The End of Empire in the Middle East and the Balkans I
Key information
- Status
- Module not running
- Module code
- 15PHIH048
- FHEQ Level
- 7
- Credits
- 15
- Department
- Department of History
Module overview
Objectives and learning outcomes of the module
On successful completion of this module a student will gain:
- Factual knowledge of the history of the post-classical age Ottoman Empire
- Familiarity with dominant themes, issues, and processes that preceded the modern era Ottoman world
- Familiarity with different topical and theoretical approaches to the study of Ottoman 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 early modern and modern era Ottoman Empire.
Scope and syllabus
1. Introduction and course overview
2. Locating the End in Empire: Periodization and Legacies of the Ottoman Past
3. Challenges to the Absolutist Order
4. Imperial Ecologies & Economies
5. Bourgeois Anxieties
6. Centre, Periphery and Competing Sovereignties in the Ottoman Empire
7. Bureaucratic Rule and Secularizing State
8. The Spirit of the Constitution
9. Law & Imperial Citizenship
10. Culture(s) of Sectarianism and Violence
Method of assessment
Book Review of 1,00 words worth 20%, Assignment of 3,000 words worth 80%
Disclaimer
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