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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2006
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HIST 534 001 (CRN: 21669)
CIVILIZING MISSIONS
Long Title: CIVILIZING MISSIONS
Department: History
Instructor: Makdisi, Ussama
Meeting: 2:00PM - 5:00PM M (11-JAN-2006 - 28-APR-2006)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 4
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 100
Section Enrolled: 6
Enrollment data as of: 19-MAY-2024 12:16AM
Description: The development of "civilizing missions" legitimized territorial and spiritual conquest and validated the suppression of subject customs, cultures, and religions. Graduate reading seminar will explore the idea, which became an integral part of imperial, religious, and national ideologies. Readings include (in translation) modern historical, geographical, legal, ethnographic, religious, and literary texts.