HIST570 OTTOMAN URBAN HISTORY
| Course Code: | 2400570 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | History |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1. To provide students with a broad perspective of approaches to Ottoman history and an understanding of the various ways in which they manifest themselves and to assess students’ ability to express their perspectives through exams essays.
2. To provide students with a deeper understanding of diverse historical and interdisciplinary traditions the course focus and to express this deepened understanding in written response papers and a critical essay.
3. To provide an overview of historical analysis and interpretation methods and help students apply these skills in writing essays.
4. To read widely and critically in a variety of historiographic and historical texts and to demonstrate the depth and breadth of this reading in essays
Course Content
This course is designed for a detailed analysis of the Ottoman urban history in early modern era. The course will concentrate on Anatolian and Arab cities in Ottoman period. The course will focus on three interrelated issues. The first one is the state of current paradigms concerning Middle Eastern cities. The second is the nature of social and economic networks that enabled harmonious relations between various ethno-religious groups living in Ottoman cities. For this end, special attention will be given to social and economic life from a communal perspective. The third issue is the family networks that form the second tier in communal bonds. Published primary sources concerning Ottoman urban history will be extensively employed for a deeper understanding of the urban fabric. The main aim of the course will be an analysis of private and communal networks that could provide a basis for a critical re-evaluation of contemporary literature on Middle Eastern cities.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to do the following:
1. Discuss the major developments and texts found in the subject of the course.
2. Identify unique theoretical underpinnings and influential thinkers in the course topic.
3. Analyze the relationship between historical texts and the particular social, cultural, and biographical contexts of their production.
4. Research and critically evaluate historical, social, cultural, or biographical criticism relevant to the analysis of specific events.
5. Use secondary sources and close reading skills to produce a substantive critical essay relating a one or more specific historical problems related to the economic, social, cultural, or biographical contexts of its production.
6. Demonstrate a balanced perspective and a deepened understanding of the Ottoman culture, people, and state
7. Write coherent historical arguments that explore the relationships of various concepts and texts, and which provide a clear synthesis
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Demonstrate competence in their chosen fields of study including the sources and the historiography relevant to it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Construct arguments based on developed research skills that enable them to access, analyze, synthesize and evaluate primary, secondary and tertiary sources efficiently | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Disseminate and communicate research findings effectively in oral and written form | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Develop the ability to work cooperatively on investigation of an area of historical inquiry and to share own findings with co-researchers | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Conduct research in Ottoman archives and other national and international research institutions | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Have a command of language skills necessary for their research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Act in accordance with a universal understanding of academic ethics | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Contribute to society through a sense of personal responsibility and awareness for social issues | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution