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21H.571: The Making of Modern South Asia
Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic, social, ecological, and cultural developments. Primary and secondary readings enhance understanding of this unique civilization, and shape and improve understanding in analyzing and interpreting historical data. Examines major thematic debates in Indian history through class discussion.
21H.573:
Religion and Politics in Modern South Asia
Examines how religion and politics have shaped identities, societies and the historical past in modern South Asia. Explores the growth and dissemination of major South Asian religions including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism in ancient and early modern India. Focuses on formation of religious identities within the politics of nationalism and colonialism. Examines how religion has influenced recent geopolitics of South Asia, with specific focus on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
21H.575J/SP.459: Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present
Surveys the development of national, religious,
and transnational identities in the Middle East during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Examines European imperialism,
theories of nationalism, and state formation in the successor
states of the Ottoman Empire, as well as Iran. Considers
national identities in light of minority, gender, and sectarian
issues. Topics include Arab nationalism, Zionism, Palestinian
nationalism, and regional case studies.
21H.577J/CMS.882J: Re-Casting the Past: Film, Fiction, and History in India, 1905-2005
Examines how the history of modern India has been recorded and reconstructed in diverse media. Primary documents, films, novels, short stories and secondary documents written by historians serve as tools of analysis to explore the connections between history and popular culture. Themes include Indian nationalism, British imperialism, Partition and Independence, communalism, urban-rural linkages, and the construction of class, caste, and gendered identities.
21H.579 Gandhi's India
NEW Subject Spring 2010
Gandhi’s iconic status both in India and abroad owes much to his leadership role in the struggle for Indian independence from British rule. His own life was roughly coterminous with the Indian national movement, which in 1947 resulted in the creation of two nations, India and Pakistan. Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence, political morality, and critique of western modernity were developed in the context of and are inextricably linked to the history of the Indian nationalist movement. The course is divided into three parts. In the first part, we trace the development of an Indian national movement that was already half a century old when Gandhi came onto the political scene. The second part examines the different aspects of Gandhi’s leadership within the nationalist movement and his interactions with different social and political groups in the first half of the twentieth century. The third section examines Gandhian legacies within and beyond the backdrop of the triumph of Independence and the tragedy of Partition in 1947.
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