Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: UNDERSTANDING SECTARIANISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Seminar will examine the validity of the notion of age-old religious and tribal violence in the region, relate the nature of religious violence in the Ottoman Empire to Zionism in Palestine and sectarianism in Lebanon, and analyze the sectarian struggle in contemporary Iraq in light of the American occupation.