INTS 375: Special Topics

INTS 375-DL2: Race & Slavery in Islamic Wrld
(Spring 2024)

01:30 PM to 04:10 PM TR

Online

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Section Information for Spring 2024

We are finding ourselves in a historical moment, questioning not only racism but also its connection to slavery in our nation’s past.  Both issues complicate the pasts and present of many other societies, including those of the Islamic world.  This course will explore the issues of race and slavery in Islam.  We will ask, is there a connection between race and the institution of slavery in the Islamic world?  What legacies have both issues left today?  We will consider instances of slave revolts in early Islam, the experience of elite slaves in the early modern period, the paradoxical role of female slaves, case studies of Muslim slaves in the west, and slavery in the Muslim world today, among other examples, as we survey the issues of race and slavery in this global faith community, through primary, secondary, visual, literary, and documentary sources.  Changing legal, philosophical, and cultural expositions of race and slavery in specific historical contexts as well as such entangled concepts as freedom, equality, and justice will be covered.

INTS 375 DL2 is an online video section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 1-18

Studies topics of special interest to undergraduates. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 18 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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