Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: LIVING IN THE CITY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Seminar combines primary and secondary sources to explore the urban experiences of Ottoman men and women in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Looking at several cities including Istanbul, Izmir, Salonika, Damascus, Aleppo and Alexandria, we will discuss such issues as neighborhood and community life, public spaces and recreational culture perceptions of space, urban institutions, Muslim and non-Muslim relations, migration and marginality, violence and death. Reading knowledge of French and /or Turkish helpful but not necessary. Cross-list: ARCH 318, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 508. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 308 if student has credit for HART 508.