I'm excited to offer this course in Fall 2020, "HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World," @GeorgeMasonU: historyarthistory.gmu.edu/courses/hist38…. D.C. area students can enroll through the Consortium (registrar.gmu.edu/topics/washing…). Friends & colleagues at D.C. area universities, please spread the word!
I'm also teaching 2nd new topics course Fall 2020, "GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, Rebels," from Kharijites to Khomeini to IS" @GeorgeMasonU. D.C. area students enrollment through Consortium (registrar.gmu.edu/topics/washing…). Please spread the word!
The second course covers ideological and political-theological interpretations of "Islam" by different states, movements & organizations throughout history from the Kharijites and the 'Abbasid revolution to Ayatullah Khomeini, religion in pan-Arab Ba'thism, up to AQ & IS(IS).
Both courses include not only key secondary studies on weekly course topics but also prioritize exposure to select primary sources in transl., w/ 'reading guides/terminology lists' where helpful to students. Modeling this after my co-teaching of McGill Islam & Politics courses.
Teaching a new topics course @ScharSchool @GeorgeMasonU: "GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels";
Course examines 'Islam' as revolutionary mobilizing tool from 7th century till today:
Open to D.C. Consortium universities' students:
Course looks at how Islam has been used as a mobilization tool by states, non-state actors from nation-state Islamists, transnational social movement organizations, jihadi groups, the Ba'th, & military-Islamist alliances;
Prioritizes primary as well as secondary readings.
Though writing a syllabus is time-consuming, I'm having a pretty good time designing my @ScharSchool GOVT 444 topics course 'Revolutionary Islam & the State,' particularly incl. case studies from the 'Abbasid revolution to Khomeini, AQ, & IS + a 'Past & Present Kharijites' week.
It's official, no longer listed as being taught by an amorphous "Staff" instructor:
@GeorgeMasonU
(1) HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
(2) GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, & Rebels
COURSE OUTLINE: "GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, & Rebels" @ScharSchool (Fall 2020, enrollment open now):
COURSE OUTLINE: "HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World" @HistArthGMU (Fall 2020);
Enrollment open to GMU degree & non-degree students & members of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area:
Finalized the primary sources for both of my Fall courses. Most assigned for home & there will be some additional, including part of Islamic State's 'Structure of the Caliphate' in class:
First, GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels:
Finalized the primary sources for both of my Fall courses.
Second, HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World (online course):
Adding selections from Malik ibn Anas, Ibn Rushd, & Ibn Taymiyya to HIST 387.
Non-degree students may enroll in either HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World or GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels. Both will be accessible as online courses.
www2.gmu.edu/admissions-aid…
Instead of forcing students to view 2 weekly 45-minute video lectures, I've opted for shorter 7-20 minute mini-lectures organized topically/thematically.
Some of the slides from this week's mini-lectures for HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World:
Instead of forcing students to view 2 weekly 45-minute video lectures, I've opted for shorter 7-20 minute mini-lectures organized topically/thematically.
Some of the slides from this week's mini-lectures for HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World:
Second (synchronous online) class of GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels, which included a discussion of @Hegghammer's working typology proposal for a preference vs. theology-based lens for different types of Islamist groups:
Week 2 of HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World:
Week 2 of HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World:
Week 2 of GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels:
Thinking about the conception(s) of "revolution"/thawra in Islamic thought & history and the multifaceted nature of individual & group identities:
Week 2, HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World:
"Conceptions of Jihad Throughout History"
Week 2 of GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels:
Week 2 of GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels:
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 3 (Sept. 7 & Sept. 9): Social Movement Theory (Framing, Culture, Ideology, & Identity Formation)
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 3 (Sept. 6-12): Sufi Conceptions of Jihad in Early & Medieval Islamic History
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 5 (Sept. 20-26): From Expansion to Empire
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 5 (Sept. 20-26): From Expansion to Empire
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 6 (Sept. 27-Oct. 3): Jihad in the Age of the Crusades
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 6 (Sept. 28 & 30): Thinking about Islamist Rebel Proto-States, Rebellion, & Revolution
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 7 (Oct. 5 & 7): The Abbasid Revolution: A Premodern Case
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 7 (Oct. 5 & 7): The Abbasid Revolution: A Premodern Case
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 8 (Oct. 11-17): Jihad & Resistance in the Age of Colonialism, Part 1
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 8 (Oct. 13 & 14): Kharijites & the Emergence of Al-Qaeda and Global Jihadism
CLASS 1: Past & Present Kharijites: The First Muslim Rebels & Their Legacy (Oct. 13)
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 8 (Oct. 13 & 14): Kharijites & the Emergence of Al-Qaeda and Global Jihadism
CLASS 2: Al-Qaeda and the Origins of ‘Global Jihadism’ (Oct. 14)
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 8 (Oct. 13 & 14): Kharijites & the Emergence of Al-Qaeda and Global Jihadism
CLASS 2: Al-Qaeda and the Origins of ‘Global Jihadism’ (Oct. 14)
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 9 (Oct. 19 & 21): Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)
Part 1
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 9 (Oct. 18-24): Jihad & Resistance in the Age of Colonialism, Part 2
The Dervishes of Somalia
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 9 (Oct. 18-24): Jihad & Resistance in the Age of Colonialism, Part 2
Views on Jihad in Colonial India
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels
Week 9 (Oct. 19 & 21): Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)
Part 2: Islamic State & Rebel Governance
One week on IS was enough time.
The next two weeks in GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Militants, Nationalists, and Rebels focuses on the Iranian Revolution, then Sudan, Hizbullah, the Islamic Courts Union & Al-Shabab, & the role of "Islam" in Ba'th Syria & Iraq.
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 10 (Oct. 26 & 28): Khomeini & Shi’ite Revolution in Iran: Islamizing Nationalism: PART 1
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 10 (Oct. 25-31): Conceptualizing Martyrdom in Religions
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 10 (Oct. 26 & 28): Khomeini & Shi’ite Revolution in Iran: Islamizing Nationalism: PART 2
In class we discussed not only Imami Shi'i legal ideas but also the influence of Platonic philosophy.
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 11 (Nov. 2 & 4): Khomeini & Shi’ite Revolution in Iran: Islamizing Nationalism: PART 2
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 11 (Nov. 1-7): The ‘Martyr’ in Islam
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 12 (Nov. 9 & 11): Revolutionary Sudan: Military Coup & Turabi’s ‘Islamist Democracy’
Class 1.
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 12 (Nov. 9 & 11): Revolutionary Sudan: Military Coup & Turabi’s ‘Islamist Democracy’
Class 2 + Current Events Class-initiated discussion topics.
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 12 (Nov. 8-14): Contemporary ‘Jihadi’ Militancy, Part 1
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 13 (Nov. 15-21): Classical vs. Global Jihad & the Rise of Al-Qaeda
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 13 (Nov. 16 & 18): Hezbollah
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 13 (Nov. 16 & 18): Hezbollah, Class 2
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, & Rebels
Week 14: Al-Shabab & the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia: Islamist Proto-States in Africa
GOVT 444: Revolutionary Islam & the State: Nationalists, Militants, and Rebels
Week 15 (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2): Islam & ‘Secular’ Pan-Arab Nationalism: The Syrian and Iraqi Ba’th Parties
CLASS 1: Islam & Pan-Arab Nationalism: The Case of the Ba’th Party & Ba’thist Syria
Last week of classes:
HIST 387: Jihad in the Islamic World
Week 15: Shi’ism, Sunnism, & Sectarianism: Takfir & Inter-Communal Violence as ‘Jihad’
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