Gender Relations in Middle Eastern History

HIS482 is designed as a reading intensive seminar course. This course will examine gender, sexuality, and masculinities, as well as their roles in Middle Eastern societies from the inception of Islam in the 7^th century through the 20^th century, with a special focus on the early modern period. It will also provide an insight into the theoretical discussions and paradigms that are related to the aforementioned concepts and their historical development. Since this course is an interdisciplinary, students are expected to read wide range of scholarly sources from various disciplines such as gender studies, sociology, anthropology, etc.

At the completion of this course, students will be able to explain historical development of and theoretical discussions on gender relations in Middle Eastern history in an interdisciplinary manner. They will also be able to analyze any given aspect of the roles of aforementioned concepts in Middle Eastern history with references to the current social problems in the region