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History of the Modern Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

James Jankowski*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado

Extract

The syllabi on modern Middle Eastern history courses submitted by members of MESA were, not unnaturally, varied in general approach, in time span and in area covered. There were certain common elements, however, within the framework of which this syllabus has largely remained. Four such congruences were most important:

  1. 1) the use of a chronological rather than a topical or problems approach in teaching the history of the modern Middle East (while particular topics or problems were often isolated within a particular time period, all of the syllabi submitted used a chronological framework);

  2. 2) a general tendency to begin with a brief survey of the medieval history of the Middle East before beginning intensive treatment at the beginning of the nineteenth century;

  3. 3) an emphasis on internal development and modernization rather than on political-diplomatic history;

  4. 4) the frequent use of reading assignments (a chapter from one work, a number of pages from another) from a variety of semi-specialized or monographic works rather than reliance on one or more texts or readers.

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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 1970

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