Empire, Law, and Citizenship in the Middle East and the Balkans
- Module Code:
- 15PHIH049
- Credits:
- 15
- FHEQ Level:
- 7
- Year of study:
- Year 1 or Year 2
- Taught in:
- Term 1
Objectives and learning outcomes of the module
On successful completion of this module a student will gain:
- Factual knowledge of the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic
- Familiarity with dominant themes, issues, and processes that shaped the late Ottoman and early Republican world
- Familiarity with different topical and theoretical approaches to the study of the late Ottoman and early Republican history
- Ability to analyse the notion of Ottoman legacy
- Development of an analytical approach to the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and its successor states
Explain how the learning outcomes fit with the programme(s) for which the module will be available:
This is not a new course but rather the break of the highly successful full-unit “The End of Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans (15PHIC004_L1/01)” course into two half-unit modules following departmental restructuring of the MA programme and modules. In that, it will continue to be the only history course that offers in-depth study of the history of the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic.
Scope and syllabus
- Introduction and course overview
- Ideas of “Progress”
- Dispossessed Ottomans: Nomads, Migrants, and Refugees
- Regulating Vulnerability
- Margins of the State
- Resistance & Revolution
- Constitutional Rule and Limits of Freedom, Equality, and Justice
- World War I and the Ottoman Empire
- Genocide, Confiscation, and Destruction
- Republic and its Discontents
Method of assessment
Book Review of 1,00 words worth 20%, Assignment of 3,000 words worth 80%