Asian and Asian American Studies Courses

For a complete list of Asian and Asian American Studies (AAAS) courses, please visit the UConn Catalog website.

Academic Year 2024-2025

Asian and Asian American Studies Courses AAAS 3712

3712. The Middle East Crucible

Also offered as: HIST 3712

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Twentieth-century developments in the Middle East, focusing on political Islam/Islamism, Orientalism, imperialism, the history of struggles for representative government, nationalism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, super-power rivalries, and the search for identity, independence, and peace with justice. CA 1. CA 4-INT.