16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr Y Choueiri. Normally 25 points of first year History. Second semester Three hours per week of lectures and tutorials Methodologically, students who complete this subject will acquire a grounding in historical text-analytical techniques, learning to appreciate a range of ways in which texts have been employed in the construction of particular histories. In relation to content, students will command a general historical overview of the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An historical survey of the major events, movements and relationships that have participated in the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East, since the onset of European colonisation. Written work not exceeding 5,000 words. Hourani, A. A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber and Faber 1991) 16.7 Dr Y Choueiri. Second semester. Three hours per week of lectures and tutorials each week Methodologically, students who complete this subject will acquire a grounding in historical text-analytical techniques, learning to appreciate a range of ways in which texts have been employed in the construction of particular histories. In relation to content, students will command a general historical overview of the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An historical survey of the major events, movements and relationships that have participated in the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East, since the onset of European colonisation. Written work not exceeding 5,000 words. Hourani, A. A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber and Faber 1991) 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr Y Choueiri. Normally 25 points of first year History. Second semester Three hours per week of lectures and tutorials Methodologically, students who complete this subject will acquire a grounding in historical text-analytical techniques, learning to appreciate a range of ways in which texts have been employed in the construction of particular histories. In relation to content, students will command a general historical overview of the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An historical survey of the major events, movements and relationships that have participated in the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East, since the onset of European colonisation. Written work not exceeding 5,000 words. Hourani, A. A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber and Faber 1991)