This is one of a series of term-courses reviewing sources relevant for the study of Ottoman and Turkish history in different periods, as well as methods that have been developed and employed by historians on the basis of different types of sources. Specifically for the 17th and 18th centuries, HIST 572 starts out with a review of the decline paradigm, which among other things portrays the Ottoman Empire as a stagnant, peripheral and passive spectator in Early Modernity, and which has been persuasively challenged since the 1970s. Building upon research based on the central Ottoman archives over the last three decades, and using the state as the key unit of analysis, the first part of this course takes an in-depth look at people and ideas in the Ottoman territories over 1600-1800, via (1) the changing political economy, (2) the transformation of agrarian relations, (3) the problems of provisioning Istanbul, (4) struggles between the reforming and conservative wings of the ruling elite, and (5) the "women's sultanate", so-called, and the changing legitimation patterns of the House of Osman. A second part deals with (6) economic, social and cultural life in the provinces, and (7) the growth of international trading cities such as Thessaloniki, Izmir or Aleppo. In concluding, historiographical attention is devoted to the clichés or tropes of (8) the "Tulip Age", (9) "Oriental despotism", and (10) "incorporation into the world- system".
Sources and Methods for 17th and 18th century Ottoman History (HIST 572)
Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
MA-Conf.Analys.&Resol-Non Thes | |||
MA-Conflict Analys.&Resolution | |||
MA-Cultural Studies | |||
MA-Cultural Studies-Non Thesis | |||
MA-European Studies | |||
MA-European Studies-Non Thesis | |||
MA-History | |||
MA-History-Non Thesis | |||
MA-Political Science | |||
MA-Political Science-Non Thes | |||
MA-Turkish Studies | |||
MA-Turkish Studies-Non Thesis | |||
MA-Visual Arts&Vis. Com Des-NT | |||
MA-Visual Arts&Visual Com Des | |||
MS-Bio. Sci. & Bioeng. LFI | |||
MS-Bio. Sci. & Bioeng. LFI-ENG | |||
MS-Industrial Eng. LFI-ENG | |||
MS-Industrial Engineering LFI | |||
MS-Materials Sci. & Eng. LFI | |||
MS-Materials Sci.&Eng. LFI-ENG | |||
MS-Mechatronics LFI | |||
MS-Mechatronics LFI-ENG | |||
MS-Psychology | |||
MS-Psychology-Non Thesis | |||
PHD-Computer Science and Eng. | * | ||
PHD-Experimental Psychology | |||
PHD-Gender Studies | |||
PHD-History | |||
PHD-Management | |||
PHD-Social Psychology | |||
PHDEPSY after UG | |||
PHDMAN after UG | |||
PHDMAN after UG-Finance | |||
PHDMAN after UG-Man. and Org. | |||
PHDMAN after UG-Op.&Sup. Cha. | |||
PHDMAN-Finance Area | |||
PHDMAN-Man. and Org. Area | |||
PHDMAN-Op. & Supp. Chain Area | |||
PHDSPSY after UG |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
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LEARNING OUTCOME
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify the major debates and historians of the 17th-18th century Ottoman historiography.
2. describe the major events, persons and ideas that shaped the period and how these events fit into the course of Ottoman history.
3. develop skills to analyze primary sources (in translation).
4. On Ottoman men/women and Ideas
5. comprehend a more nuanced understanding of the historical context of the pre-modern Ottoman empire.
6. analyze the interrelated forces of economy, society and culture.
7. develop a broader historical context to better understand reform and resistence.
8. develop independent and group study skills
9. evaluate historical material to produce, to a deadline, a coherent and cogent argument, developed through the mode of assessment
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
Percentage (%) | |
Final | 25 |
Midterm | 30 |
Written Report | 25 |
Presentation | 20 |