This course focuses on a critical understanding of the politics of the contemporary Middle East. The course takes a historical and ethnographic approach to understanding political cultures in the Middle East, interpreting the role of Islam, secularism, and globalization. It evaluates the impact of war, occupation, ethnic conflicts, and military-industrial complexes on the region. Students especially deepen their knowledge of geopolitical shifts in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Turkey to build a comprehensive critical understanding of conflicts such as Israeli/Palestinian, Houthis/Saudis, and Kurdish/ISIS.Critical Ethnic Studies 2000-level seminars introduce students to the complexities and nuances of intersectionality, gender, disability, decolonial theory & philosophy, in imperialist and non-imperialist societies. 2000-level seminars may incorporate one or more of the following interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x, and Latino /a/x studies, border studies, cultural studies, critical disability studies, critical gender studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities.

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