HIST 111B
Topics in Middle Eastern History: Early Modern
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of Istanbul in Ottoman period (1453 to 1923); relationship between history and literary imagination and view of history as dialogue between past and present; scholarly debate on urban history of early-modern Middle East; introduction to corpus of theories (world economy paradigm) through discussion of Ottoman port cities. May be repeated for maximum of 16 units with topic and/or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2023 - Class itself was super easy and non stressful, she's an alright lecturer and definitely knows a lot about the essay. THE FINAL WAS A TRICK QUESTION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FAILED FROM IT, the final consisted of a question about religion in which you need evidence to back it up, I wrote an answer and backed it up with evidence she gave me a 50 percent saying it was incorrect no other feedback, I saw other people recieved 25% and 35% on the final. Class is super easy, but the final was very poorly worded and very unfairly graded.
Summer 2023 - Class itself was super easy and non stressful, she's an alright lecturer and definitely knows a lot about the essay. THE FINAL WAS A TRICK QUESTION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FAILED FROM IT, the final consisted of a question about religion in which you need evidence to back it up, I wrote an answer and backed it up with evidence she gave me a 50 percent saying it was incorrect no other feedback, I saw other people recieved 25% and 35% on the final. Class is super easy, but the final was very poorly worded and very unfairly graded.
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Fall 2023 - This class WOULD NOT END. Momdjian is just not a clear or engaging lecturer in the slightest and each week seems to be just a random topic she decides to speak on. The readings are too long & too dense and she never actually goes over them so you never feel like you get clarification on anything. The grading & assignments are not hard at all and you will get an A if you put in the effort but I would not take this again.
Fall 2023 - This class WOULD NOT END. Momdjian is just not a clear or engaging lecturer in the slightest and each week seems to be just a random topic she decides to speak on. The readings are too long & too dense and she never actually goes over them so you never feel like you get clarification on anything. The grading & assignments are not hard at all and you will get an A if you put in the effort but I would not take this again.
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Good Lecturer and a funny guy who really knows his stuff on Arab Provinces in the Ottoman Empire, the experience only got better with Nefertiti as my TA, she was awesome! Anyways, discussion section, final, midterm make up the grade in this class, and it's not a terribly hard class, but the readings were very complex, nevertheless take him, he's really cool!
Good Lecturer and a funny guy who really knows his stuff on Arab Provinces in the Ottoman Empire, the experience only got better with Nefertiti as my TA, she was awesome! Anyways, discussion section, final, midterm make up the grade in this class, and it's not a terribly hard class, but the readings were very complex, nevertheless take him, he's really cool!
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