Late changes to Curricular Proposals for 2024-25 Calendar
Late changes to Curricular Proposals for 2024-25 Calendar
June 2023
The following course proposals are being put forth for the 2024-25 calendar year.
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Proposal 1.1 Introduce a course on the Wilsonian Moment
HIST 3XXX [0.5 credit]
The Wilsonian Moment: Diplomacy and the Post-Ottoman Middle East
This course studies the impact of Woodrow Wilson’s advocacy of self-determination and of the League of Nations on the Post-Ottoman Middle East. Focusing on particular case studies, such as Iraq and Palestine, the course analyzes characteristics, long-term consequences, and local responses to the Mandate system.
Prerequisite: a 2000-level history course or third-year standing in History and 1.0 credit in History
Lectures three hours a week
Rationale: The Wilsonian moment is a well-studied topic in twentieth-century global history. This course will allow our students to learn about it from our new historian of the Middle East.
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Proposal 1.2 Introduce a course on Themes in Egyptian History
HIST 3XXX [0.5 credit]
Themes in Modern Egyptian History
Focuses on moments in modern Egyptian history, as exemplified by the lives of particular Egyptians. Through their writings, course analyses Egyptian responses to European colonialism, Islamic reformism, Egyptian feminism, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s cultural influence, the experience of the Coptic community, and the 2011 Revolution.
Prerequisite: a 2000-level history course or third-year standing in History and 1.0 credit in History
Lectures three hours a week
Rationale: This course has already been taught successfully elsewhere by our new historian of the Middle East. He hopes to teach it on a regular basis now that he is at Carleton.
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Please indicate below whether you approve of these two proposals.