HIST 381

Spring 2022 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 18-May 4

Urban History

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Credit: 3 hours.

Examines the history of urban centers, paying special attention to the relationship between the city and its surrounding territory, the impact of migration and immigration, the delineation of space and the transformation of the built environment, and the role of a city's inhabitants in creating social networks, political structures, and cultural institutions.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary.

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HIST 381 class schedule data for spring 2022
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60151	Lecture-Discussion	CIH	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	G13 Foreign Languages Building	Natale, M Nobili, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/22-05/04/22 Section Info: Participating campuses: Host: Penn State University \| Receiving: Rutgers University & University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Description: A century ago less than 10% of the population of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) lived in cities, but today over 65% does. Three MENA cities— Cairo, Istanbul, and Tehran—have reached megacity status with 15-20 million residents living and working in and around the city boundaries. Yet these cities are more than an agglomeration of buildings and bodies; they are also sites of tremendous political, economic, social, and cultural meaning, contestation, and change. Together we explore the contours of urban life in a variety of MENA cities in the 19th-21st centuries, looking at the intersection of sites (house, street, neighborhood), themes (sacred spaces, gender in the public sphere, sectarianism), and historical forces (nationalism, colonialism, war, revolution). We draw on a wide range of primary sources such as memoirs, music, poetry and literature, and film, as well as multidisciplinary scholarship in history, anthropology, sociology, and architecture. Students will sharpen the key skills used in historical inquiry, namely, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, analysis, research and writing. Students also will be exposed to digital history tools in order to explore, understand, and visualize Middle Eastern urban societies in new ways.