Fall 2005
HIS 388K • Islamic Historiography: Old World and the New
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 38915 |
T |
4:00 PM-7:00 PM |
GAR 205 |
SPELLBERG |
Course Description
Primary and secondary works focus on debates about Islamic historiography in the context of interdisciplinarity in law, religion, anthropology, and Western historiography. Issues such as authenticity, narrative, communal identity and social control will be emphasized in the focus on Muslim slaves and issues of diaspora in both medieval Middle Eastern and premodern American contexts.
Texts
Khaled Abou El Fadl, AND GOD KNOWS THE SOLDIERS: AUTHORITATIVE AND AUTHORITARIAN IN ISLAMIC DISCOURSES. Robert Allison. THE CRESCENT OBSCURED: THE UNITED STATES AND THE MUSLIM WORLD: 1776-1815, THE LEGACY OF THE BARBARY WARS. Allan Austin. AFRICAN MUSLIMS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA. Paul Baeplier, WHITESLAVES, AFRICAN MASTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN BARBARY CAPTIVITY NARRATIVES. David Blanks, and M. Frasetto, ed. VIEWS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE. Sylviane Djiouf, SERVANTS OF ALLAH: AFRICAN MUSLIMS ENSLAVED IN THE AMERICAS. Nabil Matar, TURKS, MOORS, AND ENGLISHMEN IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY. Rolph-Michel Trouillot, SILENCING THE PAST: POWER AND THE PRODUCTION OF HISTORY
