RELST 2722

Of Saints, Poets, and Revolutionaries: Medieval and Modern Iran and Central Asia

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

From the poet-kings of medieval Persia to the trading networks of the famed "Silk Road" to the wandering mystics of Herat to the constitutional revolution of Iran to the colonial and post-colonial occupations of contemporary Afghanistan, this course offers a broad cultural and political history of Iranian and Turkic Central Asia.  In addition, we will explore the highly complex intellectual, artistic, and architectural trends and "cross-cultural" exchanges that formed the backbone of many disparate Iranian-Turkic cultures.

Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

Distribution Category (HST-AS, SCD-AS)

When Offered Spring.

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