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CURRICULUM FOR THE PREPARATORY YEAR In addition to three courses per semester, three more are required from the Ottoman History track and two more from the European History and U.S. History tracks are required.
Autumn Semester
Ottoman History HIST 401 Ottoman Turkish and Paleography I HIST 411 Ottoman History: 1300-1600 HIST 413 Byzantine History I: 324-1025 HIST 417 Medieval Europe (500-1500) HIST 431 History of the United States until the Reconstruction Elective (1)
European History HIST 411 Ottoman History: 1300-1600 HIST 413 Byzantine History I: 324-1025 HIST 417 Medieval Europe (500-1500) HIST 431 History of the United States until the Reconstruction HIST 481 Latin for Medieval and EarlyModern History I
American History HIST 411 Ottoman History: 1300-1600 HIST 417 Medieval Europe (500-1500) HIST 431 History of the United States until the Reconstruction HIST 433 History of American Politics HIST 435 The History of US Foreign Relations: The Cold War and Beyond Elective (1)
Spring Semester
Ottoman History HIST 402 Ottoman Turkish and Paleography II HIST 412 Ottoman History: 1600-1914 HIST 414 Byzantine History II: 1025-1453 HIST 418 Modern Europe (1453-1914) HIST 432 History of the United States from the Reconstruction until Modern Times Elective (1)
European History HIST 412 Ottoman History: 1600-1914 HIST 414 Byzantine History II: 1025-1453 HIST 418 Modern Europe (1453-1914) HIST 432 History of the United States from the Reconstruction until Modern Times HIST 482 Latin for Medieval and Early Modern History II
American History HIST 412 Ottoman History: 1600-1914 HIST 418 Modern Europe (1453-1914) HIST 432 History of the United States from the Reconstruction until Modern Times Elective (1)
CURRICULUM FOR THE M.A PROGRAM
FIRST YEAR
Autumn Semester
Ottoman History HIST 501 Ottoman Paleography I HIST 507 Methodology in History I HIST 511 Ottoman Social and Economic History I Graduate Electives (2)
European History HIST 507 Methodology in History I HIST 527 Feudalism: East and West I Graduate Electives (3)
American History HIST 507 Methodology in History I HIST 573 New Era/New Deal (1920-1945) Graduate Electives (3)
Spring Semester
Ottoman History HIST 502 Ottoman Paleography II HIST 508 Methodology in History II HIST 512 Ottoman Social and Economic History II HIST 520 Sources of Ottoman Social and Economic History Graduate Electives (2)
European History HIST 482 Latin for Medieval and Early Modern History II HIST 508 Methodology in History II HIST 560 Major Issues in Medieval and Early Modern Economies Graduate Electives (3)
American History HIST 508 Methodology in History II HIST 524 US in the Vietnam Era Graduate Electives (3)
SECOND YEAR
Autumn Semester
Ottoman History HIST 591 Seminar in Ottoman History I HIST 599 Master's Thesis
European History HIST 599 Master's Thesis Graduate Elective (1)
American History HIST 599 Master's Thesis Graduate Elective (1)
Spring Semester
Ottoman History HIST 592 Seminar in Ottoman History II HIST 599 Master's Thesis
European History HIST 599 Master's Thesis Graduate Elective (1)
American History HIST 599 Master's Thesis Graduate Elective (1)
CURRICULUM FOR THE Ph.D. PROGRAM
FIRST YEAR
Autumn Semester Graduate Electives (4)
Spring Semester Graduate Electives (4)
SECOND YEAR After the completion of the credit requirements
Autumn Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
Spring Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
THIRD YEAR
Autumn Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
Spring Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
FOURTH YEAR
Autumn Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
Spring Semester HIST 699 Ph.D. Dissertation
Graduate Electives HIST 518 Introduction to Ottoman Diplomatics HIST 519 Sources of Ottoman Social and Economic History I HIST 525 Transition from Late Byzantium to the Early Ottoman Empire HIST 527 Feudalism: East and West HIST 533 Religion: East and West (1350-1850) HIST 563 Islamic Culture in the Ottoman Balkans I HIST 564 Islamic Culture in the Ottoman Balkans II HIST 569 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire I HIST 570 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire II HIST 573 New Era/New Deal (1920-1945) HIST 612 Ottoman Imperial Socio-Economic History (1452-1600)
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HIST 501 Ottoman Paleography I HIST 502 Ottoman Paleography II Advanced reading exercises with Ottoman documents.
HIST 505 Ottoman Rule in Southeast Europe I: 1354-1600 Local Balkan monarchies (Bosnians, Bulgarians, Serbs) and the growing feudalization of the region. Ottoman expansion and the foundation of the First Ottoman Empire. Interregnum and the Second Ottoman Empire. Social and economic developments. Administration and land regime. Urban and rural structure. Vassal and tributary states. The unique case of Dubrovnik.
HIST 507 Methodology in History I Basic methods in historical research. The history of historiography. Main traditions and currents of historical thought.
HIST 508 Methodology in History II Main methods and approaches in historical research. Recent discussions in historiography. Social and ethical role of historians.
HIST 509 Latin Paleography for Medieval and Early Modern European History The aim of this course is to introduce the main developments in European handwriting for the period 500 to 1600, and to enable history students to use Latin and vernacular manuscript sources as part of their research. In addition to different scripts, the course will also cover other paleographical topics, such as abbreviations, as well as codicology and manuscript illumination.
HIST 511 Ottoman Social and Economic History I Ottoman Beylik as a frontier state. Hegemony in Anatolia and the Balkans. The Battle of Ankara and struggle for Revival. The conquest of Constantinople. The definitive foundation of the classical Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire as a world power. Internal disorders. Social, economic and religious institutions.
