonical Dante: The Divine Comedy And Islamic Philosophy"

The Other Question Mon., Oct. 29 Women and Islam

"Behind the Veil Westerners," by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard May/June 2001

Short biographical sketches of famous Muslim women

"Are Human Rights Compatible with Islam? The Issue of the Rights of Women in Muslim Communities" By Riffat Hassan, Ph.D.

THE RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION IN TEN WORLD RELIGIONS

"Members, One of Another": Gender Equality and Justice in Islam By Riffat Hassan

On Being A Muslim Woman: Laws and Practices by Nawal H. Ammar,

Women in the Quran and the Sunna by Prof. Abdur Rahman I. Doi Wed., Oct. 31 The Other Mon., Nov. 5 Slavaery Wed., Nov. 7 Imagining Europe

The Modern Middle East Colonialism and Nationalism

Eastern Question The Great Powers and the "Eastern Question" THE EASTERN QUESTION AN Mon., Nov. 12 HISTORICAL STUDY IN EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY Ê BY Ê J. A. R. MARRIOTT Map of Ottoman Disintegration On the Eve of the WWI Israel in 1950 Middle East 1950 Refashioning Iran

Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, "Going Public: Wed., Nov. 14 Patriotic and Matriotic Homeland in Iranian Nationalist Discourses" Strategires 13: 2 (2000), 175-200.

Middle East Studies Association Mon., Nov. 19 Conference Wed., Nov. 21 Pre-Thanksgiving Day Mon., Nov. 26 The Question of Palestine

Theodor Herzl, "The Jewish State" (1896). Richard Gottheil, "The Aims of Zionism," (1 November 1898). History of the Palestine Problem Jerome Slater, "Can Zionism be Reconciled with Justice for the Palestinians?" Rashid Khalidi, "A Universal Jubilee? Palestinians 50 Years after 1948." Balfour Declaration Resolution 181 The Palestine Mandate Map of Israel Secularism and Islamism

Wed., Nov. 28 The Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909

Niyazi Berkes. "Foundations of a Secular State". Historiography of Indian Nationalism

Guest Speaker: Rochona Majumdar (University of Chicago)

Political Map Maps and Timeline Mon., Dec. 3 India Pakistan India and Pakistan Fifty Years of Independence The British colonisation, The Freedom struggle

David Ludden, "Introduction A Brief History of Subalternity"

Ranajit Guha, "On Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India" Wed., Dec. 5 Re-Visioning

Bibliographic Resources

Selected list of Bibliographic Resources on Orientalists and Orientalism Links

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east.html (Maps of the Middle East)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/asia.html (Maps of Asia)

http://i-cias.com/e.o/ (Encyclopedia of the Middle East) http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/inMEres/inMEres.html http://www.arab.net/ http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/98plenary.htm

http://www.students.cs.ruu.nl/people/tgulteki/aciklama.html http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/post/misc/postov.html (Postcolonial world) http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/Tanos/Orient/baba.html (Ali Baba) http://www.soci.swt.edu/areas/multicltrlinks.htm#anchor43426 (Multicultural Links on the Web) http://pages.prodigy.net/abboud/khaldun.htm (Ibn Khaldun: The Real Father of Sociology) http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4898/index1.htm (Ibn Khaldun) http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/Tanos/Orient/painting.html (Oriental Paintings) http://www.trincoll.edu/~tj/tj9.19.96/articles/cover.html (Iran Story)