Courses

In this course, we will survey historical texts that emerge in and around Europe’s engagement with Muslim societies and the creation of a “modern world.” How do we understand Islam(s), colonialism and anti-colonialism in light of texts and practices from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. We will explore key issues surrounding the history of the Enlightenment, the rise of historicism and the growing interest in universal histories through the engagement with Arabic texts and North African histories from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid twentieth century.