Cultural Representations of Post-Coloniality

Assignments

Besides the course outline, more detailed assignments may also be listed under links for lectures, please check there!

Class Schedule

Class Schedule, with links to many readings

Lectures

Nationalism, ethnicity, and religion in Africa (25-Sep)

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Nation, religion, secularism (2-Oct)

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Nationalism (4-Oct)

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War, violence, identity, Mahmoud Darwish, Yehuda Amichai (9-Oct)

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Poverty and urbanization: Cairo, Lagos, Tehran (11-Oct)

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More readings

• "Orientalism Definition"

• Orientalism Reconsidered, by Edward Said

Maps

Map of Ottoman expansion

Maps of Palestine

Audio/Visual materials

Edward Said on Orientalism:

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Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4: