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HIST 383 - Borders, Wars, and Refugees from the Ottoman Empire to ISIS

FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
After the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, Middle Eastern borders have become blurred due to civil wars and the expansion of ISIL. This course investigates the formation and transformations of the region’s frontiers, besides displacement and refugees crises, at crucial moments of war from the Ottoman Empire, through WWI and the Cold War, until the present day. It explores states such as Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Turkey, Kurdistan, and Yemen. This is a ‘globally connected course’ organized in collaboration with the American University in Cairo (Egypt). It utilizes tools of Digital Scholarship to analyze maps, archival records, news, photos, videos, etc.


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