Middle East

Current Issues in Asian Studies

April 2 – June 21, 2013

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Syllabus

	Tuesday 1340	Wednesday 1340	Wednesday 1520	Wednesday 1650
Week 1 April 9, 10	1. Ottoman Empire 2. Japanese Empire	3. Methodology: Language Aspect	Seminar	Seminar
Week 2 April 17		4. House of Saud 5. Chinese Revolutions	Seminar	Seminar
Week 3 April 23, 24	6. Methodology: Ideological Aspect	7. 2x-Promised Land 8. Korean Divide	Seminar	Seminar
May 1	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY
May 8	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY
Week 4 May 15		9. Methodology: Resources Aspect	Seminar	Seminar
Week 5 May 21, 22	10. Authority in ME 11. Authority in FE	12. Methodology: Demographic Aspect	Seminar	Seminar
Week 6 May 29		13. Capitals in OPEC 14. Capitals in APEC	Seminar	Seminar

Marking Schema:

Lecture Attendance 14 x 0.5 = 5%

Seminar Attendance/Participation 5 x 3% = 15%

Seminar PowerPoint Presentation: Groups 35%

Paper: Individual [based on PPP and major] 15% 5 pages

Exam 30%

Lecture – history - centrifugal

Seminar – present – lateral

Paper – suggested futures - lateral

Methodology & Analysis

1. Language Aspect: Link_Divide: transl’n/interp meaning cross-culturally

2. Ideological Aspect: Abrahamic, Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist, Marxist

3. Resources Aspect: water, food, shelter, people, exploitable ‘nature’

4. Demographic Aspect: population shift& & growth

Middle East

1 Fall of the Ottoman Empire 1900-1917

2. Rise of the House of Saud 1902-1932

3. The Twice-Promised Land 1917-1947

4. Conflicting views of individual/state/boss

5. OPEC/WTO/Capital City Stratos

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