HIST355 OTTOMAN SOURCES OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
| Course Code: | 2400355 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | History |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ÖMER TURAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course provides an introduction to key Ottoman chronicles from the end of the seventeenth century through the nineteenth. After covering an outline of these Ottoman sources and the ways of Ottoman history writing, excerpts from selected chronicles from each period will be initially deciphered. They will then be analyzed textually and contextually.
Course Content
This course provides an introduction to key Ottoman sources from the end of the eighteenth through the first quarter of the twentieth century. After covering an outline of these Ottoman sources and Ottoman ways of writing history, chronicles from each period will be studied closely.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: i) read and understand the works of Ottoman chroniclers between the late seventeenth and nineteenth centuries ii) evaluate the chronicles critically vis-à-vis their historical contexts iii) use these sources for historical inquiry.