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141133 SE The Arab World and Minorities (2020W)

Islamic-jewish relations in the MENA-region from the 19th century to the present

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.11. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 12.11. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 19.11. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 26.11. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 03.12. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 10.12. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 17.12. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 07.01. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 14.01. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 21.01. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Thursday 28.01. 16:45 - 18:45 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Muslim world was home to Jewish communities for centuries. Prominent examples are Iraq, Egypt, and Marocco. During the 20th century, almost all Jewish communities left these countries and only in Iran and Turkey relatively small communities remained to this day.
The seminar provides an overview of the relationships between Muslims and Jews from the 19th century onwards, regarding their social, economic, cultural and linguistic aspects and how these relations changed in the last few decades.
Goals:
Understanding the complexity of factors that influenced the life of minorities in the Muslim world. We will not be looking exclusively at "religious" explanations, that means, Jewish life will not be analyzed as static, homogenous and isolated, but in interaction with its respective environment. The regional geopolitical context will also be taken into account, by discussing which consequences these transformations of a particular region or country had for the different segments of society.

Assessment and permitted materials

Weekly written summaries of the literature to be discussed in the seminar, presentation, and final paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

a) regular attendance and participation in the seminar
b) weekly written summary of literature
c) presentation
d) final paper

Examination topics

Reading list

Joel Beinin, The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, politics, and the formation of a Modern Diaspora.
Orit Bashkin, New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq.
Daniel Tsadik, Between Foreigners and Shi‘is: Nineteenth-Century Iran and its Jewish Minority.
Mehrdad Amanat, Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha'i Faith.
Josef Meri: The Routledge Handbook of Jewish-Muslim Relations.
Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria.
Josh Schreier, Arabs of the Jewish Faith: The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria.
Josh Schreier, The Merchants of Oran: A Jewish Port at the Dawn of Empire.
Ethan Katz, The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France.
Jess Marglin, Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco.
Aomar Boum, Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco.
Michelle Campos, Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine.
Julia Phillips Cohen, Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era.

Association in the course directory

WM-14

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