HIST 518 Introduction to Ottoman Diplomatics History and development of the field of archival research. Archives and archival sources in Turkey. Development of the field of Ottoman diplomatics. Types and classifications of Ottoman documents. Internal structure of Ottoman official correspondence, decrees and diploma prior to the Tanzimat period. Ottoman official documentation in the period of reforms until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
HIST 519 HIST 520 Sources of Ottoman Social of Economic History I-II The Ottoman land regime. Social and legal changes throughout periods. Reading and analysis of sources berats, mühimmes, sicils, tahrirs, temettüats and vakfiyyes.
HIST 523 England (1300-1600): History and Texts The purpose of this course is to examine in detail the history of England in the late middle ages and early modern period, with special reference to primary sources composed in the English language during the time-span c.1300-c.1600. The course will provide a basic grounding in Middle and Early Modern English, and will consider the problems of doing historical research using vernacular documents (administrative, historical, literary, religious and others). The course will examine the main social, economic and religious changes of this period against the background of political change.
HIST 525 Transition from Late Byzantium to Early Ottoman History Comparison of the institutions of the Byzantine Empire and those of its successor state, the Ottoman Empire. Discussion of continuity and change. Examinations of institutions such as the palace, pious endowments, land regime, taxation, guilds, armed forces based on Byzantine and Ottoman documents.
HIST 527 Feudalism: East and West Examination of the origins and development of the diverse modern concepts of “Feudal” and “Feudalism” from late medieval and early-modern legal theory through the Enlightenment and Marxism down to modern times. The courses will go on to deal with the elements of these concepts as historical phenomena in medieval and early-modern Europe and in the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
HIST 529 Bulgaria under the Ottoman Rule: History and Sources Medieval Bulgarian state before the Ottomans. Ottoman conquest - from “Bulgarian Empire'' to Ottoman Rumelia. Turkish colonization in Bulgaria: ahis, gazis, dervishes, and yuruks in the early colonization process. Demographic structure of Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule. Ottoman towns and Turkish settlements in the rural area. Administrative division of Rumelia, communication system and trade routes. Conversion to Islam in urban and rural areas. Islamization process in Bulgarian lands as a contemporary myth. Ottoman culture in Bulgaria. Sources for the study of the Ottoman rule in Bulgarian lands.
HIST 533 Religion: East and West (1350-1850) The course offers a general understanding of European religious history from the late medieval period up to, and including, the earliest stages of secularization in the post revolutionary / Tanzimat period. In dealing with western and central European history, its chief concerns are the transition from medieval to modern religion, the challenge of the Enlightenment and the responses to it. In dealing with eastern European and Ottoman history, it examines the continuation of the Byzantine religious tradition in eastern Europe and in the Ottoman dominions and discusses the historical relationship between Christianity and Islam.
HIST 535 Abdulhamid: Reformer or Reactionary The development of Ottoman government and society during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), with special attention to the role he played in completing the work of the Tanzimat reform movement carried out earlier in the 19th century, while at the same time suppressing many of the political and social ramifications of reform.
HIST 538 US in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era An intensive examination of the U.S. history in the period 1877-1920. Institutional, economic and intellectual developments. Analysis of historiographical discussions concerning the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
HIST 545 Themes in Historical Geography and Demography Examination of the bases of historical demographic research and the importance of geographical and topological information in the understanding of communities in Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
HIST 549 Rebellions and Revolutions in Early Modern History The concept of the General Crisis of the seventeenth century. Dissolution of feudal structures. Popular upheavals, revolutions and civil wars. Explanation of the importance of this concept for the political, religious, social and economic histories of European states as well as of the Ottoman Empire.
HIST 560 Major Issues in Medieval and Early Modern Economies Study of the main transformations in the economies of Europe and the Near East from late Roman times to the mid-17th century. Examination of the disappearance of monetary economy, emergence of manorialism, and trade life in the Mediterranean basin. Development of markets and the domination of the Atlantic economy. Price inflation. Reasons for and consequences of these developments.
HIST 563 Islamic Culture in the Ottoman Balkans, 1400-1600 Introduction of Islamic culture to the Balkan peninsula by the Ottomans. Local Balkan Islamic culture. Relations between high Islam in Istanbul and the local Balkanic Islam. Emergence of heterodoxy and orthodoxy.
HIST 564 Islamic Culture in the Ottoman Balkans, 1600-1900 Ottoman political decline in the Balkans. Decentralization and the Bektashis, Hurufis and Hamzevis. Centralization, Tanzimat reforms and local Islamic reactions. Bektashis and the Albanian nationalist movement. Bosnian Muslims and the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia.
HIST 569 HIST 570 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire I-II Analysis of the cultural history of the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to the period of the Turkish Republic. Topics include social and cultural structures of the Ottoman Empire, language, literature and artistic tradition, and analysis and interpretation of some significant works (divans, biographies of poets, kasides, memoirs).
HIST 573 New Era/New Deal (1920-1945) This course is designed to give students in the Master’s program in US history an in-depth look at the history of and historical literature about the period 1920-1945. Major topics will include the Jazz Age, the Roaring 20’s, the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and World War II.
HIST 591 Seminar in Ottoman History I Reading and interpretation of selected sets of documents on particular topics.
HIST 592 Seminar in Ottoman History II Independent work on the periods of transition and modernization of the Ottoman state and society.
HIST 612 Ottoman Imperial Socio-Economic History, 1453-1600 Mehmet the Conqueror and the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman administration in its classical form. The Çift-Hane system. The Shari’a and Örf. The Ulema and religious orthodoxy. Heterodox movements in the provinces.
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