6840001 West Asian History
| Numbering Code | U-LET25 36840 SJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | 4 | Course Type | Seminar | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Tue.3 | |
| Instructor name | ISOGAI KENICHI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In this course, students will read the English text on the Umayyad and Abbasid history that constitutes a part of Volume 1 of "The New Cambridge History of Islam," (Cambridge University Press, 2010). This is the first volume in a multivolume edition that captures the comprehensive history of the Islamic world. By reading the text, students will gain adequate knowledge not only on the early stages of the development of Muslim history, but also on the rules governing the translation of technical terms in Arabic into English. | |||
| Course Goals |
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will: (1) Be aware of contemporary research trends in the history of the Islamic world. (2) Understand the meanings of technical terms that appear frequently in the literature. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
・The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 2010. ・Each student will be required to make a presentation for five minutes on the contents of the text assigned to him/her (3-5 pages) and translate it into Japanese. Week 1: The rules of this course will be explained. Each student will be assigned some part of the text. Weeks 2-3: "The Early Caliphate: Succession, Civil War and Opposition Movements," In Chase F. Robinson, The Rise of Islam, 600-705, pp. 202-208. Weeks 4-5: "The Early Islamic Polity: Instruments and Traditions of Rule in the Sufyanid Period," In Chase F. Robinson, The Rise of Islam, 600-705, pp. 208-215. Weeks 6-7: "The Second Fitna and the Marwanid Revolution," In Chase F. Robinson, The Rise of Islam, 600-705, pp. 215-221. Week 8: "Conclusion," In Chase F. Robinson, The Rise of Islam, 600-705, pp. 221-225. Week 9: "Introduction - The Marwanid Dynasty and Its Structure: An Overview," In Paul M. Cobb, The Empire in Syria, 705-763, pp. 226-230. Weeks 10-12: "Imperial Expansion, from France to Farghana," In Paul M. Cobb, The Empire in Syria, 705-763, pp. 230-241. Weeks 13-15: "Administrative Centralising - 'Rebellion and the Alternatives to Marwanid Imperium," In Paul M. Cobb, The Empire in Syria, 705-763, pp. 241-255. Weeks 16-18: "Fitna and Dawla: the End of Syrian Centrality - Conclusion: 750 and All That," In Paul M. Cobb, The Empire in Syria, 705-763, pp. 255-268. Weeks 19-23: "The Consolidation of Power - Al-Mahdi, al-Hadi and al-Rashid," In Tayeb El-Hibri, The Empire in Iraq, 763-861, pp. 269-284. Weeks 24-25: "The Succession Crisis - The Age of Reunification and Transition," In Tayeb El-Hibri, The Empire in Iraq, 763-861, pp. 284-291. Weeks 26-30: "Intellectual Life: the Religious Policy of al-Ma'mun," In Tayeb El-Hibri, The Empire in Iraq, 763-861, pp. 291-304. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Participation in class and preparation for reading | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students are expected to prepare adequately to read the text. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Chase F. Robinson (2010) The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Handouts will be shared through Google Drive | ||
| References, etc. | Handouts will be shared through Google Drive | |||
